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From: gregn@milton.u.washington.edu (Gregor Nitsche)
Subject: Re: transit visa for Germany
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 18:15:13 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.100626.29059@newssrv.edvz.univie.ac.at> tom@bim.itc.univie.ac.at (Tom Kovar) writes:
>thadani@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (Sunil Thadani) writes:
>: I will be flying to India via Frankfurt next month.  I just came to know that
>: now you need a transit visa for Germany to be able to change flights at
>: Frankfurt airport!!  Even if you are not leaving the airport!! (I guess they
>: needed to create jobs after the merger.)  The information I got from the German
>: embassy in Detroit was that you need a transit visa if:
>  That's a mistake. They do not need new jobs. It is a general German policy
>to make troubles to anybody, and last but not least they want the money for
>the fees.

[Some generalization about German authorities deleted]
>: And, is such a transit visa required at other European ports as well?
>  No. In all cultural European countries, the airports have transit halls. Not
>the case in Frankfurt - when I flew from N.Y. to Vienna, I had to run over
>the whole of the airport (good 15 minutes on foot) just to change plane. Among
>others, I had to undergo twice the wonderfull security check, i.e. standing
>for more 10 minutes in endless queues, and twice the passport check.

The Frankfurt airport is under reconstruction, making things a little bit
complicated these days. However, I have made exactly the same experience
on the Vancouver, B.C. airport (not too much fun indeed, expecially as I
was running out of time--heck, and then the guy started telling me I nee-
ded a visa, which turned out not to be true, of course). After I had gone
through all that, they gave me a questionnaire about my opinions on their
idea to install something like an accelerated transit service everybody 
could use for a fee of $100 a year or something like that.

As other German airports do have transit halls (even the Hamburg airport
has got one--I have no idea if anybody has ever used Hamburg for an inter-
national transit :-) ), I can imagine Frankfurt will get one again as soon
as the construction finished. Yes, believe it or not, Germany has produced
its share of European culture as well! By the way, you can avoid the
security check--if not the passport check-- f you use the connecting 
tunnels between the different parts of the terminal: I admit they're hard 
to find, though.

Gregor
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: philipc@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Philip Clifford)
Subject: Green card lottery
Summary: details wanted for green card lottery 1992
Keywords: green card
Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 22:24:42 GMT


Does anyone have any details of the 1992 Green Card
Lottery, like who's eligible to apply, how & when ??
Who are they likely to choose ?

Thanks in advance 


philipc

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From: dp@natinst.com (Debapriya Ray)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: going back from H1 to F1 -- any problems? experiences ?
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:42:31 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: National Instruments, Austin, TX

Hi folks !

	I need to know, if there is any hassle with INS while going
from H1 to F1 status. Later on, if I want to take up a job and go back to
H1, is there any hassle ?

	Please email responses to: dp@natinst.com

	Regards, Ray

email: dp@natinst.com
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: doherty@earvax.waisman.wisc.edu
Subject: How difficult to change J-1?
Organization: Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date: 18 AUG 92 15:27:37 CDT

How difficult is it for a person with a J-1 visa to seek
employment in the U.S.?  Does it help if the person
has a private lawyer before seeking a job?
From: giroti@sw.stratus.com (Sudhir Giroti)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Changing employer while on  H-1
Date: 19 Aug 92 22:37:52 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

Hi:
I'm no expert but take it as it comes. My info is not VERY latest though.

You say:

> - nitin vaidya     vaidya@ecs.umass.edu   413-545-4352
> 
> I plan to take up a temporary job (about 2 year duration). During this
> job, I will be changing from F-1 to  H-1 status, but the employer is NOT
> going to sponsor me for a green card.                                ===
> 
> When (and if) I CHANGE my job at the end of the 2 year period ----
> 
> (a) would it be possible to obtain another H-1 visa?

First of all status and visa are not synonyms. Visa you 
generally get from another country to enter US and status is
what you change to while within the US. So coming back to your
question YES you can apply for H1-B status for another
company. Maximum span for H1 is five years. People generally 
get it for 3 years and upon expiration extend to to another 2 years.

> (b) can I obtain the new H-1 visa for my second job while I am working
>     on my first job?

NO you generally get H1 visa or H1 status because your employer wants to
hire you on a temp basis (max 36 months 1st time) in order that you 
can do the job you have to do AND for which no appropriately qualified
US citizen could be hired [found]. So you must leave your first job before
hopping on the next.

> (c) As I understand it, an H-1 visa is associated with a particular
>     job/employer. This seems to lead to a difficult situation. I cannot
>     take up the second job until I have an H-1 visa for that job; and I
>     cannot get that visa unless I give up the first job. And if I give up
>     the first job, until I get the next H-1, I would not have a legal
>     status !!!! Is there a way out of this ????

I don't think so. You are allowed a one month grace period. Say you leave
your job on 1st Jan then you have until 1st Feb to get another job and
apply for H1. That's what's legal. Any comments from others. 

> (d) how long would it take to get H-1 the second time?
>
Prety much same time.
 
> I would appreciate your reply.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Sudhir Giroti

These views are right top my head. Must be verified. Nothing claimed 
what-so-ever.
regular disclaimers apply. 
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From: kumar@ra.csc.ti.com (Sundeep Kumar)
Subject: Payment of Soc. Security/Medicare taxes for F-1 on Practical training
Organization: Texas Instruments
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:41:18 GMT

Does a F-1 student on Post-Completion Practical Training need to pay
Soc. Security and Medicare tax when hired by a company for the period
of his Practical taining ? Note, the student is not on a H-1 or any other
work Visa.

If the student need not pay this tax, how does he convince the employer not
to cut this from his paycheck ?

--Sundeep Kumar
From: margan@suncis.cis.yale.edu (Aleks)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: H1B to Permanent Residency
Date: 16 Aug 92 14:50:49 GMT
Organization: Not yet implemented

Hello -

I currently hold an H1B visa, but would like to eventually obtain US permanent
residency so that changing jobs becomes easier.

1. Does anyone know how easy/difficult this is?

2. Should I hire a lawyer to help through the process or is the procedure
simple enough?

3. Am I jeopardizing my H1B status by applying for a green card (my current
status is to be renewed in '94)?

4. Would changing jobs (and thereby applying for another H1B) affect my green
card application and/or would there be difficulties in getting a new H1B
because of my permanent residency application in process?

5. How long does getting permanent residency status take and what kind of
things do they look at?  I have a BA degree and work in the computer
networking field.

Thanks muchly to anyone who can offer advice on this!


-- Aleks Margan
margan@yale.edu
--

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Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: krzys@icase.edu (Krzysztof Wlodarski)
Subject: Re: Citizen question
Organization: ICASE/NASA Langley
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 15:35:49 GMT

In article <1992Aug11.221108.16974@engage.pko.dec.com>, moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com writes:
>A friend of mine who is a US citizen is currently engaged to a non-US citizen. 
>Out of curiosity how does marrying my friend affect her status/ability to
>become a citizen?  I've heard everything from "no effect" to "automatic
>citizenship".  I believe she has a "green card" if that matters.

I think that the marriage will not speed up her getting U.S. citizenship.
I believe that she will have to wait until it is 5 years since she has
been admitted for permanent residence.  Actually she could file her 
papers a little earlier to allow for processing of her application.

Usual disclaimers apply.

Krzysztof
From: cole@uts.amdahl.com (William Cole)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: TC-1 visa and FICA
Keywords: required to pay it ??
Date: 22 Aug 92 00:45:59 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

Are TC-1 (Canadian work visa) holders required to pay (U.S.) FICA
from income resulting from work in the U.S. ? And if so, can
we "benefit" from it later ?

                            bill

Bill Cole, Amdahl Corporation
ARPA/CSNET:  cole@uts.amdahl.com  
Office Phone: (408) 992-3222

-- 
Bill Cole, UTS/MLS Support, Amdahl Corporation
ARPA/CSNET:  cole@uts.amdahl.com  
Home Phone:  homeless :-<          Office Phone: (408) 992-3222
From: asr@castle.ed.ac.uk (Angus "Fluffy" Rae)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Obtaining a temporary work visa (J1?)
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:53:38 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: CATHY_VoiceMail_Project

Hi folks. Apologies if this is covered in a FAQ list, but this group has
only been present at our site for a few days and I haven't seen one
posted. If there is a FAQ, could someone point me at it?

In case it isn't... I am trying to get a working holiday in the United
States arranged fairly quickly, as the time is ripe for me to leave the
country (I've finished my degree, my flat lease is running out and the
Poll Tax people are closing in... :-) 

I am currently employed by Pizza Hut(UK), and am hoping to use the same
system as several other workers at our Hut have used, i.e. use the
training and references from Pizza Hut(UK) to get a job at a US Hut.
However, they all did this a few years a go and no doubt the Visa
systems and so forth have changed.

Can anyone give me informations as to what steps I should take to obtain
a work visa? I believe I have to have the job already arranged or a
sponsor, but beyond that I have no idea what to do. I am working on the
job aspect - I am in touch with a few Huts. Also, how long does it last
and what limitations are there imposed? (Can you change jobs, for
example?)

Also, does anyone know what steps a UK reseident should take to obtain
health cover and so forth while in the US? 

Thanks in advance for any help. Oh, by the way, the Poll Tax bit was a
joke....


-- 
Angus G Rae, the Cuddly Vampire Teddy Bear [asr@castle.edinburgh.ac.uk]
CATHY VoiceMail, Computer Science Dept., Edinburgh University
"I'm on the run from the Facist Police with a murderer and
 a mass murderer and a man in a bri-nylon shirt."  Rimmer, Red Dwarf V
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.indian
From: spel@hippo.ru.ac.za (Dr. Eberhard W. Lisse)
Subject: Re: transit visa for Germany
Organization: Katatura State Hospital, Windhoek, Namibia
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 14:43:09 GMT

In <9208112208.AA20175@amygdala.cis.ohio-state.edu> thadani@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (Sunil Thadani) writes:

>I will be flying to India via Frankfurt next month.  I just came to know that
>now you need a transit visa for Germany to be able to change flights at
>Frankfurt airport!!  Even if you are not leaving the airport!! (I guess they
>needed to create jobs after the merger.)  The information I got from the German
>embassy in Detroit was that you need a transit visa if:

>(1) your are not an EEC, American, or a Canadian resident, AND
>(2) if you dont have a valid US visa.

>My F-1 visa is expired and I intend to renew it in India.  I do have the valid
>I-20 etc.  Under these circumstances I believe I will have to get the transit
>visa (Right?).  What I want to know is:

>Is there any way to avoid this "one more unneccesary hassle?"
>And, is such a transit visa required at other European ports as well?

>Could you please cc your responses to me (thadani@cis.ohio-state.edu).

>thanks
>Sunil

>PS:  And I am just curious, why would a country want to have something like
>that?  I mean, trying to control who can use their airport?!!?
Well,

the reason is that  they don't want people to touch ground and
then run to the nearest immigration official to apply for
political asylum, which would then start a lengthy process
during which the German Government would put them up in
(almost) camps, feed them and give them a small allownace
until all their legal rights are exhausted. This has been
'abused' by so called 'economic refugees' and the ruling party
is under immense pressure from right wing parties so they are
clamping down on this. Residents from other attractive
countries are less likely to invoke this constitutional right
so they don't have to get a transit visa.

regards, el

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Katatura State Hospital   \        |                            (el@lisse.NA)
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Windhoek, Namibia           ;____/ (postmaster@uonamib.NA) Postmaster NAmibia
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: akirtika@at4cad.intel.com (Amol Kirtikar)
Subject: British visa
Originator: akirtika@at4cad
Keywords: visa, in transit
Organization: intel
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 17:52:48 GMT



I will be travelling from the US to Bombay and may stop for a couple
of days in London. Would I need a British visa? Or can I get permission
to enter the UK for "72 hrs" at the airport immigration itself. 
I will have the air ticket for my London-Bombay connection, if they need
to look at it.

When the connecting flight is on the same day, I know that you don't 
need a visa in advance and are allowed entry for "24 hours", without much
hassle. 
                                        amol
From: nvw8292@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: Payment of Soc. Security/Medicare taxes for F-1 on Practical training
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:00:28 GMT
Reply-To: nvw8292@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Distribution: usa
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology

Kumar, when you get the answers to your posting, could you send them to me
I am very curoius to know the answer too.  OR could the posters put the
reply to Kumar's question on the net too so I could see?  THANKS.
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: sisodiya@cis.ohio-state.edu (Sanjeev Sisodiya)
Subject: Green Card
Originator: sisodiya@glinda.cis.ohio-state.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University, Department of Computer and Information Science
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 19:36:10 GMT


Hi,

I'm a British Citizen currently in a Ph.D program in computer science at Ohio
State University.  I am interested in getting a Green Card and want to know the
procedure.  Does it make a difference where you are from or are all foreigners 
in the same boat.  If it does make a difference - how?  

Please reply by email directly to me and if I get enough info I'll post a 
summary.

- Sanjeev
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From: michal+@cs.cmu.edu (Michal Prussak)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: transit visa for Germany
Date: 12 Aug 92 20:17:55 GMT
Article-I.D.: cs.1992Aug12.201755.229722
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon

In article <9208112208.AA20175@amygdala.cis.ohio-state.edu> thadani@news.cis.ohio-state.edu (Sunil Thadani) writes:
>I will be flying to India via Frankfurt next month.  I just came to know that
>now you need a transit visa for Germany to be able to change flights at
>Frankfurt airport!!  Even if you are not leaving the airport!! (I guess they
>needed to create jobs after the merger.)  The information I got from the German
>embassy in Detroit was that you need a transit visa if:
>
>(1) your are not an EEC, American, or a Canadian resident, AND
>(2) if you dont have a valid US visa.
>

Well, I don't know how does construction at the airport affect transit 
passengers, but:

I flew through Frankfurt in 1989 without any transit visa (as a Polish 
citizen, I needed a visa to enter Germany). My plane arrived late, so 
I missed my connecting flight. PanAm changed my ticket for another flight
on Lufthansa, and I was able to reach the Lufthansa gate without clearing
passport control (but it was hard to find the way...). I didn't make it on the 
Lufthansa flight, because it was full, so the PanAm agent arranged for a 
visa for me, so I could stay overnight in Frankfurt. 

So, you might go without a transit visa and see what happens. I would think
that once you land in Frankfurt, the Germans will prefer to see you leave,
so they would escort you to your gate even if it means going outside the
transit area. And I can't imagine that airline clerks in America will check
if you have the transit visa.

At another time I was flying through London (without a transit visa), and
I had some 10 hours before my connecting flight. I went to the passport
control to ask if they would let me outside the airport - seeing my boarding
pass for the connecting flight, they gave me a 24-hour visa (after a 
lengthy interview, of course). At the same time, it was nearly impossible
to get a tourist visa to England (for Poles).

I hope you won't have any problems! But weigh my advice against advice
from other posters, most of whom were much more pessimistic than me.
(you might also call the consulate and ask if you need a transit visa
if you fly through Hamburg - I'd bet they tell you that you need one)

Michal
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
From: boaz@concerto.lcs.mit.edu (Boaz Ben-Zvi)
Subject: Re: What do you do when you lose your I-94?
Keywords: n
Reply-To: boaz@lcs.mit.edu
Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 21:16:15 GMT

In article <lnmfj12@Unify.Com>, perry@Unify.Com (Perry Clarke) writes:

|> My wife any I left the US over the Canadian border last year and the 
|> Canadians neglected to remove the I-94s from our passports.  When I next 
|> entered the country I pointed out the old I-94 to SFO INS and he shrugged 
|> and removed it.

I believe that the I-94 stays with you when you go to Canada (or Mexico
or some near by islands) for a short period (less than 30 days ?).
This way you don't need a new visa (in case yours expired).
  I crossed into Canada three times while holding the same I-94 (in 1981,
with a B1 visa). I believe this is so for J/F visas and maybe all the
other visas.

-- Boaz

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From: stella@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ricky "Suave" Stella)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Re: H1 vs. L1
Date: 13 Aug 92 15:40:30 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

veit@Unify.com (Veit Irtenkauf) writes:


>The following question about H1 vs. L1 came up between Perry Clarke and me.
>Since we both aren't 100% sure what the difference is, I post this to the net,
>hopefullt someone out there knows the exact answer.

>> 
>> Veit,
>> 
>> I forgot to say that the reason I got a H-1 instead of a L-1 is that I had
>> not worked for Unify before we applied for the visa.  H-1 is for coming to
>> the US to join a new company, L-1 is for transfering into the US while still
>> working for the same company (as I understand it).

>Our company lawyer explained it a bit differently to me.  He said that
>H-1 is for technicians whereas L-1 is for technically oriented managers.
>You have to prove management experience and you have to be hired for a 
>management position to get an L-1 visa.  Legally, I worked for the
>German subsidiary before and not for Unify Corp., these are different legal 
>entities, therefore I would have had to apply for an H1 also, according to
>your definition.

WRONG.  An L-1 visa is for company temporary transferee.  That is, if you work
for an international corporation and at a managerial level, and one of the
US subsidiearies needs you, then the other country subsidiary will transfer
you temporarily to the US.  For this the company will apply for an L-1 visa.

The L-1 visa is given for 2 years and then it can be renewed.  It's only
good to work at the company you were transfered to.  The relatives of the
L-1 visa holder receive an L-2 visa.  The L-2 visa does not allow the holder to
work AT ALL.  (you can go to school/university and you don't need an I-20).


>BTW:  Is there someone out there having experience how easy/difficult it
>is to get a green card, if you had a L1 or H1 visa before.  Our lawyer
>said that it might be more difficult to get a green card, if someone
>hold a L1 visa before than it is for an H1 visa bearer.  He couldn't
>explain the exact difference.  Is this true?


It depends.... the process is exactly the same for both.  The reason for the 
H-1 to be easier is that on an L-1 visa you are still working for you own
country, so that company would not like you to leave.  Also, most international
companies will not sponsor you in that case because "they are stealling an
employer from one of it's own subsidiaries" (IBM's case).

Still both have to go thru the labor certification, due to the new Immigration
Act.  But technically the process would be exactly the same.

DISCALAIMER: This are only my own opinions and views...

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From: panescu@cae.wisc.edu (Dorin Panescu)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Changing B-2 into H-1 or getting Green Card
Keywords: B-2, H-1, Green Card
Date: 22 Aug 92 15:16:55 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: U of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering


Dear netters:

I am posting this message on behalf of a russian friend of mine.
He is an electronics engineer and came in US few month ago on a B-2
visa together with his family. Having a strong background in
microwave electronics several companies showed interest in hiring him.
However, his B-2 visa prevented him from being hired, so far.
Could you send me your suggetions, so that I can pass them to him,
on how he can get by himself a Green Card or an H-1 visa, such to
be able to be legally hired by those companies which showed interest
in his experience?

Thanking in advance,

Dorin  (panescu@cae.wisc.edu)
From: caroline@linc.cis.upenn.edu (Caroline Heycock)
Newsgroups: alt.visa.us
Subject: Getting a multiple entry H1B visa in London
Date: 20 Aug 92 16:20:26 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


I have recently changed jobs and so have gone through the process of
getting a new H1 visa authorized.  I may be making a very short visit to
Britain (Friday to Sunday) and so will need to go to the Embassy there
to get my new visa.  Has anyone done this, and if so, could they let me
know whether I can be sure of getting this taken care of on the Friday
that I arrive (my plane is scheduled to arrive around 7.15am).
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