I want to know how much time does it take to receive a dependent visa (H2 or J2) after the interview. Please if someone has got it done help me. Thanks.
131233
I am from India in Canada but I have no idea about it as I am a permamnent Immigrant here and have been living here for the past 1 year or so. But after interview it took about 6 months for all the landing papers and visa to reach us. Hope that helps!!!And also Good Luck in USA!!!!
516964
Yes, I am going through a similar situation. Your question has really scared me.  April 05?!? My husband, from Mexico, just applied in September of this year.  Was your wife in the country illegally or is she currently? That would delay things, right?
72323
It may take up to a month for the NVC to receive your case from USCIS. \n\nHow long has it been since your USCIS petition was approved?
366531
You just need an employer in the USA willing to sponsor you for an H1-B visa. This employer needs to give you a job and justify that they cannot find people with your kind of experience and that this employment is temporary. This employer may even pay for your legal fees or ask you to pay. Anyway, that is it. This is done all the time. No need of an American citizen's help.
400180
Depends what country you are in.  From my experience you would have had to send in a visa extension form a few weeks before the experation date on your current visa.
235687
Since you are US citizen there is no waiting period involved because this category is not governed by any quota or per country limit.  The usual processing time from filing an I-130 to getting an immigrant visa is up-to 6 months. Since the CIS office where you filed the petition is taking a longer time for processing the I-130, you should go ahead and file for K3.  K3 will be processed much more quickly and probably before September 2006.\n\nOnce your I-130 petition is approved by CIS they will forward it to NVC that will log in the case.  NVC will notify you for providing an affidavit of support for you wife.  Once you submit the correct affidavit of support, NVC will forward your case to Chennai. Chennai will then schedule your wife for a visa interview and subsequent issuance of an immigrant visa.\n\nSo you can see it will be another 4 months minimum after the approval of I-130 for your wife to get an immigrant visa.
316548
welcome to my world... I have been to 5 interviews in the past 2 months and they all asked me to fill in an employee form and they promised that they will call or email to let me know even if i am not accepted...they didnt call...i called one of them and it turned out that they chose someone else, i asked them why they didnt call and they said "no time to waste" ... God some people are just a pain... Good luck sweetie...
664270
It's an absolute nightmare.  There are a limited number of visas granted to British citizens each year, and they are usually snapped up within 36 hours of being available.  Usually big corporations get them for their UK employees who are working in the US.\n\nIf it's at all feasible, he might consider going to Canada first.  It is much easier for a Brit to emigrate to Canada, and it is much easier for a Canadian to emigrate to the US.\n\nGood luck.
107687
It really depends.  It's impossible to give you a concrete number.  The U.S consulate in Ho Chi Minh city tend to be overwhelmed with these files, and could take longer.  Moreover, because of 9/11 terrorist attacks, new immigrants are under much more scrutiny.  My take on it is that it will take awhile.  It also depends on your luck, sometimes they have easy cases that they could clear in weeks.
237126
It really makes no difference were you come from. Visas are difficult to obtain but with the current situation he will get here incredibley quick. America wants the Indian people, especially with their jawsome software skills. It IS very hard to obtain, but give it soem time, be patient and if not, go over there! :-P
10399
getting a greencard takes long (I heard up to three years too). Don't know if you can get one before you go. Usually you have to find somebody who hires you under a H1B worker (the job has to require at least a bachelors degree). Only big companies will even know how to do that and be willing to do that (and universities would fall under big companies)
654414
Your I-94 card and I-20 form probably say D/S on them, written by the DHS officer when you arrived in the US.  That means you can stay for Duration of Status - as long as you are a full-time student.  If you have finished your studies, are not doing OPT, or have quit school, you are out of status.  You need to talk with the international student advisor at your school, and believe what he or she tells you this time.\n\nADDED:\n\nYou can stay up to 30 days after your studies are finished.  So if you are sure your H1 will be available October 1, you can wind up your schooling by Labor Day or so.
418798
If you applied online, grant a 24 hour waiting period for them to receive the application.  It shouldn't take any longer than this.  If you have not heard anything, call.  You can check to see if they received it; if they have, ask them when you'll be given a call for an interview.  The longest I've ever seen someone take to call me back however, not calling them, was about 2 weeks.  It might also be a good idea to see how long your application will be held for (paper or electronic) because this also means that while you might not get a call right away, if they have your application for 6 months, they can still pull it up and call you during that time.  Good luck with your hunt!
181984
Well you didn't say for what purpose... J-1 visas can be used for a multitude of reasons... the most common are a high school exchange programs, university research and temporary univ. studies (6-12 months programs) also medical doctors commonly use it... the requirements for each of these situations vary quite a bit... \n\nAt any rate I can't think of any reason to use a lawyer to obtain this visa but to obtain a J-1 visas you need to go through an approved program, hence, you can't just walk in and say you want a J-1 visa...the program provides you with a specific form which you take with you at the embassy\n \n\nIt's hard to speculate since I don't know what you intend to do in the US, so let me know and I'll elaborate
476205
Firstly, I must say that my wife and I have never regretted engaging an immigration attorney.  It made everything so much easier.  They can help with filing the petition, adjustment of status, work permit application and citizenship.  It will cost several thousand dollars over the course of about 3-4 years but, in my view, it was worth every last penny.  If you file something wrong they will send it back and you will go to the end of the queue.\n\nMy fiancee filed the petition in June 2001 (Vermont SC) and was approved about three weeks later.  I got the appointment at the doctor and the embassy in mid-October 2001 and was on the plane on Hallowe'en.  As embassies go, I gather London is one of the better ones, both in terms of getting an appointment and on the day you go there.  However, you should travel light, if you can.  Take a book to read - I was there for five hours and spent about 15 minutes actually doing something.  Have you found the US Embassy's London website yet?  It gives lots of good advice.  See the link below.  I also found the helplines well worth the money.  It's the same cost as calling an adult chatline, but much more satisfying!\n\nYou will have to keep on top of the paperwork at your end(police certificate and innoculations - sort out your innoculations NOW) it will be fairly pain-free (except the jabs of course!)\n\nOnce you are here you should get married as soon as possible so that you can apply for adjustment of status and work permit.  My wife and I did a very quick civil ceremony in front of the Mayor and then did the big wedding a few months later when we had time to plan everything.  I was able to work fairly soon because, for some reason, the immigration officer stamped my passport allowing me to work pending issuance of a work permit.  I gather that happens very rarely, so don't bank on it.  If I did not have that, I would have waited about four months for my work permit. \n\nPlease be aware that time scales vary greatly depending on which service center your file goes to.  I got lucky with Vermont - the other three generallyhave longer delays.  Go to the link below to see what the processing times are.  You can get that information without registering at the site.  I must observe that I got all my appointments or responses ahead of the posted times.\n\nAnyway, I hope this, and the other answers you will get, will help you.  You are about to enter a period of your life which can get quite stressful at times.  For instance you cannot usually visit the USA whilst your petition is pending.  All you can do is focus on the "prize."  For me, the prize is being able to take my lovely wife to an expensive restaurant tonight for our fifth wedding anniversary.  Good luck and welcome to the Land of Opportunity.
633520
up to 2 weeks. call them or send a follow up letter to see if you could be of any help to them and to thank them for considering you. it goes a long way.
589337
YEAH I WENT TROUGH IT LAST MONDAY. WELL IF YOU HIRED A LAWYER THEY SHOULD TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING FOR YOU. BUT IF NOT YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELF TO IT JUST HELPS TO HAVE THE LAWYER THERE. WELL WITH YOUR APPT. DATE ON THAT SHEET THEY SENT YOU THERE IS A LIST OF EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD BRING. MAKE SURE YOU TAKE WITH YOU MOST OF WHAT IS ON THAT LIST.ALL THAT YOU HAVE. MAKE A REAL EFFORT.  ALSO MAKE SURE YOU MAKE COPIES OF EVERYTHING AND ORGANIZE IT IN A BINDER. YOU SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST TWO COPIES OF EVERYTHING. THINGS SUCH AS TAXES , PAY STUBS, JOB LETTERS, BIRTH CERTIFICATE <--- THIS COPY HAS TO BE CERTIFIED BY NOTARY AND TRANSLATED BY NOTARY IF YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE IS IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE. MAKE SURE IT IS VERY ORGANIZED AND YOU KNOW EAXCTLY WHERE ALL OF YOUR PAPERS ARE BECAUSE DURING THE INTERVIEW THEY WILL BE TALKING TO YOU WHILE SIMUNTANEOUSLY ASKING YOU TO SHOW EVIDENCE OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DO NOT HAVE THE DOCUMENTS THEY REQUESTED JUST EXPLAIN TO THEM YOUR ISSUE AND YOUR ATTMEPT ON GETTING THE PAPERWORK. AND IT REALLY DEPENDS HOW EASY IS YOUR INTERVIEW ON WHO YOUR INTERVIEWER IS. SOME ARE VERY STRICT AND REALLY TRY TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME BUT SOME JUST WANT TO HELP YOU AND GIVE YOU THAT CARD..WELL IF THEY SINCERELY THINK YOU DESERVE IT. DON'T BE INTIMIDATED THOUGH THEY WILL RECORD WHAT YOU ARE SAYING JUST STAY CALM. I THINK IF U DONT HAVE A LAWYER CALL ONE FOR A FREE CONSULTAION AND LET HIM TELL YOU WHAT PAPERS YOU NEED AND HOW TO PREPARE THEM JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE. oNCE THE INTERVIEW IS OVER ( SOMETIMES NOT ALWAYS) THE INTERVIEWER WILL TELL YOU RIGHT AWAY THAT YOU GOT APPROVED. THEY WILL NOT TELL YOU RIGHT AWAY THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DENIED. YOU WILL GET A LETTER APPROX. 2-3 WKS STATING THE REASON. BUT DONT WORRY LIKE I SAID IF THEY DONT TELL YOU WETHER YOU GOT APPROVED OR NOT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU WERE DENIED. ALL INTERVIEWERS ARE DIFFERENT. ANOTHER THING THEY CAN DO IF YOU DONT HAVE THE SUFFICIENT INFO. TO COMPLETE THE INTERVIEW IS RESCHEDULE YOU. THEY WILL RESCHEDULE YOU BACK 2 TO 3 MONTHS LATER. BECAREFUL THOUGH BECAUSE YOU ONLY GET 1 RESCHEDULED APPT. IF BY THE 2ND TIME YOU DONT HAVE WHAT THEY REQUESTED YOUR CASE GETS DENIED. I HOPE THIS HELPED GOOD LUCK IM SURE IN A MONTH YOU WILL BE A RESIDENT ILL KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR YOU!!! :)