Visit our site for Web application design patterns

Hello,

I'm in 6th year of my H1B & my H1B will expire on 8/20/2013. I have applied for recuperation time of 1 month on 6/5/2013 which will extend my H1B till 9/26/2013. My LC was filed on 03/01/2013 & I came to know from my employer that it is taking around 4.5 months. If we take 4.5 months then I'll get my LC by mid August (if everything will go well). Based on these information I have 2 questions:
1) If I get 1-140 approved before 9/26 & apply H1B extension, will I be in valid status?
2) Up to what time can I stay after applying for H1B status after 6th year?

Hi,
I am currently in US on L1 visa which is valid till Nov. 2014.I have also applied for
H1B visa which is approved from 1 Oct 2013 through different Employer.
My current employer is asking me to go back on end of july. I want to stay in US and dont want to go back, please suggest me:
1 Can i stay in US during Aug and Sept 2 month in USA as my L1 and I94 is valid.
2 How long i can stay in US before 1 Oct without job?
3. Is there any other way to stay in US for 2 month?

Thanks.

Hi All,

I am working on a case where the candidate falls under Exempt Category.

as per my understanding employer is not liable for extra hours or OT beyond 40 hours a week.

Let me know if employer will be liable to pay by law for the extra hours he worked?

lets say he worked 50 hours in a week and he billed employer to pay 10 hours as OT. Will the employer be liable to pay 50 hrs or 40 hours only?

Hi All,

I am working on a case where the candidate falls under Exempt Category.

as per my understanding employer is not liable for extra hours or OT beyond 40 hours a week.

Let me know if employer will be liable to pay by law for the extra hours he worked?

lets say he worked 50 hours in a week and he billed employer to pay 10 hours as OT. Will the employer be liable to pay 50 hrs or 40 hours only?

I already got US passport. However my naturalization certificate was never received after 2 months. I assume it was lost by USPS. Do I need this to file I-130 for my sister? Looks like the I-130 does contain a line for certificate number. It does not help to contact passport agency since they have no time frame to mail me even any suggestion. Any advice is appreciated. I tried to contact USCIS but only got redirected to infopass.

I already got US passport. However my naturalization certificate was never received after 2 months. I assume it was lost by USPS. Do I need this to file I-130 for my sister? Looks like the I-130 does contain a line for certificate number. It does not help to contact passport agency since they have no time frame to mail me even any suggestion. Any advice is appreciated.

I work as a hardware applications engineer for a large multinational company. I have a valid H1B and also EAD / AP and am thinking of switching from application engineering to product management within the same company. The old and new job description may differ though I will be working on the same products. What options do I have in terms of using AC21 to switch the job. My company has immigration lawyers who will provide input when the time comes to switch but I wanted to know my options before hand.

Has anyone from the group made a switch to a job with different job description than the one on I-140? If yes, was AC21 filed?

All,
Since my last day (July 5) in work is approaching, can I file multiple H1B transfers to be in status? I have applied one in premium and I may know the result (approved or denied) in 10 days. I am planning to apply one more in regular processing (which may take 7 to 8 weeks) so that I may be in pending status if the first visa gets rejected. What happens if both visa got approved?? Or first visa get approved and second visa get rejected? Please advise.



Thanks ..


-----------------------------------------------------

so far contributed $250

Hello,
I have been laidoff with one month notice. I am in 11th yr H1B, I140 approved and planning to go to school in F1. Can I change again from F1 to H1B, if I get a job later, with my I140 approval. Some say I140 approval is used only for H1B extension not for change of status to H1B and I got to be out of the country for a year to get that H1B. Is it true??

Thanks



--------------------------------------
Contributed so far $250

I have heard Senate Proposed Immigration Reform allows STEM field foreign graduates with a US job to have unlimited quota of green cards. My question is that----recently I have heard most H-1B visa applications are out of quota and those applications need to be drawn a lottery to determine which graduates can stay legally to work in US. So if that is the case, some graduates have Doctorate degree may need to back home if they can't win the working visa lottery. Then how can they get the green cards since they don't have a US job offer due to getting stuck in quota and back home?

Also, I know some doctorate degree graduates are studying medical fields such as Nursing, Physical therapy and Pharmacy or Medicine etc and those studies are adhered to US professional licenses and those professional medical licenses are ONLY granted to US green card people. Suppose they back home but once they return to US as immigrants and those medical professional licenses graduates may NOT difficult to get a job in US----but the point is they can't apply US green card in US embassy in their home countries by themselves without US employer petiiton?

Most countries value their professional medical licenses and retain those graduates for green cards since these medical licenses are specific to each country?

So under this situation, is there anything can help those graduates for US immigration for fair reason because they all STEM graduates???? Will someone talking about this in Congress?

Hey guys,

I have filed an I -824(requesting for a duplicate approval notice) on June 25th 2012. I still haven't heard anything from USCIS. My lawyers through my company are asking me to just wait. I'm a little nervous as the wait seems to be strangely long. Any thoughts from anyone out there, as to what I should do.

As for those who have gone through this process please share your experiences.

Any feedback is welcome..

thanks.

I recently became US citizen and I want to call my brother(30 year, not married, Sales Profession) for tourisim purpose. Will he get the Visa ? I was also thinking for sponsoring GC in future. But If I start the GC application for him INS might reject his tourist visa petition. what should I do first ? Should I try for tourist visa ?

Question:
My grandfather who applied for I30 for my family
My Dad , Mom , Me and my Brother.

Our Petition was approved in may 2001 but unfortunately my Grandfather died in July 17 2001.
what we can do for this approved notice prior to this death?
Can it be transferred to another substitute petitioner(my uncle a US citizen)?
the line/wait still remains the same or is it restarted.

I called uscis , but they did not give out any info as I am not the petitioner just a beneficiary.

Pls suggest.

My wife is coming from India to US by end of this year on H1B Dependent visa.
She is a physiotherapist (Masters in India) and currently working on US Credits to work as a Physiotherapist.

US employer is ready to file a H1B Visa for her and she is going to write the licensing exam by Jun 2013.

Will the dependant visa get cancelled if she apply for a H1B visa through US employer ?

Hi,

My wife is on F1 and we filed her I485 based on my GC, priority date Apr 2006. She missed the bus earlier. She has EAD too.
We want to float a company. Being on F1, can she own the company, without any monetary benefits(salary/stocks etc)?
Can she work on EAD and still maintain her F1 status ( taking 9Cr. at school)?

Thanks!

Hi,

I am working on my third H1 that was issued based on my I-140 approval. With current processing rate, chances of getting GC or EAD and then moving to new job are very rare. I would like to know if I can now change the Job and what will be the impact on my GC processing?

Do I have to file for another labor and i-140 within the time of my H1B validity ?
Can I carry forward my priority date or will I have to start fresh GC processing?

Thanks
IndianIdol

Hi,

I am working on my third H1 that was issued based on my I-140 approval. With current processing rate, chances of getting GC or EAD and then moving to new job are very rare. I would like to know if I can now change the Job and what will be the impact on my GC processing?

Do I have to file for another labor and i-140 within the time of my H1B validity ?
Can I carry forward my priority date or will I have to start fresh GC processing?

Thanks
IndianIdol