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From: pbright@ils.nwu.edu (Paul Brightbill)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Request: list of work visa options
Date: 26 Jan 93 21:02:01 GMT
Organization: ILS - Northwestern University

I have a friend from Australia who is applying for a transfer to work here
in the US.  Unfortunately she will have to handle most of the paperwork
herself.  She is uncertain how long she will be here, but it will range
from a year to 5 years. We are wondering what her options are in terms of
work visas. Is there a FAQ for this group that contains the information
that we are looking for? Can I call some goverment office and have them
mail me an official listing?  Also, would it be wise to consult with a
lawyer?  If so, what type of help is available?  Any answers to these
questions would be greatly appreciated. 

Thanks in advance.


pbright@ils.nwu.edu
From: iyer@unlv.edu (Ashok Iyer)
Subject: Re: Child of green card holders - travel documents
Organization: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,  Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 19:03:10 GMT

>> I was told that the US officials would not consider it a 
>>transgression for a minor to have two passports (she, obviously, could 
>>not speak for the Indian authorities).  In spite of her assurances, I 
>>remain *very* skeptical.  It would also be incredibly unethical, if 
>>nothing else, and perhaps illegal. 
India does not allow an individual to have two passports,  even a
minor.

>>If, at the port of entry, I 
>>show them my son's birth certificate, will they ask us all to return to 
>>India (after nearly ten years of residence in the US), or are they 
>>going to put only my son (who will be about a year old then) on an 
>>India-bound airplane?  Sarcasm aside, I wouldn't want to fool around 
>>with them.  (It's not in very good taste, but a friend of mine jokes 
>>that the N in the INS stands for "Nazi.") 

A very definite possibility.  A friend of mine went through hell.
The INS office at LA Airport, told him that he and hiw wife can go,
but they will have to detain his year old daughter, even though they
had her endorsed in his wife's passport and produced a US birth
certificate.  The INS officials explanation,  how do I know this
child is the same!!!  He really went through hell,  called lawyers,
etc and it took him about 10 hours to straighten the thing out.  The
last thing you need after a long journey from India!!  

The first thing my friend did when he got back was to get his kid an
US passport and have her name deleted form his wife's passport.

I have used an US passport for my daughter and other than the hassel
of getting an Indian Visa,  there were no problems at all.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: smir+@CS.CMU.EDU (Yury Smirnov)
Subject: Re: PR as a graduate student
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:24:27 GMT

In article <C19q7t.D9w.1@cs.cmu.edu>, nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena) writes:
|> In article <VAGARWAL.93Jan21102612@dis9002.shearson.com> vagarwal@dis9002.shearson.com (Virendra Agarwal) writes:
|> >In article <slawek.726986947@aries> slawek@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Slawomir Z. Janicki) writes:
|> >
|> >
|> >   Does anybody know if it is possible to successfuly apply for PR beeing a
|> >   GTA or GRA in a graduate school? I was told that the Labor Certificate
|> >   can not be issued to a GTA or GRA.
|> >   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|> >
|> >	Well, if you are employed by the educational institution and they are 
|> >filing for your PR, then "LABOR CERTIFICATE" requirement is WAIVED. 
|> >
|> 
|> Under section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration Act (see Federal Register
|> Vol56, No230, Nov29, 1991, pag 60906) you don't need labor certification
|> if you are an OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR OR RESEARCHER. 
|> 
|> Evidence consists of at least two of the following:
|> 
|> * Material written by others about your work,
|> * Being a judge (e.g. reviewer) of the work of others,
|> * Evidence of alien's original research contributions,
|> * Authorship of books of articles in journals with international circulation,
|> * And two more which (I think) are more difficult to meet.
|> 
|> Also you must have three or more years of experience (teaching or research).
|> 
|> Doesn't specified how many publications, etc. in order to qualify.
|> 
|> Has anybody gotten the PR without labor cerfification?
|> 
|> 
|> Nestor Michelena

    A bunch of sportsmen and art people used this Act to obtain PR in 1-2 months.
    You forgot to mention that:

    The holder of Nobel Prize doesn't need anything of your list.
    Isn't it the easiest way for a graduate student to get PR ?
    
    Yury
From: francis@mpl.ucsd.edu (Francis C Felizardo)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Immigration Lawyer in San Diego
Date: 22 Jan 1993 19:20:29 GMT
Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
NNTP-Posting-Host: kiko.ucsd.edu

I need help. My wife (who is on an F-2) got a job offer from a small 
computer company here in San Diego on the condition that she can change 
over her visa to the right one (H-1B I guess). The company has never hired 
a non US citizen/PR so their human resources person is completely 
unknowledgable about the process. However, they have an indicated a 
willingness to use my wife's case as a learning experience. In fact, they 
are willing to shoulder all the expenses to get the process going. They also 
insisted that a lawyer take care of the process so they know they're 
completely legal. Since they're willing to pay for everything, we had no 
objections to that.

They asked us to provide a lawyer's name. I did talk to one here. I know 
this is stupid but I got his name out off the yellow pages and he sounded 
knowledgeable over the phone so I recommended him. It's now three weeks 
after the company turned over the required paperwork to him. My wife wanted 
to check up how her visa application was going so she called Salter (the 
lawyer) yesterday and he says he hasn't filed the paperwork with INS yet. 
The idiot sat on her case for three weeks!

I'm just totally pissed off with the lawyer. I'd get another one but I'd 
probably end up looking in the yellow pages again (we just moved here so we 
don't know anybody.) Can anyone in San Diego or in the SoCal area recommend 
a good, knowledgeable immigration lawyer they have worked with? Email and 
posted answers are welcome. I would do the I-129 and ETA 9035 for her myself 
as it seems to be a straightforward process but like I said, the company 
wanted a lawyer to do it so they know they're completely legal.

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From: dludi@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Darmawan Ludirdja)
Subject: Re: Get A Full-Time Job On Campus With F-1
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:11:31 GMT

reddy@seas.smu.edu (N. Urimindi) writes:

>Yes it's possible to get a green card if you can change your visa status to H-1 first. I think the best way is to get a Post Doctoral position with your boss, Which eill enable you to get a H-1 visa. This will take about 2 months, again the time varies depending on the geographical location. Then from H-1 you can change your status to green card.

>reddy

Note: That NOT all Universities will sponsor you to get a green card.
Some universities ( at least here at University of Illinois @Urbana-Champaign)
will not sponsor a green card for post doctoral position. The reason 
is that the post doc position is a temporary position. 
Can we make a list of which Universities will sponsor green card for a post doc
position?

Darmawan
dludi@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: dludi@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Darmawan Ludirdja)
Subject: Practical training to H1-B
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 15:09:16 GMT

How difficult is it to change from Practical training to H1-B visa?
Do we need to hire a lawyer to do so or just come by the INS?

Darmawan
dludi@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor)
Subject: Re: PR as a graduate student
Organization: /usr/local/lib/news/organization
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 22:27:13 GMT

In article <C19q7t.D9w.1@cs.cmu.edu> nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena) writes:
>Under section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Immigration Act (see Federal Register
>Vol56, No230, Nov29, 1991, pag 60906) you don't need labor certification
>if you are an OUTSTANDING PROFESSOR OR RESEARCHER. 
>
>Evidence consists of at least two of the following:
>
>* Material written by others about your work,
>* Being a judge (e.g. reviewer) of the work of others,
>* Evidence of alien's original research contributions,
>* Authorship of books of articles in journals with international circulation,
>* And two more which (I think) are more difficult to meet.
>
>Also you must have three or more years of experience (teaching or research).
>
>Doesn't specified how many publications, etc. in order to qualify.
>
>Has anybody gotten the PR without labor cerfification?


I know of a _very_ famous scientist who got the PR without the
Labor certification. I am not sure it worth the trouble - I got the
impression that the labor certificate is easier to obtain than collecting
all kinds of recommendations from experts in the field.

Dov
From: rkumar@cis.ohio-state.edu (rajesh kumar)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: B-2 to F-2 conversion
Date: 21 Jan 1993 14:53:03 -0500
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: wogglebug.cis.ohio-state.edu

Has anyone recently converted visa status from B-2 to F-2? I got married
recently, but my wife was not given a F-2 visa as her name was not there on
my I-20. The consulate was kind enough to give her a B-2 instead. I would
appreciate any information on the procedure to be followed for changing
visa status from B-2 to F-2 (I am a supported grad student on an F-1).


Thanks,

Rajesh
From: gunter@tartarus.uwa.edu.au (Gunter Ahrendt)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Citizenship question (German/US)
Date: 27 Jan 93 12:45:03 GMT
Organization: The University of Western Australia
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BIOSEE@UKCC.UKY.EDU (Stephanie Edelmann) writes:

>I have a question for you guys.  People have been asking me lately
>why I don't want to apply for citizenship in the US.  I've been telling
>them that that's because I don't want to give up my german citizenship.
> 
>Now here's the question:
> 
>1. Is that actually true, do I have to give it up?
> 
>2. If I have to give it up, is that because the US won't allow dual
>citizenship or is Germany the problem?

Germany doesn't allow dual citizenship, so you'll have to give it up if you
want US citizenship.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: BIOSEE@UKCC.UKY.EDU (Stephanie Edelmann)
Subject: Citizenship question (German/US)
Organization: University of Kentucky
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 13:52:26 GMT

I have a question for you guys.  People have been asking me lately
why I don't want to apply for citizenship in the US.  I've been telling
them that that's because I don't want to give up my german citizenship.
 
Now here's the question:
 
1. Is that actually true, do I have to give it up?
 
2. If I have to give it up, is that because the US won't allow dual
citizenship or is Germany the problem?
 
Stephanie
From: stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ricky ...suave... Stella)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: After the Green Card
Date: 21 Jan 93 22:12:19 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

jars@carson.u.washington.edu (Juan Rodriguez-Sero) writes:


>Exactly; my understanding is that you lose resident status if you don't reside
>hera (which sounds rather logical to me); more specifically, if you stay abroad
>more than six consecutive months or more than 180 days in any calendar year.
					       ^^^^^^^^

WOW!!! I thought it was only 30 days... someone clarifies this...

BTW, Canada DOES have a 180 days...

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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: dsb@godzilla.pi.macsch.com (Deepak Brar)
Subject: Re: Citizenship question (German/US)
Followup-To: alt.visa.us
Organization: MSC, Los Angeles
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 19:06:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.170712.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>, ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury) writes:
|> In article <1993Jan27.161558.1921@news.columbia.edu>, 
|> gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) writes:
|> >
|> >  (much deleted)
|> >  
|> > Also, note that one may be *born* with dual citizenship and retain
|> > that status throughout life.
|> 
|> How and when can that happen.  My wife and I are permanent residents of USA
|> (and citizens of India).  Our son was born in the US.  Is he eligible?  How
|> would he claim dual citizenship?  Doesn't he have to choose at a certain age?
|> 
|> Would appreciate your thoughts.
|> 
|> - Jhinuk.
|> 

To the best of my knowledge, America never allows dual citizenship, since
the oath refutes all other allegiances. Your son, however, is covered under
a special case. I think that there is a special law that allows so-called
"dual" citizenship for children born in the States until they turn 18. The
idea is that they need to decide what citizenship they will have; the US
allows these people to be in "limbo" (ie. both US and Indian passport).
I'm not sure what the specific code section is.

However, if you wife (as you mentioned in a previous post) has an Indian
passport, all she has to do is put your child on that passport. Since she
is a permanent resident, her passport and your child's birth certificate
(make sure it is a proper, notarized, county-issued birth certificate) is
all that is needed for your child to enter the country.

|> > gld
|> > --
|> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|> > Gary L. Dare
|> >> gld@columbia.EDU 			GO  Winnipeg Jets  GO!!!
|> >> gld@cunixc.BITNET			Selanne + Domi ==> Stanley

Disclaimer: Please do not act directly upon my suggestions. I am not an
	    attorney and am just brainstorming here.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: icpa@iat.holonet.net (Tony Rodriguez)
Subject: International Software Assignments
Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access BBS: 510-704-1058/modem
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 03:17:11 GMT

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From: e-hung@ampex.com (Eric Hung)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: F1 to H1 or Green Card
Date: 25 Jan 93 02:04:04 GMT
Organization: Ampex Corporation, Redwood City CA


Usually, the company will apply an H1 for you first before
they sponsor for your PR, unless you have a Ph.D. degree
or some sort.
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From: reddy@seas.smu.edu (N. Urimindi)
Subject: Re: Get A Full-Time Job On Campus With F-1
Organization: School of Engineering and applied science; S.M.U.; Dallas, Tx
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 17:55:00 GMT

In article <9301201555.AA09507@top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Jinwon Choi <jchoi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> writes:
>
>
>Dear Netters,
>
>Is there anyone who is familiar with this kind of situation? I am a PhD
>student and have a GRA position on campus. I may have a chance to get a 
>full-time job on campus. I will work as a computer specialist and be involved
>in a 5-year ongoing national project. 
>
>Once I get the full-time position, I am going to get H-1 visa. Am I right?
>How long will it take to get a green card in my case, do you think? 
>If you have ANY idea, PLEASE let me know. 
>
>Jin.
>

>-- 
>
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>Jinwon Choi				               (614) 293-9086(Home)
>CAAD Software Development Lab.                         (614) 292-2148(Work)
>                                 *****
>Ph.D. Student,    ACCAD (Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design)
>GRA (Programmer), ACS   (Academic Computing Services) 
>The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.  
>e-mail: jchoi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>

Yes it's possible to get a green card if you can change your visa status to H-1 first. I think the best way is to get a Post Doctoral position with your boss, Which eill enable you to get a H-1 visa. This will take about 2 months, again the time varies depending on the geographical location. Then from H-1 you can change your status to green card.

reddy

Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: rahul@ace.syr.edu.npac.syr.edu (Rahul Bhargava)
Subject: Re: Multiple F-1/Canada
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 09:47:40 EST

Go Skins.... (sajja@vu-vlsi.ee.vill.edu) wrote:
: I need some help regarding getting as multiple entry from Canada for F-1.
: I don't want to go to India and take it there because I have changed to F-1 
: after I came here and they are likely to Question that  and also give
: me problems to me to get back.

: So I think it is wise to go to Canada and get one because it is convinient 
: and worry free.

I think you may be wrong on this count. Here is my experience. I went to
Ottawa with the same logic as you. Got rejected there. Then I convinced
myself to go back to India. Got multiple entry F1 there, without hassles.

There are lot of people who have similar experiences. As a returning
student you should not have problems back home.


--
Rahul      
                      
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: alexei@levella.wri.com (Alexei Bocharov)
Subject: Re: CHANGING CITIZENSHIP
Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc.
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 21:46:01 GMT

In article <1k2akpINNelc@fido.asd.sgi.com> shankar@sgi.com (Shankar Unni)  
writes:


> 
> > 1 Is the visa transferrable from Indian to the British Passport?
> 
> I don't think so..
> 
> > 2 If not then can I apply for visa in US?
> 
> You cannot. You will at least have to cross the border to Canada..
> 
> > 3 Can I obtain the British Passport in US?
> 
> No idea. Contact the British Consulate. I don't see why not, though..
> 
> > I am nearing my graduation(May 93). Are there any advantages or
> > disadvantages of completing this process(Wherever orhowever I may end  
up
> > doing it.) before of after graduating/finding a job.
> 
> Sure. If you are going to apply for an H-1 or a Permanent residency, it  
is
> a great idea to have your passport situation straightened out well  
before
> hand.
> 
> Especially for the H-1 - if you change your citizenship in between, you
> will very likely have to re-apply for an H-1, and I'm not sure if you  
can
> work legally in that interim - maybe an expert can clarify?
> 
> This is definitely one for an immigration lawyer..
> 
> > Are there any advantages or disadvantages of being a British citizen (  
as
> > against being an Indian) when looking for a job.
> 
> As far as looking for a job per se, I don't see any difference. However,  
if
> you are going to apply for permanent residency in the US on the basis of
> your job, you may be in for a bit of a surprise - the US quota system  
for
> PR visas is based on the country of *birth*, not the country of
> citizenship.
> 
> --

> Shankar Unni				E-Mail:	shankar@sgi.com
> Silicon Graphics Inc.			Phone:	+1-415-390-2072

--
That's an interesting disscussion.
To the best of my understanding, you guys are mixing
up  status, visa and citizenship.

Status is the thing of most concern here in the US.
However when you are applying for say H-1 status
neither visa, nor citizenship matter much.
Your I-94 suffices to prove that you are staying
legally in the US and you need a job offer and
sufficient proof of your qualification to get the
H-1. You may change your citizenship a dozen times
while your status is getting approved.

You indeed cannot get a US entry visa in the US.
But beeing a British citizen YOU WILL NEVER NEED
ONE.

In other word, you get your British passport,
you get your H-1 status, you submit your I-94
on your nearest exit from US just for the
comfort of the INS and you have I-94W waiver
instead of I-94 and visa-free entry to the US
ever since.

Alexei Bocharov
From: stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ricky ...suave... Stella)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Get A Full-Time Job On Campus With F-1
Date: 21 Jan 93 22:18:37 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

jchoi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Jinwon Choi) writes:



>Dear Netters,

>Is there anyone who is familiar with this kind of situation? I am a PhD
>student and have a GRA position on campus. I may have a chance to get a 
>full-time job on campus. I will work as a computer specialist and be involved
>in a 5-year ongoing national project. 

No.  You can only work up to 20 hours a week, while taking classes.  Only
on summer or winter breaks you are allowe 40 hours a week, as long as you
don't take classes.

Once you graduate you have the 1 year practical training where you can
work full-time, unless you used it already...

>Once I get the full-time position, I am going to get H-1 visa. Am I right?
>How long will it take to get a green card in my case, do you think? 
>If you have ANY idea, PLEASE let me know. 

You should first get the H-1 visa to work full-time.  Getting a PhD will
make it much easier to get a green card, but it depends in the field
of study...

Check with your international student advisor.

>-- 

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>Jinwon Choi				               (614) 293-9086(Home)
>CAAD Software Development Lab.                         (614) 292-2148(Work)
>                                 *****
>Ph.D. Student,    ACCAD (Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design)
>GRA (Programmer), ACS   (Academic Computing Services) 
>The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.  
>e-mail: jchoi@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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From: cd187@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Aye Naing)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Need help on third preference employment-based PR process
Date: 24 Jan 1993 08:04:53 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Hello 

I have a very closed friend who is about to go thru' a process
to get a green card with skilled worker catagory (3rd preference in Employment-
Based ). Can anybody help me with the detail process such as
required documents, approximate INS process time, lawyer
require or not, INS specification of skilled worker etc...
Thanks.

A N