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From: GRANTH@brownvm.brown.edu (Grant Hogarth)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Married/employer sponsorship/temp work vis
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:39:10 EST
Organization: Brown University - Providence, Rhode Island  USA
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Keywords: TC-1 Practical Training
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In article <1992Nov20.193357.21654@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>,
hl2a@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Haiyan  Liu) said:
>
>I am asking the qusetion regarding the practical training.  I deleted your
>previous posting.  You mentioned I can work ANYWHERE during the practical
>training and does this ANYWHERE including CANADA?  I mean whether I can work
>in Canada and then come back to US and my practical training would still be
>valid?

UMM....
1. A U.S. visa does not qualify nor permit you to work in Canada. (Or Mexico,
or Japan, or wherever.

2. The PT portion of a F-1 visa allows a person to work *in their field*
anywhere in the United States of America. It may not be valid for
some government positions, or positions requiring security clearance.

Unless the regulations have changed, the PT extention is good for 6 mo., and
renewable *at the same company/position* for a further 6 months.  After that,
you have to apply for an H-1, Green Card, or specialized visa (Eg. TC-1 visas
for Canadian citizens whose positions/training qualifies them.)

I do not know what the INS grace period for beginning a PT extention is.
As far as working in other countries, and then returning for your PT,
if you do not tell the INS, they have no way of knowing if you worked
while you were home/suppossedly on vacation/etc.

Disclaimer... I am just another Canadian expatriate...check with a lawyer.
Grant.
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From: hpyeo@IASTATE.EDU (Sandy)
Subject: info on the nearest INS
Reply-To: hpyeo@IASTATE.EDU (Sandy)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:58:15 GMT

Hi.. Does anyone know where is the nearest INS around Oklahoma area??
What is the address and phone number. Thanks in advance.

Sandy
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:30:57 EST
From: Kayvon Z. Sadeghi <KSADEGH@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Anyone had applied for Practical training before?
 <1992Nov19.171542.22823@phcomgw.seri.philips.nl> <Bxzqv4.C1A.1@cs.cmu.edu>

In article <Bxzqv4.C1A.1@cs.cmu.edu>, nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena)
says:

    [tuff deleted]

>
>This has completely changed! You don't need a job offer to get the
>EAD (employment authorization doc.), and you can work wherever you want
>during the one-year period.
>
>[more stuff that's OK]
>
>>
>
>Nestor



Excuse me if this sounds so naive but I have to ask it:
Does that mean I can play around and have fun till the day I get graduated
and *after graduation* I have 1 year to look for a job? And I don't even
have to let the INS to know about it?
Or I am supposed to look for a job before I get graduated and show the
documents to INS to make my staying in this country legal?

thanks
k1
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From: hl2a@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Haiyan  Liu)
Subject: Re: Anyone had applied for Practical training before?
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:36:33 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.203549.21834@serval.net.wsu.edu> rdubey@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Rakesh Dubey - grad student) writes:
>
>authorization. You need not have any vaild job offer and either change
>your visa status or leave the country after that year. There is nothing
>that stops you from leaving US during that period.
>
>This employment is authorized by INS

Do you mean that during practical traing, we can go overseas and come
back to US with the F-visa without a job?

Thank you very much
.
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From: nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena)
Subject: Re: Anyone had applied for Practical training before?
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 01:30:39 GMT

In article <1992Nov19.171542.22823@phcomgw.seri.philips.nl> grimaldo@tokyo.seri.philips.nl (Emilio Grimaldo) writes:
>hpyeo@IASTATE.EDU (Sandy) writes:
>: Hi, I have a question concerning Practical Training. 
>: 
>: I plan to apply for my practical training after I graduate this December. 
>: But I haven't been offer a job yet. I wish to go home for holiday and then
>: come back to look for a job. Will I have any problem getting my visa changes 
>: Sorry if my question is not clear. I tried my best to put it in words.
>
>   Hi Sandy, my name is Emilio and I went through the same problem years ago.
>   This is how it works: When you graduate you are allowed (by right I think)
>   to have PT for up to 1 year. You can ONLY accept (for the PT permit to be
>   legal) employment in your area of study so Electrical Engineers CANNOT
>   accept employment as programmers even though that subject is covered in
>   the curriculum. Then the PT is ONLY valid IF you have an offer. The PT is
>   partitioned in 2 6 month periods, if you do NOT get a suitable job offer
>   withing the first 6 months you LOSE the right to the 2nd period, so you
>   MUST land a job within the first 6 months after graduation (so if you go
>   on holidays you lose...), the time that passes is lost so if you get a job
>   after 5 months you can only use 7 months of PT.            

This has completely changed! You don't need a job offer to get the
EAD (employment authorization doc.), and you can work wherever you want
during the one-year period.

[more stuff that's OK]

>    Hope this helps,
>		     Emilio
>		     "Was once in the USA..."
>		      Good Luck!
>

Nestor
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From: cmdsig@mhvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
Subject: k1 visa
Reply-To: cmdsig@mhvax.weeg.uiowa.edu
Organization: U - Iowa Department of Psychiatry
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:48:17 GMT

please mail info on k1 visa or how green card holders can get their spouse
faster than 2 yrs
From: avk@hafnium.cchem.berkeley.edu (Tony Konashenok)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Work permit for H4
Date: 21 Nov 1992 01:47:25 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: hafnium.cchem.berkeley.edu
Keywords: H4 visa

As far as I know, H-4 (as well as F-2) visa holders are
not eligible for work permit, although they may change their
status to a category permitting employment. The latter goes
like any status adjustment and seems to be more feasible
than changing a B-2 status.

Tony

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From: rpatil@nmsu.edu (Raj Patil)
Subject: H-3 visa info please...
Organization: Computing Research Lab
Distribution: alt.visa.us
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 00:09:43 GMT


My friend got a job offer today, his employer says that they will process
his H-3 visa which is special education exchange visitor program. He will
be hired fulltime. What is H-3 visa?, can he apply for Labor certification
to get his green card if he is on H-3 visa? Is there any salary requirement
for H-3 visa like it is for H-1B. The employer says that it is easier to 
get H-3 then H-1. Any information regarding this issue is highly appreciated.


raj patil
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From: grimaldo@tokyo.seri.philips.nl (Emilio Grimaldo)
Subject: Re: Anyone had applied for Practical training before?
Organization: Philips Semiconductors, The Netherlands 
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:15:04 GMT

hl2a@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Haiyan  Liu) writes:
: In article <1992Nov19.203549.21834@serval.net.wsu.edu> rdubey@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Rakesh Dubey - grad student) writes:
: >
: >authorization. You need not have any vaild job offer and either change
: >your visa status or leave the country after that year. There is nothing
: >that stops you from leaving US during that period.
: >This employment is authorized by INS
: 

    Yes, the employment IS authorised by INS and the visa status does NOT
    change, and you can get a job ANYWHERE BUT again they do NOT consider
    practical training when an engineer works as a psychologist, it MUST be
    in your field of study. The permit is there, the most they will do is
    to write in your visa that you are in your P/T period, but once it is
    over it is over. At least in 89 the time starts running as soon as you
    are officially not registered as a student and I  doubt this has changed...


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From: hl2a@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Haiyan  Liu)
Subject: Re: Married/employer sponsorship/temp work visa HELP!
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 19:33:57 GMT

I am asking the qusetion regarding the practical training.  I deleted your
previous posting.  You mentioned I can work ANYWHERE during the practical 
training and does this ANYWHERE including CANADA?  I mean whether I can work 
in Canada and then come back to US and my practical training would still be
valid?

Thank you very much.

Haiyan

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From: ayr@gtech.com (Aleksey Y. Romanov)
Subject: visa extension
Organization: GTECH Corporation, West Greenwich RI
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 15:03:01 GMT



A friend of mine is going to have a business trip in US. He has a visa
for one month. He would like to spend a holydays with me, but it
will require 10 days of visa extension. People he is going to visit
told him that they extend it without a problem once he is in US.

Can I do anything with this situation ?  If yes should I do anything  or
he will have no problem to extend it?



-- 
Aleksey Y. Romanov

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed are entirely my own and do not
necessary reflect those of my employer or anyone else
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From: dsb@godzilla.pi.macsch.com
Subject: Re: Help about proving Perm. Res.
Organization: MSC
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 19:27:03 GMT

In article <GUMBY.92Nov22103836@Cygnus.COM>, gumby@Cygnus.COM (David V. Henkel-Wallace) writes:
|> 
|>    Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 17:26:30 GMT
|>    From: yil@engr.ucf.edu (Yilmaz Cengeloglu)
|> 
|>    Currently, I have a job offer and they require permenant residency.
|>    They call me and ask copy of my green card which I did not have
|>    yet. But I have PR visa number and work permit which stamped to the
|>    I-94 form.
|> 
|>    I do not have any kind of official paper that clearly state I am in
|>    process of getting green card. But I have to prove the company my
|>    immigration status.
|> 
|> I used to do the I-9 checking for my company, and my short answer is:
|> don't worry.
|> 
|> First, unless you have a special kind of military job, which an any
|> case usually requires US citizenship, they really want proof of right
|> to work, and don't want to pay your green card fees (or have you
|> suddenly leave).  If you have the right to work and are just waiting
|> for your green card, then it shouldn't be a problem.
|> 
|> You should have in your passport a form (I forget the #) stamped in
|> with the number written in.  That's for all intents and purposes a
|> green card.
|> 
|> But I don't think that you usually get one of those nutil you have had
|> your interview, and if you haven't had your interview yet, you may not
|> actually have one if you haven't had your interview yet.
|> 
|> Also, the folks who check I9's are just some poor person at your
|> company who has been forced by the government to check them, not
|> someone who is necessarily well versed in Immigration law.  So if it
|> doesn't say "permanent resident" on your I-94 they may not be willing
|> to take it without some calling around.  

Correct me if I am wrong, but the original post stated that the person
and his/her spouse were waiting for the INS interview. In that case,
there is no way that a stamp on an I-94 is "for all intents and purposes
a green card." Prior to the interview, intent to apply for residency is
ALL that is established.

By my understanding, one must pay an additional fee to the INS to apply
for an Employment Authorization card from the Department of Justice.
This is a laminated card with your fingerprint and photograph, and allows
the bearer to work at any company. The duration is usually 1 year, to
give you time to work through the INS interview. Once the application
is approved post-interview, there will be a stamp that suffices as a
green card until the actual card arrives in the mail.

Disclaimer: My views and my views only.
From: cema@cs.umd.edu (Simon Hawkin)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: F-1 status and related topics
Keywords: spelling visa status
Date: 16 Nov 92 02:20:55 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742

Good morning or another time of  day !

[1] I am a graduate student on F-1 visa. It so happened that
    the visa is valid for ONE entry, rather than multiple,
    but allows staying in the US for 6 years (length of study).
    Any advice -- whether it is worth fighting for MULTIPLE
    entry status, how to do that (if so), how to re-apply
    in my homeland I am going to visit the next summer -- is
    highly appreciated.

[2] The spelling of my name in the passport (issued by Soviets)
    and I-94, and hence Social Security card, is different from
    my business name, used in my school (as a place of study and
    employment), bank, and elsewhere. The problem is that the
    first character of my family name is different : H and KH.
    Any advice, again, is welcome. I believe there are quite a few
    people around who have or had such a stupid, yet stubborn, as
    any bureaucratical matter, problem.

Thanks a lot.
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From: joshee@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Jeetendra R. Joshee)
Subject: Re: I140 and more
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:52:28 GMT

I-140 is the petition for prospective immigrant employee, that is you. 
Normally your employer files this petition with the approved labor
certificate. INS reviews your application and mainly checks if a visa
number is available for you or not. When you receive 140 approval
notification that means a permanent visa is available for you (which is
the green card number). Then you file the I-495. At that time you get
the appointment for your green card interview.
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From: smak@silver.cs.umanitoba.ca (Stephen Mak)
Subject: Need help about visa application 
Organization: Computer Science Dept., University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Distribution: us 
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 21:13:57 GMT



Hi folks:

	I am a graduate student from Hong Kong and am completing my study at
	the end of this year.  I would like to seek a job in North America.
	I have some questions about US visa application.
	
	-	In case that I got a job office in the united state, how can I
		apply a working visa?

	-	What way to apply the visa better?  (personal/lawyer)

	-	What is the meaning of visa types such as H-1, F-1, and I-###?

	-	If I got the visa, can I leave the country for holiday?

	If anyone did such thing before, please give me information.
	Thank you so much!!!!
From: porsupah@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: H category visa information
Date: 21 Nov 92 01:06:21 -0500
Organization: Raccoon-Silkies have more fun !

 The only information I have on the H-3 is that taken from the Consular
Advice BBS maintained by the State Department, on (202) 647-9225.

    CLASSIFICATIONS

    The  Immigration  and Nationality Act provides  several  categories  of
    nonimmigrant  visas for a person who wishes to work temporarily in  the
    United   States.    There   are  annual  numerical   limits   on   some
    classifications   which  are  shown  in  parentheses.   The   following
    classifications of visas are provided for by law.


    H-1A classification applies to services as a registered nurse.

    H-1B  classification applies to a specialty occupation  which  requires
    the  theoretical  and  practical  application  of  a  body  of   highly
    specialized  knowledge  requiring completion of a  specific  course  of
    higher  education.   This classification requires a  labor  attestation
    issued  by the Secretary of Labor (65,000).  This  classification  also
    applies  to  Government-to-Government  research  and  development,   or
    coproduction projects administered by the Department of Defense (100);

    H-2A  classification  applies to agricultural work of  a  temporary  or
    seasonal nature;

    H-2B  classification applies to nonagricultural work of a temporary  or
    seasonal  nature.   This  classification  requires  a  temporary  labor
    certification issued by the Secretary of Labor (66,000);

    H-3 classification applies to trainees other than medical or  academic.
    This classification also applies to practical training in the education
    of handicapped children (50);

-- Porsupah

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From: nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Anyone had applied for Practical training before?
Date: 23 Nov 92 04:55:15 GMT
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

In article <92325.163057KSADEGH@auvm.american.edu> Kayvon Z. Sadeghi <KSADEGH@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>In article <Bxzqv4.C1A.1@cs.cmu.edu>, nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena)
>says:
>
>    [tuff deleted]
>
>>
>>This has completely changed! You don't need a job offer to get the
>>EAD (employment authorization doc.), and you can work wherever you want
>>during the one-year period.
>>
>>[more stuff that's OK]
>>
>>>
>>
>>Nestor
>
>
>
>Excuse me if this sounds so naive but I have to ask it:
>Does that mean I can play around and have fun till the day I get graduated
>and *after graduation* I have 1 year to look for a job? And I don't even

You can get your EAD up to 30 days after graduation and DO NOTHING during
the following year if that's what you want.  Of course, you'll be
for the INS looking for a job. Don't need job offer to get EAD.

>have to let the INS to know about it?
You don't
>Or I am supposed to look for a job before I get graduated and show the
>documents to INS to make my staying in this country legal?
NO
>
>thanks
>k1


Nestor
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From: johnen@cs.columbia.edu (Colette Johnen)
Subject: Re: from J-1 to H-1
Organization: Columbia University Department of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:23:43 GMT



How to switch form J-1 visa to H-1 visa !
there is  a problem except to find a compagny that want to sponsor you ?

- Colette -

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Columbia University			(+1) 212 939-7096
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New-York 10027, USA
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From: hpyeo@IASTATE.EDU (Sandy)
Subject: Anyone had applied for Practical training before?
Reply-To: hpyeo@IASTATE.EDU (Sandy)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 23:39:16 GMT

Hi, I have a question concerning Practical Training. 

I plan to apply for my practical training after I graduate this December. 
But I haven't been offer a job yet. I wish to go home for holiday and then
come back to look for a job. Will I have any problem getting my visa changes 
to PT and come back to find a job?? Or will the embassy deny my application
for a new visa for PT to enter US??  I was told by the international student
advsior in my school that I might not be able to obtain a new visa for PT
to come back to US unless I have a job offer waiting for me. Is that true??
Has anyone or their friends had went home with a valid PT with no job offer,
and received a new visa to come back to look for a job?

Sorry if my question is not clear. I tried my best to put it in words.

Thanks for any info that will be provided. 


Sandy
From: alan@gizmo.usc.edu (Alan Petersen)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: PR Lottery
Date: 19 Nov 1992 20:02:55 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: gizmo.usc.edu

bellutta@stromboli.ai.mit.edu (Paolo Bellutta) writes:



>I still have to get an aknowledge of my application for a Permanent Resident
>visa with the "lottery" program, and given the date, it is unlikely I will get one.

>Since I'm visiting my parents for Christmas (in Italy), I was worried
>that I could be denied re-entry (I currently have a J-1, multiple entries)
>since I applied for immigration.

>How likely is this?

I heard from an immigration lawyer that it is possible.
Basically, he said "Don't volunteer information" -- they
have no records on who entered the lottery and _didn't_ win,
so you're OK as long as you don't tell INS that you
entered.

Good luck.

asp

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 | Alan Petersen                     |                           |
 | Department of Psychology          | ph: 213-740-9194          |
 | University of Southern California | email: alan@gizmo.usc.edu |
From: jamshed@Warren.MENTORG.COM (Jamshed Khan)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Need Info. Change of status etc.
Date: 16 Nov 1992 00:01:34 GMT
Organization: Mentor Graphics, IC Group
Distribution: usa
Reply-To: jamshed@Warren.MENTORG.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: kahn.warren.mentorg.com


Hi-

I would appreciate anybody's help regarding some information.

I recently got married. My wife is working in Michigan.
I am working in New Jersey. She in on H-1 visa and recently became Canadian
resident (after getting H-1). I am about to get my H-1. Right now I am on 
F-1 Practical trainning.

The questions are:

1- Can she quit her job and stay in New Jersey legally being a canadian
   resident?

2- Does she needs to keep the current job until she get another
   job in New Jersey and new H-1? ( a hard one to do)

3- Can she get a H-1 easily
   after converting to my visa, that is, getting H-4? I mean is it more
   hard to convert to H-1 from H-4  then a new H-1 from old H-1.

4- Can she take a long absence from her job, provided her employer
   agree and search for the job in New Jersey. As she is paid on 
   an hourly basis, will there be any problems later on while filing
   income tax?

5- How difficult is it for the Canadian resident to get H-1?

My wife wants and move to New Jersey as soon as possible without 
getting into too much trouble 

I guess there are some options available. I am asking your help to find 
the optimal option.

I would appreciate your help.

Please  post the comments  on net, so other people may also read it in case
some one need the infomation in future. You may also mail your kind response
directly to me.

Much thanks in advance.

--jamshed.

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