If the H1B petition for 2007quota is approved before Oct 01, 2006, is it possible to schedule an interview ?
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This is a tricky one, Your not supposed to be able to get an interview until Oct 01, However if you call the US embassy in you country of residence, they may give you an interview.\nWhen getting mine, I applied for an interview in May, got an appointment for Aug, and the H1b was also issued in Aug, 2 months before it should have been valid. This made the visa 3 years and 2 months. \n\nGood luck, it's tough to get into the US LEGALLY.
778659
yes you can. Check the following link for details.\nhttp://www.15seconds.com/issue/050526.htm
479007
Only if you are in the process of a GC application in which case the extension must be filed 1-year before the H1-b expires for an extension period of 1-year. Otherwise, you have to awit for 1-year before being eligible for H1-B status again.
150309
Fill out an application and wait for an interview
525078
H1B extensions generally take 2-3 months.\n\nYou can leave the country without the approval, but your employer will need to send it to you in India and then you will need to apply for the visa stamp at the appropriate US Embassy.\n\nGood luck!
499153
hmm..lets see, your US employer files for your H1B now, if approved you can work for the company only from October of that year!\n\nTypically for a normal processing the H1B filed will take 2-3 months and for premium processing it takes 14 days to get your decision!
106903
If you apply for the early deadline, you can significantly increase your changes of getting into HBS.  There are a lot less competition with more slots available.\n\nFrom a career point of view, you want to notify your employer that you have been admitted to b-school as late as possible (such as after you receive your bonus).
745133
Yes I am willing, but can't do until tomorrow afternoon.  You can email me if you would like do the interview on Tuesday, Oct. 7 after 4:00 central time.  doris_38133@yahoo.com
700467
It would state the effective date in the question.  \n\nIt would take effect on that date, unless there is a court challenge to the constitutionality of the question.\n\nSee this wikipedia site for details.
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i found as ite dedicated to visa information.http://www.projectvisa.com/\n\n hey not sure if this answers your question.\n\nFor every H-1B petition filed with the USCIS, there must be included a Labor Condition Application (LCA) certified by the U.S. Department of Labor. The LCA ensures that the wage offered to the non-immigrant worker must meet or exceed the prevailing wage, as determined by the Department of Labor, in the area of employment. The LCA also contains an attestation section designed to prevent the program from being used to import foreign workers for the purpose of breaking a strike, or for the purpose of replacing US citizen workers. Under the regulations, LCAs are a matter of public record. Corporations hiring H-1Bs are required to make these records available to any member of the public who requests to look at them. Copies of the relevant records are also available from various web sites, including the Department of Labor. Unfortunately, there has been very little attempt to enforce these provisions, especially those parts which require that the H-1B visa holder be paid the "prevailing wage".\n\nExamination of the LCA data base suggests that, contrary to law, the majority of H-1B workers are being paid substantially less than the "prevailing wage", usually 30-40% less. In addition, the public records show many cases in which H-1B holders are being paid less than one-third of what a US worker is paid.[citation needed]\n\nMany companies avoid filing LCAs and the appearance of hiring vast numbers of H-1B employees by hiring through employment agencies. The H-1B holder is then a permatemp and typically paid even less, as the agency offered a low bid to the paying company and also takes a large cut of the H1-B holders salary.[citation needed]\n\n[edit]\nRecent changes to US law\nThe American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 and the Department of Labor's PERM system for labor certification erased most of the earlier claimed arguments for H-1B's as indentured servants during the green card process. With PERM, labor certification processing times have been reduced to less than 90 days. Due to the changes in the law, the H-1B employee is free to change jobs six months after their I-140 application has been approved by USCIS, even if their I-485 application is backlogged in processing, if the position to which they are moving is substantially comparable to their current position. In some cases, if those labor certifications are withdrawn and replaced with PERM applications, processing times will improve, but the person will also lose their favorable priority date. In those cases, employers' incentive to attempt to lock in H-1B employees to a job by offering a green card is reduced, because the employer bears the high legal costs and fees associated with labor certification and I-140 processing, but the H-1B employee is still free to change jobs.\n\nHowever, many people are ineligible to file I-485 at the current time. Thus, they may well still be stuck with their sponsoring employer for many years. There are also many old labor certification cases pending under pre-PERM rules.\n\nOn May 25, 2006 the senate passed immigration bill 2611 which would increase the number of H1-B visas from the current level of 65,000 to 115,000 annually with a potential automatic yearly increase of 20%. This legislation must still pass the House to become law, however there has been very little opposition from either party.\n\ngood luck!
706839
Possibly.  You  must meet the requirements and apply for a change of status with DHS/CIS - it may or may not be approved.
767940
H1 visas don't work that way.  There is no list of companies that are looking for foreign employees, and the H1 category is oversubscribed:  even if you found an employer who wanted to go to all the trouble of petitioning for you, the soonest you could have a visa would be October 2007.
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If you have a sponsoring employer and your degree has been certified as equivalent to a US degree, the process can take as little as two or three months depending on where you live.  But you have to check whether there are still H1B visas available.  They  get used up quick.  The guy that said there must be interviews is wrong.  Check out this website for processing times. https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp.
452994
if she has graduated college have her apply for an H1B depending where shes from
54552
By all means, ask for another interview, but before you go, take your birth-certificate and a translator to a notary public, make a copy, have the notary public type above each data entry the english translation, and then get it notarized, and take that with you to your interview. Also bring your driver's license. Hope this helps! Problems usually occur with birthdates because most countries list birthdates differently. For example 03-05-78 might mean March 5, 1978 in USA, but might mean May 3, 1978 in Russia or Mexico. Hope this helps!
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Having a legitimate visit to the UK should not affect your application for an H1B.  \nHowever, if you mean to ask if you can apply for the H1B at the US Embassy in the UK -- you'd be better advised to apply in your home country.  It is generally more difficult for applicants of any type of temporary visa to qualify when they apply outside of their own country.  The Embassy official is less familiar with the circumstances and documentation from a different country and would more likely have to deny the application if it is less certain or obvious.
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It would be safer if you did not. You will need to get a new visa to come back and since your H1B is not aprooved you won't be able to get one untill it is.\n\nIf you are willing to stay outside you US until your H1B is aprooved then no problem.\n\nYou could also try coming back before your OPT expires, but there's still a small risk