I'm current at my 4.5 year of my H1-B visa and I start thinking about a permenant residence in the US.  However, I got a feeling that my current employer is not willing to sponsor my green card.  So I start thinking about what should I do at the end of my H1-B visa.  Obviously, I would prefer to stay in the states if it is all possible at the end of my H1-B and I will apprecaite if anyone can share their insight with me.\n\nThanks a lot
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Yes, you can. You can download the forms from various websites (for example: http://www.us-immigration.com/catalog/index.php/cPath/21?osCsid=224e40ba9b00a01b8b9c21ac729cb802 , just use the keyword 'I-140' '1-485' to search on web)\n\nHowever, your employee needs to help you with the Labor Certification. And there are so many new policy/restriction happened recently, it will be ideal to have an agent to help you with it.
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it is not too late \napply for OPT - which is optional practical training. this takes 2-3 months. it is a work permit allowing you to stay & work in US. try to apply with in the semester ends. this should give you a year to work without h1 but with your F1. But i dont think you can travel to India & be back to US with OPT. \n\nhope it helped
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Yes I've read that its better to apply for dependent visa simultaneously.\nBy the way can you please answer my H4 visa Q I'd be grateful to get some info. Thanks
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I think you would work out any 'financial support' requirements in getting your visa or green card.  If Pancha is right and you are thinking of a 'gratuity' not only don't I recommend it, I recommend strongly AGAINST it. It is considered a bad thing to try to bribe an official over here.
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Chao em;\n\nIt is becoming more and more difficult for Viets to come to the U.S. The U.S. Immigration is closing many of the opportunities to legally immigrate here from Vietnam. My fiancee' will have to wait over a year before I can take her home, and I'm a natural born American that just wants to live with my wife. \n\nYour best opportunity is trying to obtain a work visa. Find an American company to work for, do well with them and see if they will transfer you to a U.S. office. You will see many more U.S. businesses opening in Vietnam very soon.\n\nThe U.S. is a great country, but Vietnam can be just as good if not better for you. It is VERY expensive to live in the U.S. compared to Vietnam. Americans are not as nice in this country as Viets are in your own country. There are many more opportunities, but you may find it more difficult to live here than in Vietnam. \n\nVietnam is rapidly improving, and the hardships that you have experienced will be a thing of the past soon. You will soon see good paying jobs and more freedoms as we do in the U.S. \n\nXin Chao...
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I doubt if anyone in YA can sponsor your husband. \n\nInstead of asking here, I suggest your husband starts scouting for job sites such as Monster.com http://www.monster.com and find employers who  are looking for someone with his qualifications. If your husband is talented and experienced enough (and no American can fill his position), the company may want to sponsor him. \n\nNote though that your husband has to be extra special for an employer to actually fly to him for the interview.\n\nOtherwise, it might be useful to try to get a tourist visa first. Come to the USA and use that visit as a springboard for interviewing with potential employers. Be careful though when applying for a tourist visa not to mention that your husband is planning to look for work. Once the consul detects that you're planning to work in the US, you will not receive a tourist visa.\n\nSponsoring an alien for employment is not without any expense, both time and resources. The H1B route is quick and you can get your visa in 3 months or even less. But you are allowed to stay for 3 years renewable for another 3 years. \n\nThe better route is immigration through employment, as that leads to green card immediately. But the process is long and tedious as you first have to get a Labor Certification to prove that no American will do the job better. Labor Certification alone can take up anywhere from 2-5 years depending on the backlog in the state. \n\nI suggest you read the following instructions on employment based immigration -- and yes, an employer who will sponsor your husband is the requirement\n\nhttp://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1323.html
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I am Canadian.  My husband and I own a businesse.  I recently hired a girl from the states.  I think she lied about her status when we hired her.  My neighbours are from the states.  She does not have her green card so cannot work so, she volunteers and her husband and makes very good money.  \nI suggest you figure out what city you would like to live in and depending on your line of work, put an application to the firm or business you would like to be employed by.\nI live in London, Ontario.
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Unfortunately if you are waiting for the laws to change for your husband status to change, then you might find your husband on the opposite side of the law. If you are married to him and you are a citizen or a resident why not file for him. Depending on the state that you live in, he could get his green card in 9 months or 2 years. Before he receives his green card, he will receive an EAD card which will allow him to work. This card is given to him within 90days depending on where you live. Isn't this the very reason why you want him to become a US resident? To work. Consider contacting uscis.gov or www.emichoice.com for assistance. At, emichoice, I know that the rates are fair and you dont have to pay anything until you get your documents. It cant get any easier. You do have the option of holding your breathe to see if he get's permission to work in the US for a period of time according to the laws that bush is trying to push on congress, or whether congress decides to make all persons here, who are illegal; felons, which was also suggested. Being married to you as a US citizen or resident does not make him legal and it does not give him any rights, if his I-94 is out of status.
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A green card means you're a resident, so you can work here without getting kicked out.  I don't believe there are any restrictions to you working outside the country.
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You can look for a position on monster.com.\n\nBe sure to have the appropriate visa, you can only work legally with a working visa.  Considering that you are still looking for a job, I would assume that you don't have a working visa.  Other than working visa, you can only work legally if you have Green Card or citizenship.  If you are neither a Green Card holder nor a citizenship, you are not allowed to work in the US.  If you do and if you get caught, you will be subject to deportation.  Once you are deported, you won't be eligible to come to the US (with any visa whatsoever even if you are married to the US citizen) for 15 years.
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The immigration bill is still very fluid. Nothing's definite yet on that one so wait for it when the final version is done and approved.\n\nWith HIB visa, you are on an employment-based immigration track. As such, you would need an employer to sponsor you. \n\nYou can check with an immigration lawyer, if you do not have one, but unless a close relative petitions you or you marry an American citizen, you need an employer to sponsor you to get your permanent residence status.
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I agree with #1... go to \n\nhttp://www.hotjobs.com\n\nhttp://www.monster.com\n\nand search for jobs there.  Keep in mind that if you get one of the jobs you'll be an "H1 slave" and probably be paid less than some of your peers.  \n\nI also suggest you try the Immigration Diversity Lottery run by the US government.  The 2007 lottery has begun so get your application in soon.\n\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/graphics/services/residency/divvisa.htm
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Always a chance to get rejected. The only sure thing in life is that death will come for you some day. But mostly the will look for:\n\nAre You qualified for the job? Your credentials are in order?\nIs the employer willing to sponsor you at the prevailing wage, full time, and in a job category covered under H-1b\nDo you have any history of immigration violations or pose a threat to national security? You must have, of course an approved Form I-129, a valid passport, and pay the costs of the visa. Once the visa is granted you must enter the USA within 90 days or lose your H-1b.\nHope it helps.
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Frequently updated info on H1B Visa availability:\n\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/graphics/services/tempbenefits/cap.htm
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Why is it your dream to settle in the U.S.? Where are you from? Your English seems OK but are you a native speaker? Do you have a thick accent?\n\nA lot of people find things here different from what they expected. You may have a lot of trouble finding work if you don't have a green card. Illegal aliens tend to do menial labor for low wages.\n\nThink about the things you like about the U.S. and see if you can make your life wherever you are now more like you imagine the U.S.
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I'm a LEGAL Permanent resident who came to the USA in 1998, and YES it is that difficult! In theory there are a number of ways to get residency: \n Family sponsorship - only immediate family members are eligible, such as Father, son, brother.\n Employer sponsorship - useless in practice because a)they don't want to bother with the paperwork, they have to show 6 months worth of advertisements and explain why they didn't/couldn't hire a US citizen b) they become liable (as sponsor) for refunding to the State any benefits etc that may get paid out should the Resident be out of work, injured etc.\n Asylum - only available if you can prove your life is at risk if you return home\n Start your own business and employ locals - not sure on the full details of this one...\n Marry a US citizen - the route most legal resident immigrants end up taking. I tried this but my wife complained I only married her to get residency, wouldn't sign the paperwork (she said she didn't have the required 3 years of income records to prove that you're not going to be living below the poverty line) and then bitched that I wasn't working - catch 22! In the end I got it through another and definately NOT recommended route - \n File as an abused spouse - no sponsor required, you need to show records, photos etc to prove the marriage was in good faith, a police report of an arrest for domestic violence against you, and show that return to your home country would cause hardship - in my case all the Pilot's Licences I'd studied and paid for in the US would be useless in UK and I had no money to get them changed to European licences!\n I hope this helps explain - all Americans I've spoken to about my experiences are amazed at just how difficult it is - the laws don't need tightening, just enforcing, and if they're unenforcable then it makes sense to reword them so that those who are here anyway can at least pay taxes and contribute fully to society! Tightening them will just have the opposite effect to that desired, ie MORE illegals!!
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by the sounds of it she can look for a job all she wants.  If her work permit is only good for a year why can't you renew it?  What type of work permit does she have?  If it is a specific work permit then that is the only type of work she can look for.    All you have to do is look for work, she has a social insurance number why can't she find work?\n\nThere is something missing in the conversation here, she has a work permit and a SIN number she can work?  What is stopping her from doing so?\n\nWhat paper work did you submit to get her here?  Does she have her permanent residence?  And why does she have an expiry date on her SIN number?\n\nSomething is missing....can't help you if I don't know the whole picture