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From: g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk (G.Coulter)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Getting US Visa from UK University
Date: 23 Dec 92 13:07:56 GMT
Reply-To: g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk
Organization: Daresbury Laboratory, UK

Hi everyone :-

I am  interested in finding  work in  the states/CA. particularly  in the field of
computer science. I have a HND in Software Engineering & I am also just completing
a BSc(HONS)  degree  in Computer  Science with one years  experience  at the  SERC
Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington CHESHIRE UK. 

I am fully aware of both the job situation over here in the UK and also over in the
states, Could anyone advise me as to how likely I am to get a US visa, thus allowing
me to look for a job in CA. I have toyed with many ideas including getting a job here
for a few years and then emigrating, going out to CA "ASAP" or taking an MSc and then
trying to get out. The best one to me seems to be stay here get some experience and
then apply to emigrate! What do you think?

Any advice on which of the above would be the most beneficial would be of great help
thanks.

-Gary- PS I am 24 Years old, White and British, with no criminal convictions
Xref: sparky alt.visa.us:788 soc.culture.indian:41767
From: cahuja@twerp.ease.arco.com (Chander Ahuja)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: US born child of green card holders
Date: 23 Dec 92 16:28:36 GMT
Reply-To: cahuja@twerp.ease.arco.com (Chander Ahuja)
Organization: Atlantic Richfield Company (EASE group), Dallas , TX


In article <1992Dec20.022510.23732@athena.mit.edu>, thomke@mtl.mit.e.......

|> I am German and my wife is Indian. Our son was born in Boston this year 
|> and has his own passports (American and German). We were initially 

Interesting - i always thought American citizenship required giving up any
other citizenship ?? (or did you get the german psprt after getting the
american one...?)

|> interested in getting an Indian passport for him but were told that he
|> doesn't have the right to get one (only the citizenship of the father

I think a new legislation was just enacted which changes that (of what i remember it provides citizenship to any child of Indian parents born outside
the country....am not sure if that means father has to be indian or any one
of the parents need to be .....read of it within last month - News India
magazine...(i think) )

|> matters; the fact that my wife is Indian is apparently irrelevant to
|> the Indian government). In any case, we'll just have to get visas each
|> time we go to India which is really no big deal.
|> 
|> Stefan

-chander
From: mtp@oregon.uoregon.edu (Matthias Pohl)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: AA1
Followup-To: alt.visa.us
Date: 23 Dec 1992 17:06:05 GMT
Organization: Dep. of Chemistry
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: finke0.uoregon.edu

Could somebody either post or email me the address, rules and datelines for
the AA1 lottery game ? Seems I have misplaced all the material I had about
it...

Thanx,
/Matthias
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.indian
From: vagarwal@dis9002.shearson.com (Virendra Agarwal)
Subject: Re: US born child of green card holders
Reply-To: vagarwal@tardis.shearson.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers
	<1992Dec21.143221.13377@engage.pko.dec.com>
	<1992Dec23.230626.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 15:52:04 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.230626.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury) writes:

   Xref: shearson.com alt.visa.us:743 soc.culture.indian:103342
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Path: shearson.com!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!mercury.unt.edu!vaxb.acs.unt.edu!ff76
   From: ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury)
   Lines: 31
   Sender: usenet@mercury.unt.edu (UNT USENet Adminstrator)
   Organization: University of North Texas
   References: <1992Dec18.234351.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <1992Dec21.143221.13377@engage.pko.dec.com>
   Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:06:26 GMT

   In article <1992Dec21.143221.13377@engage.pko.dec.com>, wiryaman@riscee.pko.dec.com (Santa Wiryaman) writes:
   > Will the following work?  Ask your consulate to have your child included in
   > your wife's passport.  Also get a US passport for your child.  The child can
   > have dual citizenship until he can decide for himself (18 years old?)
   > 
   > Upon departure from the US, show the US passport, so no I-94 needs to be
   > surrendered.  At the port of entry in India, show the Indian passport, so no
   > visa is required.  And upon coming back to the US, show the US passport again.
   > 
   > This at least applies to some country, I don't know if India allows it.
   > Also, this only works if the child travels with his mom, which should be of
   > no concern when he is young.  Later on you can ask for a separate passport for
   > him.
   > 
   This has been suggested to me by at least one other person.  The problem with
   the dual documentation tactic, I am afraid, is that some arrogant immigration
   official at one end or the other may be able to figure out that something is
   wrong if I show them only one passport selectively.  You see, when you depart
   or enter a country, there will be departure and admissions stamps on the
   passport.  If, at the point of entry, an individual's paasport looks like this
   person has *not * come through the departing country's official channels,
   wouldn't that cause red flags to go up all over the place.  I suppose that this
   could be done. . . .  But, I am not sure.

   Regards, 

   - Jhinuk.

   Jhinuk Chowdhury
   chowdhur@cobaf.unt.edu   -or-   ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu

>>>>> Absolutely correct !! Be consistent and use a single passport both ways to 
      avoid problems. The stamps DO matter.

--
---------------------------------------------------------------
Virendra Agarwal
vagarwal@shearson.com
212-464-2151
Lehman Brothers
388 Greenwich st.(9th Flr.)
NewYork, NY 10013
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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: dsouza@cwis.unomaha.edu (Henry D'Souza)
Subject: Re: Do H-1's pay Social Security ?
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:09:22 GMT



I know a friend who went from  F1 TO H1 or H2. He started paying soc.security
tax after the status had changed.  You might want to call a university foreign
student office. Let me know if you find out the above info is not correct and
email me directly.

Dsouza.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.indian
From: ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury)
Subject: Re: US born child of green card holders
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 05:06:26 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.143221.13377@engage.pko.dec.com>, wiryaman@riscee.pko.dec.com (Santa Wiryaman) writes:
> Will the following work?  Ask your consulate to have your child included in
> your wife's passport.  Also get a US passport for your child.  The child can
> have dual citizenship until he can decide for himself (18 years old?)
> 
> Upon departure from the US, show the US passport, so no I-94 needs to be
> surrendered.  At the port of entry in India, show the Indian passport, so no
> visa is required.  And upon coming back to the US, show the US passport again.
> 
> This at least applies to some country, I don't know if India allows it.
> Also, this only works if the child travels with his mom, which should be of
> no concern when he is young.  Later on you can ask for a separate passport for
> him.
> 
This has been suggested to me by at least one other person.  The problem with
the dual documentation tactic, I am afraid, is that some arrogant immigration
official at one end or the other may be able to figure out that something is
wrong if I show them only one passport selectively.  You see, when you depart
or enter a country, there will be departure and admissions stamps on the
passport.  If, at the point of entry, an individual's paasport looks like this
person has *not * come through the departing country's official channels,
wouldn't that cause red flags to go up all over the place.  I suppose that this
could be done. . . .  But, I am not sure.

Regards, 

- Jhinuk.

Jhinuk Chowdhury
chowdhur@cobaf.unt.edu   -or-   ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
From: svoiski@FNALNM.FNAL.GOV
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Does this newsgroup have FAQ article?
Date: 28 Dec 1992 21:06:19 GMT
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
Reply-To: svoiski@FNALNM.FNAL.GOV
NNTP-Posting-Host: fnalnm.fnal.gov


Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: batg6502@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dance With Me?)
Subject: H-1 for post-docs?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 05:46:39 GMT
Keywords: H-1 visa, post-doc

I'm a graduate student with an F-1 visa who is expecting to get
my PhD next August.  I'm thinking of getting a post-doctoral position
at a University or an industrial postion. I was wondering if you
guys out there know whether I can easily change my F-1 status to
an H-1 (Labor Certification, is it?) as a post-doc?

Thanks in advance
 
-- 

Benjamin Alan Tjoa                        Department of Biochemistry 
tjoa@c.scs.uiuc.edu                       University of Illinois-Urbana
batg6502@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu                 Roger Adams Lab #428
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.indian
From: jis@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (jishnu.mukerji)
Subject: Re: US born child of green card holders
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 20:40:43 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.230626.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury) writes:

> .... You see, when you depart
>or enter a country, there will be departure and admissions stamps on the
>passport.  If, at the point of entry, an individual's paasport looks like this

Not really. I have travelled several times from US to Europe and back
visiting several countries in Europe and had absolutely no stamps
of entry or exit put in my US Passport. That is becoming relatively
common these days. Only the British seem to insist on stamping
passports in Western Europe anymore. I noticed that after a while INS
started stamping my passport when entering the US when no other stamp
pertaining to the trip appeared in my passport, but they do not do
that consistently either.

>>person has *not * come through the departing country's official channels,
>>wouldn't that cause red flags to go up all over the place.  

Actually in my experience, when returning from Europe, the INS doesn't
give two hoots about whether another country stamps something or not
in a US Passport. I do not know if they would be any more concerned
about Indian stamps in the Passport.

Jishnu Mukerji
jis@usl.com
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 08:40:25 EST
From: <PXH@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: priority date movement?

Does anyone have an idea as to how the holidays affect the rate at which the
rpiority dates progress for the green card?  ANother sort of related
question - at what point can one decide/change the place where one would
like to be interviewed for the green card?  How much notice do they need if
you want to change the venue?
Merci
Deepti
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Wednesday, 23 Dec 1992 12:43:18 EST
From: <IO20621@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Green cards for soviet mil.specialists?

Hello there,
I heard that there appeared new immigration regulations for
military specialists from the former Soviet Union. Does anyone know
details? Thanks.
Andrew.
e-mail: IO20621@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: niki@athena.mit.edu (Nikos Tornikids)
Subject: visa extension
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 15:41:58 GMT

Hello, 
Just would like to have your feedback on the following:
I am a F1 student currently, if my friend comes here on a turist visa 
for , one month for example, is it possible to extend her stay here for 
additional four months, by writing cheks on her name here?
Othervise, if I take money from my account here and write cheks, e.g. for 
$4000, on her name, may she present them to INS in order to get visa 
extension, or will they mind that the cheks were written in the US?

Thanks for your help,  Nick.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: eysg6676@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Ernesto Yi-Hsin Su)
Subject: PR for spouse of a citizen/PR: how long?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 18:58:01 GMT


Please answer as many questions as you can.  Thank you in advance.

1a. How long does it take (approx.) for a US citizen's spouse to obtain
    PR (green card)?  

1b. How long for a spouse of a PR to obtain PR?

2a. If a US citizen marries a foreign student in the US, and if this
    foreign student's visa expires before he/she gets a green card,
    is he/she required to return to the home country before a green card
    is issued?

2b. Same as question 2a, but change "US citizen" to "US PR".


Please reply by email if possible, to ernesto@crhc.uiuc.edu

Thank you again.

			Ernesto
			ernesto@crhc.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: ycheung@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Yat Lok L. Cheung)
Subject: Re: Summary of obtaining EAD who is on F-1
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:24:14 GMT
X-Posted-From: uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <1992Dec31.191223.21948@news.duc.auburn.edu> rek@eng.auburn.edu writes:
>Hi,
>        This is the summary of information I got from various postings.
>
>New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, Omaha(Nebraska), San Francisco, New York (may be Newark) give EAD on the same day.  Rest all take 4-6 weeks.  I took EAD from New Orleans yesterday and got it within two hours.
>
>Narayana Rekapalli
>
>
>


	Add Honolulu on the list.  INS here process EAD on the same day also.

	<Lawrence>...

Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.indian
From: satwant@regulus.att.com (BL0528540-Satwant Singh ALC2505)
Subject: Re: US born child of green card holders
Originator: news@cbnewsg.cb.att.com
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:12:40 GMT

In his article vagarwal@tardis.shearson.com writes:
>In his article ff76@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (Jhinuk Chowdhury) writes:
>
> Will the following work?  Ask your consulate to have your child included in
> your wife's passport.  Also get a US passport for your child.  The child can
> have dual citizenship until he can decide for himself (18 years old?)
> 
>Upon departure from the US, show the US passport, so no I-94 needs to be
>surrendered.  At the port of entry in India, show the Indian passport, so no
>visa is required.  And upon coming back to the US, show the US passport again.
>
>> Absolutely correct !! Be consistent and use a single passport both ways to 
>  avoid problems. The stamps DO matter.
>

The easiest way is that let your child travel on an Indian passport.
Just show the USA birth certificate to the immigration authorities at
any US port of entry/departure.

Under US Law, the birth certificate is enough to prove one's US
citizenship.

regards,

Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: monty@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Montgomery)
Subject: Practical Training
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:53:14 GMT

Hello netters:

I am on a student (F-1) visa, which is valid till sept. 1996. I will be
graduating next spring and thinking to apply/get some place for practical 
training. I don't know, exactly, what's the difference between practical
training and regular job. 

I would also appreciate your help if you let me know how to get work-permit
and what is that.


You may reply on this address or on 

chaturvd@ziavms.enmu.edu


Thanks a lot in advance.


Devesh
From: kkchan@csd.bu.edu (ka kit chan)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Post FAQ (Please)
Date: 1 Jan 93 20:07:38 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Can someone please post the FAQ?

:)
Thank in advance
From: jiangky@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Keyuan Jiang)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: re: Getting US visa from UK University
Date: 23 Dec 92 16:12:27 GMT
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


You might try to get into some MS program in a california university.
This will definitely buy you some time.

Good lucks.


Keyuan
From: cpg@cs.utexas.edu (Carlos M. Puchol)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: J-1 change of status
Date: 27 Dec 1992 08:38:14 -0600
Organization: Department of Computer Sciences, UT Austin
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.cs.utexas.edu


Hi there!

	I have a question about change of visa from J-1. I'd like to know
how to proceed and the likelihood of obtaining a waiver to the foreign
residence requirement (which in my case is 2 years). I'd appreciate to
hear any comments on where to apply, how long before graduation (I am not
a post-doc), if I can perform professional training, and if the company
that may hire me can help with the obtention of the waiver.

	Please fell free to post it here if you think it may be of interest,
and e-mail me a copy of the message.

Thanks in advance,

-- Carlos

-- cpg@cs.utexas.edu
-- Department of Computer Sciences	The University of Texas at Austin
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: dsouza@cwis.unomaha.edu (Henry D'Souza)
Subject: How safe to visit India? H1B
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 04:03:00 GMT






Dear Friends,

I am posting this on behalf of my friend who is currently on H1 status 
and has filed for labor certification. The Dept of labor has lost his
application and he had reapplied.

In the meantime he would like to visit his old parents in India and return
to USA.  Previously this would create problem for those who do not have
multiple entry as it would imply dual intent.  Is it still true? Or under the
new law getting visa to reenter US won't be a problem? Your input is greatly
appreciated.

Dsouza.





Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: rek@eng.auburn.edu (Narayana S. Rekapalli)
Subject: Summary of obtaining EAD who is on F-1
Reply-To: rek@eng.auburn.edu
Organization: Auburn University Engineering
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:12:23 GMT

Hi,
        This is the summary of information I got from various postings.

New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, Omaha(Nebraska), San Francisco, New York (may be Newark) give EAD on the same day.  Rest all take 4-6 weeks.  I took EAD from New Orleans yesterday and got it within two hours.

Narayana Rekapalli



Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: malan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Paul Malan)
Subject: Visa Requirement for a Contractor?
Organization: Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 21:39:30 GMT

Can anyone please tell me what visa is required for a non-citizen 
to work in the USA as a contractor, and what are the restrictions 
associated with that visa type?

I would also appreciate hearing from anyone who has had experience
with this and would be willing to give further advice.

Paul Malan
malan@leland.stanford.edu

Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: vagarwal@dis9002.shearson.com (Virendra Agarwal)
Subject: Green cards Renewal information
Reply-To: vagarwal@tardis.shearson.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Distribution: alt.visa.us
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 19:07:05 GMT


I spoke to a lawyer and found the details about the GREEN CARD Renewal. I noticed that
there is lot of confusion about this matter.

LOOK at the back of your GREEN CARD at the bottom right corner and if you see 

   I151...     you need to renew it. It is generally true for cards issued before

   Year 1977 and to those who got it by marrying a GREEN CARD holder or a US citizen.

If you see     I551...    then DO NOT WORRY and BE HAPPY.


Hope this will help clear the confusion.


--
---------------------------------------------------------------
Virendra Agarwal
vagarwal@shearson.com
212-464-2151
Lehman Brothers
388 Greenwich st.(9th Flr.)
NewYork, NY 10013
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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.indian
From: thomke@mtl.mit.edu (Stefan Thomke)
Subject: Re: US born child of green card holders
Organization: MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 06:02:52 GMT

In article <40277@twerp.ease.arco.com> cahuja@twerp.ease.arco.com (Chander Ahuja) writes:
>
>In article <1992Dec20.022510.23732@athena.mit.edu>, thomke@mtl.mit.e.......
>
>|> I am German and my wife is Indian. Our son was born in Boston this year 
>|> and has his own passports (American and German). We were initially 
>
>Interesting - i always thought American citizenship required giving up any
>other citizenship ?? (or did you get the german psprt after getting the
>american one...?)

The Americans actually never asked about his second citizenship. The
Germans did but apparently the American citizenship is tolerated.

>
>|> interested in getting an Indian passport for him but were told that he
>|> doesn't have the right to get one (only the citizenship of the father
>
>I think a new legislation was just enacted which changes that (of what i remember it provides citizenship to any child of Indian parents born outside
>the country....am not sure if that means father has to be indian or any one
>of the parents need to be .....read of it within last month - News India
>magazine...(i think) )
>

Thanks. I had a number of responses that informed me about this [rather
recent] legislation. Unfortunately, some net subscribers pointed out that
India doesn't tolerate dual (in this case triple) citizenships.

>
>-chander


Stefan
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: vagarwal@dis9002.shearson.com (Virendra Agarwal)
Subject: Re: Getting US Visa from UK University
Reply-To: vagarwal@tardis.shearson.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:55:02 GMT

In article <1992Dec23.130756.16786@gserv1.dl.ac.uk> g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk (G.Coulter) writes:
Path: shearson.com!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!daresbury!gzc
   From: g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk (G.Coulter)
   Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
   Date: 23 Dec 92 13:07:56 GMT
   Reply-To: g.coulter@daresbury.ac.uk
   Organization: Daresbury Laboratory, UK
   Lines: 18

   Hi everyone :-

   I am  interested in finding  work in  the states/CA. particularly  in the field of
   computer science. I have a HND in Software Engineering & I am also just completing
   a BSc(HONS)  degree  in Computer  Science with one years  experience  at the  SERC
   Daresbury Laboratory in Warrington CHESHIRE UK. 

   I am fully aware of both the job situation over here in the UK and also over in the
   states, Could anyone advise me as to how likely I am to get a US visa, thus allowing
   me to look for a job in CA. I have toyed with many ideas including getting a job here
   for a few years and then emigrating, going out to CA "ASAP" or taking an MSc and then
   trying to get out. The best one to me seems to be stay here get some experience and
   then apply to emigrate! What do you think?

   Any advice on which of the above would be the most beneficial would be of great help
   thanks.

>>   -Gary- PS I am 24 Years old, White and British, with no criminal convictions
----------------------------------^^^^^------------------------------------------

"WHITE" should give you least path of resistance for getting a US visa. As far as 
finding a job in US , it may not be so kind to "COLOR and RACE" as in EEC. But with your
qualifications, it may be better to get admission into Master's program in US 
university and come on F-1 visa. This gives sufficient time to find a job. OR look for
US consulting firms based in UK e.g. "AGS computers", GEICO etc. which regularly
import CS people for US market to place them as consultants. They take care of VISA
formalities and eventually PR in US. They may underpay until you get your PR which
may be 2-3 years.  Good Luck. 
--
---------------------------------------------------------------
Virendra Agarwal
vagarwal@shearson.com
212-464-2151
Lehman Brothers
388 Greenwich st.(9th Flr.)
NewYork, NY 10013
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