I want to know, whether the total duration of the stay in US with valid H1B starts with the date of arrival or visa stamping date. My first Visa validity is expiring this month. With this, I used only 9 months of stay from the first visa stamping. And I got extension for 3 years from now. With this, I can stay for another 3 years/ Extended Visa expiry date from now. Is it true? Beyond that is there any way I can stay back through Visa extension other than Green card processing procedure.
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this is for illegallybrown (roy) who is doing a p$$ poor job of trying to impersonate joeandhisguitar you have been reported for being stupid and giving the human race a bad name grow up ,go to school ,go read a book  you are fooling no one
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Actually it depends on the time they gave you on your visa I am from Spain and they gave it to me for 10 years, but it does not mean I can go to the US for 10 years. since a type b1/b2 is considered a tourist visa when you arrive in the airport you have to go trough immigration and they ask you a bunch of questions on the reason for your visit. then if they let you in they give you an I-94 card to fill out and they stamp the time they will allow you to stay in the US with your visa type the max time is 6 months which you have, if you go back to Italy before or on the day the 6 months expire you can come back the next day. if you go over the 6 months but stay less that 2 years the you have to stay out of the US for 3 years. If you go over 2 years after that I-94 card expires then you have to be out of the US for 10 years as penalty.
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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.
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If you do this, you will be deemed as entering fraudulently which can not only lead to your H1B being denied, but also create significant problems with any future plans you may have with immigrating permanently. The fact that your F-1 is stamped in your passport is inconsequential -- the officer at the border can pull up your records (which indicate you have a petition pending), and then it would snowball downhill from there.\n\nYou need to wait until your H1B is approved, then you may leave, apply for the H1B visa stamp at the U.S. consulate in your home country, and then re-enter without a problem. \n\nGood luck
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I think you have to get a visit get a job,then appy for visa. then you can stay there for however long the visa lasts.Some 3 months,6 months,1 year,3 year,6 years.
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If she entered on a K-1 or K-3 you will need to file adjustment of status before the Visa expires or she will be out of status, although in most cases applications filed after the expiration of the Visa is forgiven when married to a US citizen.\n\nIf you are getting married from a Visitor Visa, apply for adjustment of status before her I-94 expires.
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Plain and simple answer.\n\nPROVE IT!!\n\nThe burden of proof lies in the hands of the applicant. If you have no proof, don't even bother. You'll get sent back even if you get the VISA!!
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If you still have your old visas and passports, you should be able to prove it with that.  There are different notations that are put it your passport that would show your status.  Also, why do you need a letter of exemption?  What is your status now?  Who are you trying to show proof of your H1-B status?
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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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If you are approved for your residency at the time of interview, the DAO (interviewing officer) is supposed to give you an I-551 ADIT stamp in your passport evidencing your approval for lawful permanent residency. \n\nReceipt of the actual card can take anywhere from a couple weeks to several months. If you do not receive your card within one year, you need to apply for a replacement card (form I-90). If USCIS fails to deliver your card by that time, you will not need to pay any fees to have them reissue it. \n\nIn the meantime, you should get an approval letter in the mail. Once that arrives, you may bring that to your local USCIS office and they can place the I-551 stamp in your passport.\n\nGood luck!
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Hello,\n\nYou may extend a Schengen visa provided you have exceptional circumstances to bring forward. It may not be obvious in your case as a visa extension may not result in the duration of the stay exceeding 90 days.\n\nRegards,\n\nMartin\nMediaVisa.net
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The grounds for obtaining a waiver are very limited. The most common means is by obtaining a "no objection" statement from the government your home country, although USCIS might require additional grounds. Other bases include: substantial hardship on a US citizen spouse, service in a medically underserved area (for foreign medical graduates only), or securing a waiver through an interested government agency. In any of these cases, it is not easy to do.\n\nYou can apply for a waiver while you are in the U.S., but you must maintain your nonimmigrant visa status (J-1) the entire time preceding your application for an H1B.\n\nGood luck
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If you entered on a 90 day visitor visa, you are not allowed to work or entitled to a SSN.  A visitor visa is a temporary visa for visiting the US only.  \n\nWorking in the US without proper USCIS approval is beaking US immigration laws and makes you subject to deportation if found out.\n\nIf you want to remain in the US to work, you need to apply for the proper visa, but since your visa status has already expired you would have to prove the following:\n\n- The delay was due to extraordinary circumstances beyond your control; \n- The length of the delay was reasonable; \n- You have not done anything else to violate your nonimmigrant status (such as work without USCIS approval); \n- You are still a nonimmigrant (This means that you are not trying to become a permanent resident of the United States. There are some exceptions.); and \n- You are not in formal proceedings to remove (deport) you from the country. \n\nAt this point, you ARE illegal, since you failed to leave the US at the end of the 90 time frame allowed to you and failed to file for an extension or filed for change of status from nonimmigrant visa .  The longer you remain in the US after the expiry of your I-94 could subject you to a 3-10 year ban from ever entering the US again.
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It will depend on what type of visa.  If it's an H1, the child's age at the time of visa application counts; if it's an E immigrant visa, then the age at the date of the petition filing rules.
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If your visa expired but you have an H1B petiton which has been approved by Immigration you can visit Canada and Mexico and return back to the US without getting a new visa for up to 30 days. You must have your old visa and approved petition to show at the border.\n\nIf you go to any other country you'll need to get a new visa put in your passport before entering the US.
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Its better to consult US visa issuing authority on the  subject. But apparently it seems that both visas cant be there same time.\n As in VISIT application form there is a check-box asking 'wud you work over there'.\nHow that question be replied in 'NO', where there is H1 on the passport.\nAnd how that can be 'Yes', when you are applying for VISIT Visa.
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Under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) citizens of certain countries can come here for upto 90 days without getting a visa.  They can still get other visas such as the B1/B2 visa which would allow them to stay up to 6 months.\n\nThe advantage of the VWP is that they just need a machine readable passport and a return ticket and a good story to tell the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer (if he askes).\n\nThe disadvantages of a VWP are that the visitor must leave within 90 days or they can be barred from using it in the future (make SURE that the green form is turned into the airline on his departure).\n\nThe main disadvantage is that the visitor signs away (waives) all recourse.  The CBP officer at the port of arrival can "just say no" and back on the plane the visitor goes without recourse.  Also a VWP does not allow adjustment of status.  For example, you two find true love and get married, too bad, back he goes!\n\nIf he came in under a B1/B2 (or other visas) or even as an Entry Without Inspection EWI (pronounced Eee Wee) he can adjust status in some circumstances.\n\nIf he works at all, even for tips at a diner, he is "out of status" and is the easiest illegal to process.  [catching VWP violators are the most fun.  The paperwork is minimal and language is not usually a problem!]\n\nMillions of people would love to find work here and stay.\n\nTo you and any other US citizen considering marriage to an alien.\n\nIt amazes me how many divorces occur once the alien gets the "lawful permanent resident" (pronounced "Lapper") or green card.\n\nAlso a LPR who gets arrested can be deported back home.  So ask yourself two questions:\n\nDoes the alien REALLY love you or are they just wanting a green card?\n\nand\n\nDo you love the alien enough to move to their country permanently?\n\n\nHonest answers to these questions can save heartache (and child abductions) later.