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From: westbrook-jeffery@CS.YALE.EDU (Jeffery Westbrook)
Subject: Re: J-1 Visa Question
Organization: /homes/theory/westbroo/.organization
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 11:31:47 GMT

In article <ARILD.92Sep8102507@milan.ims.uni-stuttgart.de> 
arild@milan.ims.uni-stuttgart.de (Arild Hestvik) writes:

   In article <92251.181751EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu> <EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

      This is probably the most popular J-1 visa question? I came to the US from
      tunisia on a J-1 visa, subject to the two-year home residency requirement. I
      have been sponsored by Penn State since 1986. Does anyone know of any
      means to waive the two-year home residency requirement and be able to
      apply for a job in the US? 
      ...

   First thing to check is whether your J-1 actually has the 2 year home
   residency requirement. This requirement only applies if you were sponsored
   by a government agency either in your home country or the US. If your
   sponsor were, say, a company, or if you had a stipend/fellowship from a
   company, *it does NOT apply*.  Now, Penn State is a state school, so it's
   not clear whether it qualifies as a US government or private sponsor.

The way to determine if one is subject to the 2-year home residency requirement
is to examine one's pink copy of the IAP-66, which is returned by the
INS examining officer at the border. The officer checks one of two boxes
at the lower left hand side: Alien is/is not subject to 2-year home
residency.

Money that is paid through a university does not count. For example,
a research assistant paid from a US government grant is free from
residency requirements. (Technically, the US government pays the grant
to the University, which then pays its own people.)

If one *is* subject to 2-year residency requirement, one can petition
for a waiver. I believe one must go through the U.S. Information and
Exchange Agency (the agency that runs the J-1 program). Your
Penn State foreign students officer should know.

Jeff
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 18:17:51 EDT
From: <EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: J-1 Visa Question

Hello,
This is probably the most popular J-1 visa question? I came to the US from
tunisia on a J-1 visa, subject to the two-year home residency requirement. I
have been sponsored by Penn State since 1986. Does anyone know of any means to
waive the two-year home residency requirement and be able to apply for a job
in the US? I actually know people who came here as part of the same program
and were able to obtain permanent jobs in th US, but for some reason refuse
to give away any details of how they did it. I am also interested in obtaining
names and phone #'s of lawyers in the NE part of the country who specialize in
immigration.
Your replies are appreciated.
Mounir Blibeche / Penn State
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 20:26:05 EDT
From: <PXH@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: category two status?

I just wanted to add that I was referring to categ.  2 for employment, not
family.
deepti
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.hongkong
From: kkc@loki.cs.wayne.edu (Kwok K. Chan)
Subject: Re: Immigration Question
Organization: Detroit, MI
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:05:14 GMT

In article <1992Sep9.031858.18872@pegasus.com> wing@pegasus.com (Wing Ng) writes:
>Yep, if one gets green card by employment, and THEN marries an Am.
>citiz., and stays married at the end of 3 years, one can get citiz.
>at the end of 3 years.
>
Do you mean that 3 years after you get married, or 3 years after you get
the green card?


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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: sion@apache.ctr.columbia.edu (Boudi Sahyoun)
Subject: H1 Visa: How Much?
Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 12:50:49 GMT
X-Posted-From: apache.ctr.columbia.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


I'm interested in finding out how much lawyers charge for H1 visas.
How easy is it do do it without a lawyer?

Boudi.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: arild@milan.ims.uni-stuttgart.de (Arild Hestvik)
Subject: Re: J-1 Visa Question
Reply-To: arild@ims.uni-stuttgart.de
Organization: IMS, University of Stuttgart, Germany
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 07:26:19 GMT

In article <92251.181751EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu> <EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:

   This is probably the most popular J-1 visa question? I came to the US from
   tunisia on a J-1 visa, subject to the two-year home residency requirement. I
   have been sponsored by Penn State since 1986. Does anyone know of any
   means to waive the two-year home residency requirement and be able to
   apply for a job in the US? I actually know people who came here as part
   ...

First thing to check is whether your J-1 actually has the 2 year home
residency requirement. This requirement only applies if you were sponsored
by a government agency either in your home country or the US. If your
sponsor were, say, a company, or if you had a stipend/fellowship from a
company, *it does NOT apply*.  Now, Penn State is a state school, so it's
not clear whether it qualifies as a US government or private sponsor.
-A.
Xref: sparky alt.visa.us:324 soc.culture.hongkong:10476
From: onlit@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Drew)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Immigration Question
Date: 5 Sep 92 15:52:23 GMT
Followup-To: alt.visa.us
Distribution: usa
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <1992Sep3.212753.26123@cs.wayne.edu> kkc@hel.cs.wayne.edu (Kwok K. Chan) writes:
>I have an interesting but confusing question about applying the
>US citizenship.
>
>Case a: immigrate to US via employment/business/non-marriage, one would
>        qualify to apply the US citizenship after 5 years
>
>Case b: immigrate to US via marriage (with a US citizen), one would
>        qualify to apply the US citizenship after 3 years
>
>Question:  What if one immigrates to US as Case a, then married a US
>           citizen shortly after getting the PR (green card), how many
>		   years should that person have to wait in order to qualify
>		   for the citizenship application, 3 or 5 years?

My guess is now that you are eligible to apply for the US citizenship in 2
ways, choose the shorter one.  Even in Case A, there are tones of categories.
It is not unlikely that one can be qualified in several categories.  An 
attorney advised that one should chose the categories with a shorter queue.
(Some categories take longer time to process than the other.)  I believe that
principle also applies in your question. 

Andrew 
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From: muh@physics.berkeley.edu (Yury M. Mukharsky)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: J2 visa re-entry.
Date: 16 Sep 92 00:22:33 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: physics.berkeley.edu
Originator: muh@physics.Berkeley.EDU

Dear netters, my wife seems to be stuck in Moscow. 
She has J-2 visa and went to Moscow for summer,
after a year in USA. She was promised visa on September 15, and booked tickets
on September 22. She must buy them on 18, and need visa for this.
Now they said that visa will not be ready till 25th. Next available
flight is hell knows when. Can anybody advice
me on the way to accelerate the process? My employer called the Department
of State, but they know nothing about this particular application.
Any suggestions?

Thanks

Yury
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: wombat@cs.montana.edu (Izurieta)
Subject: parents
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, MSU, Bozeman Mt 59717
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 13:51:41 GMT


	I wonder if anyone knows what the process for bringing one's parents to live in the US is.
I am a US citizen, but my parents are Australian and would like to retire here in the US.  They would
not be working in the US.

				Any comments appreciated, especially if you have been in a similar
situation.

					Clem(wombat@fubar.cs.montana.edu)
.

Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From:  (Mark W.Platt)
Subject: triple citizenship
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 92 21:17:17 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque NM
Followup-To: alt.visa.us

A rather complex legal point, 	 know that you can hold US citizenship and
British citizenship, or US and Israeli but vcan you have all 3:-confused,
New Mexico
From: stevep@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (Steve Portigal)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Mailing address for US Embassy in Toronto?
Date: 14 Sep 1992 13:15:15 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

  I had a T/C visa fr the summer and I neglected to surrender it when returning.
 I think I have to mail it to the US Embassy in Toronto. Can anyone email
 me their mailing address?
 
 Thanks,
 
 Steve Portigal
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From: joshee@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Jeetendra R. Joshee)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Green Card holder filing I-130 for Parent, is that possible?
Keywords: PR (Permanent Resident), Green Card, Parent, Father, Daughter
Date: 12 Sep 92 18:59:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst


My Follow up question to the querry above:

If a person with Green Card wanted to bring his/her parents to the U.S
on a permanent basis - what needs to be done? How long does it take? Is
there a long waiting list?

Parents are still abroad and do not hold any type of visa.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: salas@math.orst.edu (Gerry Salas)
Subject: Re: J-1 Visa Question
Organization: Oregon State University Math Department
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:54:21 GMT

In article <27905@life.ai.mit.edu> bellutta@amalfi.ai.mit.edu (Paolo Bellutta) writes:
>
>westbrook-jeffery@CS.YALE.EDU (Jeffery Westbrook) writes:
>> Money that is paid through a university does not count. For example,
>> a research assistant paid from a US government grant is free from
>> residency requirements. (Technically, the US government pays the grant
>> to the University, which then pays its own people.)
>
>How come I have a J-1 visa with the two years rule since I'm being
>paid by the university through a grant by NIH.  Should I point this
>out when asking to waive the rule?
>
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> \'o.O'  | B.I.C.C - Oregon Health Sciences University
> =(_o_)= | 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd. - Portland, OR
>    U    | tel: (503) 494 4804 --- fax: (503) 494 4551


There are three bases for the two year residence requirement:

	a) government financing and/or (as discussed earlier)
	b) the Exchange visitor skills list and/or 
	c) PL 94 484 as amended

I do not know what letter c is.  Most of the J-1 visa holders are
subject to the two year homestay requirement because of (b).  My guess
is that your field of study is listed in the Exchange visitor skills
list.  Each country has its own list.  They require you to serve your
country for at least two years since your country is in need of persons
with your expertise.  For example, in the Philippines, Actuarial Science
is included in the list.  So if you are issued a J-1 visa to study
Actuarial Science here in the US, you'll be subject to the 2-year
homestay.  This is precisely the reason why you have to ask your own
embassy to seek for a waiver.  

Comments Welcome

Gerry
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,misc.legal,soc.culture.usa
From: dp@natinst.com (Debapriya Ray)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: H1 to F1; what about applying from a US consul aborad ?
Date: 11 Sep 92 21:50:24 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX
NNTP-Posting-Host: falcon.natinst.com

Hi ya-all !

	Recently there has been an article on the conversion of H1 status
to F1 status. It seems that, as one netter pointed out, there is a lot
of delay in getting the status-change done by INS. I have a question:
##########################################################################
what if the person, leaves the US and applies for a F1 visa from a 
US consul abroad ? Doesn't that make the change of status automatic 
and faster ? 
##########################################################################
	Other than the risk of going outside the Us, is there any other
twist ?

	Please reply to dp@natinst.com 
	You may also post to the net, if you like.

	Appreciate your response. 

	Ray
email: dp@natinst.com
National Instr
Austin, TX
From: ktong@shannon.jpl.nasa.gov (Kevin Tong)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Green Card holder filing I-130 for Parent, is that possible?
Keywords: PR (Permanent Resident), Green Card, Parent, Father, Daughter
Date: 9 Sep 92 22:11:50 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Section 331


Here is a simple question:

My wife, who is a PR (green card holder) wants to get his
father a green card. Can she file an I-130 now or does she
have to wait until she becomes a US Citizen?

If she did file an I-130, will the US Consulate deny her
father a non-immigrant visa to visit the USA?  Her father
currently has a multiple entry B1/B2 visa.

BTW, they are from Taiwan, if that is relevant.


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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: aalis@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Al Bundy)
Subject: It's better to take your Green Card pictures in the airport upon entry
Organization: San Francisco State University
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 05:11:25 GMT

 Yeap..., to avoid the inconveniences that happen to me and couple
of people I kn. 
The processing center (in Arlington, Texas) that process I-551 (not
sure if it's I-551 or I-155) or Green Card (it's actually pink color)
DO needs your green card picture to have certain sizes, including 
the size from the top of the head to chin, a white background,
and the position of the face.  Also the hair should not cover the
ear, etc. etc., please follow the instruction that included when
you apply for a green card.    
	While having your pictures taken at the airport upon
entry to U.S. doesn't guarantee 100 % that the pictures will
be alright, the chance of them making a mistake is minimal
because they have been taking picture for million immigrants 
that come here compared to just the regular photo center or
worse yet, the one from one's home country.  And they take
your pictures in the airport for free anyway.
	I am posting this because what would have taken 6
weeks to get your card would take months to receive it.
My friend has been waiting for > 3 months since she had
her picture RETAKEN, and the card has not yet arrived
(BT does anyone know how long it will take if somebody
didn't do it right on the first time like the above example ?)
Sometimes the problems also included the fingerprints/ signature
that's not dark enough to be seen (they photograph ???? the form
the same as driver license) etc. etc.
So, just an info to try to do it right the first time.

Later...,
AL
From: bellutta@amalfi.ai.mit.edu (Paolo Bellutta)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: J-1 Visa Question
Date: 15 Sep 92 18:45:34 GMT
Organization: Oregon Health Sciences University


westbrook-jeffery@CS.YALE.EDU (Jeffery Westbrook) writes:
> Money that is paid through a university does not count. For example,
> a research assistant paid from a US government grant is free from
> residency requirements. (Technically, the US government pays the grant
> to the University, which then pays its own people.)

How come I have a J-1 visa with the two years rule since I'm being
paid by the university through a grant by NIH.  Should I point this
out when asking to waive the rule?

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From: sotoc@eecae.ee.msu.edu (Ciro Soto)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Renewing tourist visa
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:46:51 GMT
Organization: College of Engineering, Michigan State University

I have F-1 visa and my family F-2.  My borther came 5 month ago
to visit me and learn some English.  He has a permanent (without
 expiration date) tourist
visa for multiple entries.  When he came the inmigration people
put a maximum of 6 month to stay here.  Now my brother wants to
renew it for 6 more month.  What is the best way to do it?
Someone told me that he should go to Canada one day and return, is this a good
idea? Is that legal ?  How long does it take to process the
renewal in inmigration?

Thanks in advance,

Ciro

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Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:22:54 EDT
From: Kayvon Z. Sadeghi <KSADEGH@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: applying 4 green card

A couple of weeks ago I saw a friend of mine who told me that he has filed
an application for his son, regarding his green card; And he told me that
he, himself, only has a green card and that he is not a citizen.
Can someone with a green card file an application for someone else or
does he have to be a citizen?


Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: pmullins@cs.ulowell.edu ([Irish Harp])
Subject: AA-1 Update????
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 22:22:55 GMT


Now that the period for applying for this year's Morrison visa has ended,
what's the up-to-date news on the process????

PGM
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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: suec@watson.ibm.com (Sue Christy)
Subject: Re: How is the interview for the green card?
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 18:19:51 GMT
Distribution: usa
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Although my husband and I hired an attorney for consultations about our green
card, we did not have him at the interview itself.  Since we had to go back
to Canada for the interview (we had a little problem which I posted here some
time ago) it would have been prohibitively expensive.  He just prepared us
for what we would be asked, advised us to get letters of reference and some
other supporting documents, and told my husband it wouldn't be a bad idea to
cut his hair!  We went in alone and had no problems.  They didn't even ask
any funny questions like "What kind of face cream does your SO use." 

Unless you have a sticky situation, I wouldn't bother paying for your attorney 
to attend.

Sue Christy Wyard
(MY opinions here, not IBMs)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: wiryaman@riscee.pko.dec.com (Santa Wiryaman)
Subject: Re: Fingerprints...
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard MA
Distribution: alt
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:00:57 GMT

In article <WALVER.92Sep11093928@kielo.uta.fi> walver@uta.fi (Ville Walveranta) writes:
>
>	Can I take the fingerprints myself (on the appropriate form)
>	or should they be taken by some official (at a nearest 
>	police station or in an INS office)?
>
>	-- Willy

Bring the forms to a local police station and have one of the officer finger-
print you.  At least this is what I was told to do.  Shouldn't cost you a dime.

-- 
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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: bauwens@acs.ucalgary.ca (Luc Bauwens)
Subject: Re: J-1 Visa Question
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 17:42:08 GMT
Organization: The University of Calgary, Alberta

In article <92251.181751EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu> <EGQ@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>Hello,
>This is probably the most popular J-1 visa question? I came to the US from
>tunisia on a J-1 visa, subject to the two-year home residency requirement. I
>have been sponsored by Penn State since 1986. Does anyone know of any means to
>waive the two-year home residency requirement and be able to apply for a job
>in the US? I actually know people who came here as part of the same program
>and were able to obtain permanent jobs in th US, but for some reason refuse
>to give away any details of how they did it. I am also interested in obtaining
>names and phone #'s of lawyers in the NE part of the country who specialize in
>immigration.
>Your replies are appreciated.

If you are being sponsored by those floks at the Tunisian
embassy, you might as well forget it.

LB


Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.hongkong
From: aalis@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Al Bundy)
Subject: Re: Immigration Question
Organization: San Francisco State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 05:11:59 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.224534.18799@pegasus.com> wing@pegasus.com (Wing Ng) writes:
>The relevant criterion is whether one is married to an Am. citiz.
>at the end of 3 years.  If so, one can apply for citiz., otherwise
>wait for 5 years.  The way one obtained the green card is irrelevant.
>
>Wing
>

 I am more confused now, what happen if you marry a US citizen
before those three years period ? (To clarify the original
question, what happen if a green card holder who got his/
her card from other than marriage with US citizen marry a
US citizen, will the wait 3 or 5 years to get citizenship ?)
From: jp@root.co.uk (John-Paul Leyland)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: An English Man in New York.
Date: 8 Sep 92 17:36:34 GMT
Organization: UniSoft Ltd., London, England

On the subject of US visa's I know very little, hence this message.

I am an English citizan but I had been hoping that it would be possible to
work in America for say six months in about a years time.

Can anybody give me any information about under what circumstances visas can
be obtained. I've heard that it's practically impossible.

Thanks in advance,

  John-Paul
  jp@root.co.uk
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: baba@sea.shearson.com (Baba Prasad)
Subject: When to file PR application?
Organization: Lehman Brothers, NY
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 20:26:50 GMT



Hi:

Is it true that to file for the permanent residency (the
final application after your preference petition has been approved,
I mean) the date has to be current? I am not sure how the process 
works after the labour certification process? Any ideas?

--baba

Xref: sparky alt.visa.us:336 soc.culture.hongkong:10597
From: wing@pegasus.com (Wing Ng)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.hongkong
Subject: Re: Immigration Question
Date: 9 Sep 92 03:18:58 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu

Yep, if one gets green card by employment, and THEN marries an Am.
citiz., and stays married at the end of 3 years, one can get citiz.
at the end of 3 years.

On the other hand, if one gets green card by marriage, then gets
divorced at the end of 3 years, one is NOT eligible to get citiz.
But if one gets married AGAIN to an Am. citiz. at the end of 4
years, one is again eligible, rather than have to wait till the
5th year.

Wing
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