MY H1B visa stamped 3 years ago. I came to US 9 months ago. How long I can stay in US?
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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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with an eight year visa there is only one thing to do, and it should have been done at 7years apply to become an american.  but it is also easy to have it extended, but they will ask the same question, marriage is no longer an automatic stay here free card.
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1. You can always have a new employer file an H-1B application for you. You can change jobs as soon as the new employer files an H-1B petition for you. Your authorization to work for the new employer begins when the application is filed and ends when the application is denied. Obviously, if it's approved your H-1B remains valid. (AC21) \n\n2. If your green card is being sponsored by your current employer, the application will live even if you do not work for the employer as long as they don't revoke it, but you may have difficulties with USCIS if you leave your current employer. If it's approved, you will need to return to work for your old employer. A new employer can file PERM for you, but you will lose the priority date from any earlier filed application. If you stay at the current employer, once your I-140 is approved, AC21 says you can move to another job that is the same description at a new employer once your I-485 has been pending for 6 months. \n\n3. TN is restricted to 63 (more or less) defined jobs and is available only to Mexican or Canadian nationals. Also, TN is not a dual-intent category, so an entry after having an I-140 filed for you would be complicated by the difficulty in showing you are a bona fide non-immigrant. The only advantages to TN are that it is renewable indefinitely, but in 1 year increments, and it doesn't require a labor certification.\n\n4. If your spouse is in LPR (green card) status, s/he can sponsor you. File form I-130 (second preference - F2A). The current processing for a visa in category F2A is applications filed before March 1, 2002 (Dec. 2006 visa bulletin). That means you're looking at something like 4 years for a green card.\n\nBest advice - call a reputable (AILA member) immigration attorney.
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If you are a U.S. Citizen he doesn't have to wait to come:\n\nCan My Spouse Come to the U.S. to Live While the Visa Petition Is Pending?\nIf you are a U.S. Citizen, once you file Form I-130, your spouse is eligible to apply for a nonimmigrant K-3 Visa. This will entitle him or her to come to the U.S. to live and work while the visa petition is pending. The Form to file for this benefit is Form I-129F. It is not necessary for your spouse to obtain a K-3 visa in order to come to the U.S. to live and work. Your spouse may wait abroad for immigrant visa processing. However, seeking a K-3 visa can be a method for him or her to come to the U.S. more quickly. http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/spouselive.htm#Canmy\n\nHow do I bring my spouse to the US?\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/spouselive.htm\n\nHow to get a K-3 Visa: http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/hdiknonimm.htm\n\nIt really shouldn't take a year.
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In immigration parlance a visa is a document that allows you to enter the country.\n\nYou have to stay until you have your interview. That's the one prior to being issued a temporary green card ("Resident Alien Card"). There is no set time because it always takes longer than the estimate, which is all the DHS will give you. In my case it was about a year. After your interview you can apply for a Travel Waiver. I never applied for one so I don't have any experience of that. I didn't go back 'home' until five years after I arrived.\n\nYour temporary green card is good for three years. In the meantime, usually about a year before it expires, you can start processing for your permanant green card ("Permanent Resident Card"). Once you have that you can come and go as you please.
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Approximately a month I think. You can e-mail US immigration at their website and ask them.  I had to e-mail them twice and they responded the next day both times.  Good luck and congrats!\n\nwww.uscis.gov
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Some attorneys said that as long as your petition was filed by April 30, 2001 with DOL or INS, despite the result, you can still be grandfathered by that petition when now your greencard sponsor can sponsor for you. When it's approved, you can do adjustment of status in the US by paying $1000 penalty fee.
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The amount of time you can stay in the US is decided by the immigration official at the point of entry. The maximum that you can be granted is 6 months at one time. Also you can not be in the US for more then 6 months a year.So if you come and stay 6 month you must be out of the US for 6 months before you return.\n\nThe time the visa is valid is NOT the time that you can stay in the US ,rather, it is the time that you can use the visa to enter , so the expiration of the visa represents the last day you can enter the US.\n\n\nI realize you must be frustrated with this but immigration rules exist to protect american citizens. It is possible that she gets addmited again althoug the 6 months have not passed but it could be difficult. She must have a good reason.\n\nYou must ask yourself, why would a person come here and stay for so many months as tourist ? \n\nIn all likelyhood she will be admited again for 6 months but there is no gurantee. It mostly depends on luck , whatever mood the officer is in ... like it or not it's the truth\n\nIf she gets less then 6 months you still have options, you can file for an extension with the immigration office.
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I am assuming you mean your employer.  If that is the case, the answer is yes - you need to apply for an adjustment of status from CIS (www.uscis.gov or look it up in the blue pages of your local phone book).  This does not mean that you get to start the clock over again on the length of your stay, so it may very well pay to just stay with the same employer this year and get a new one next year when you come back.
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Your approved stay in the U.S. does NOT depend on when your visa expires --- it depends on the date on your I-94,  Arrival Departure Record expires.  You received this when you went through Immigration at the airport or land port-of-entry.\n\nThe I-94 is a little white card that will has your name and stamped or written on it, will have your entry date and the date by which you MUST leave the U.S.\n\n Unless you file a form requesting an extension of your approved stay, you will become illegal the day after the I-94 expires. Just because your visa expires April 2007 DOES NOT mean you can stay in the U.S. until April of 2007.  In fact, it DOES NOT mean that at all.   If you stay in the U.S. after the date of that your I-94 expires, you will be illegally in the U.S.  This will also have the effect of automatically canceling your visa, and will most likely prevent you from getting a new visa in the future.  \n\nNOTE:  If you need to extend your stay in the U.S., you must file the form below with the Service Center in your region and the office MUST receive it before the date your I-94 expires.  \n\nAlso,  to get the extension you will have to show you have a valid passport.  So do that quickly!\n\nGood luck!
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im from the uk and met my husdand while he was working there we were married 7 month later ,it will be 25 years this october.we have 4 kids 3 grankids.when i came over here to live they gace me 6 months i had to get and exteniton it my perm red card came.you did answer my question but i took it off,i know you are suposed to take the answers but some people made it seem that i was taking from this country and thats not so.since the card i got said entitled to work and reside permanently in the us and after 24 years of having that same card did not realize ir had expaired 5 months ago.and no i never got a letter. thank you .and yes people can stay together after knowing each other a short time.good luck to you all
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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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interesting... how can your visa be cancelled while you are still in the US ? What did you do ? this is quite unusual...are you sure you didn't overstay?\n\nI'm assuming you are talking about a tourist visa... the purpose of the visa is for you to come as a tourist ! you must go back once your status expire...\n\nif you want to live and work legally you must explore legal avenues... if you stay you'll become an illegal alien ...\n\nIf you have no career aspirations and want to be a janitor, constructor etc... then you'll have no problem living in the US as an illegal but I can't imagine anybody wanting to be a janitor all his life... as a professional you'll never be able to get a job if you are an illegal alien
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It depends, on several factors inlcuding which service center it filed, is there any RFE or any document missing etc.\nIn ideal case it geenrally takes 4-8+ weeks.\nIf you want any fater within 2 weeks) you can file under premium prossing with addtional 1000$ fee.\n\nthis will help :\nhttp://www.path2usa.com/immigration/h1bcorner/h1_7thyear_extension.htm
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I wouldn't worry about it. Just leave as planned and there won't be any problems. But if you're still worried, contact immigration at their website. They usually answer e-mails within 24 hours. Hope you enjoyed your visit to America. Have a safe trip home.\nwww.uscis.gov
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You can't.  Entry to the US under the Visa Waiver Program precludes your applying for an extension of stay or change of status.
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Ignore that creep above.  I think it's 4 years, but you really need to check at ins.gov .\n\nGood luck!