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Does anyone know if you need a visa to visit the Grand Turk island? I am on an H1B in the US and taking a cruise to the Bahamas and T&C in April. The
ship stops over at Grand Turk for 6 hours.

Not sure about specific places, but in general problems are when you are coming back to US.
If you have stamped and valid h1b for returning back to US, you should be fine.

I have not had any issue or heard of any issues while visiting mexico, hawaii or alaska


HTH

Hello,
I have a H1B from my previous employer and my H1B Visa (not I-94) is valid untill 6th September 2011,However I moved on to a different employer in August 2010 and through them i filed a H1B Transfer and Extension (application was approved in January 2011).

However i have to make a emergency visit to India (New Delhi) this month, so do i need to re-stamp my visa again for the new employer or can i re-enter US based on my old h1 visa and at the Port of Entry show my new H1 docs.
Is that a valid thing to do or do i need to re-stamp my visa.

fyi.. my H1 was extended by 3 more years because of pending I-485 Application


Few More Details to Add Here -
I will be travelling to India on 15th February and Returning Back to USA on 20th March 2011 and my Old H1 Visa Stamp is Valid untill 6th September 2011.

There have been cases reported in past on this forum where the PERM approval was lost in mail.

You should ask your employer to download the PERM approval from DOL ETA website, which should be completed and signed by both you and your employer (similar to the PERM paper approval that you did not receive).

Your lawyer should submit this form with I-140 and also request USCIS to obtain a duplicate copy of PERM approval from DOL. This may help.

Are you porting to EB2?

Yes i was hoping to port to EB2.

The issue is that the lawyer says that they will follow this process of dowloading the cert and request USCIS to get a dupe, but hey say they cannot do this under premium processing and will have to file under regular I140. this adds 6 months to the process and effectively eliminates any advantage since i hope to get my EB3 485 current by that time.

yes, that is correct, i meant can i got for H-1 stamping while 485 is pending
and ead/ap is approved.
Again in case the H-1 stamping is denied for any reason , can i come back on AP

I am a little concerned of H1 stamping being a problem because my case is complicated ,for the years June 2005- June 2006 i dont have a H1 approval from USCIS for the 6th year, This was because the case was stuck in a security check .
We applied a case again in April 2006 , which was approved on August 2006 ( after the security check has been completed ).

Regards

Thanks for your replies. I suspected as much. I wanted to make sure before I start the process of gathering the recommendation letters all over again.

I am now "current" with Nebraska and the latest Visa Bulletin. I have completed all other hurdles (including finger printing) how long should I expect now to wait now for my green card to be adjudicated ?

Also, I have no idea about the FBI name check.. How do you even know if your file is being held up because of an FBI name check ?


My status
The March 2008 Visa Bulletin indicates they are proceessing up to priority date of 01 Jan 2005 (my PD date is Jan 2004)

And

Nebraska Service Center Processing Dates -posted Feb 15 2008- indicates a I-485 EB �processing time frame� of July 30th 2007 (my receipt date is June 12 07/Notice date July 10 2007.


Perhaps some of you had a similar experience and can kindly share how long you waited in the final step for the GC once you were "current".

thank you !

except to beg one of those guys who used LS. Ask them!
Please I beg you, did you purchase my labor? Did your company offered it
to keep you IN? Did your uncle/relative offered it to you...
I have a feeling that watermelons are sour...:D ( as some monkey quoted about legits)
Man/Woman I feel for you.....
In fact a mean and hopeless employer probably would not tell the original name on the LC to whomever he sells it.

I have heard this before on other forums , too.

I believe, the USCIS CSR confused "unrestricted" SSN with a "restricted" SSN. Most people on some kind of work permit (F1,H1B, EAD) have "Eligible to work with DHS authorization" ( or something similar ) imprinted on their Social Security card ( it certainly is in my social ), and I believe people with GC/USC don't have any such thing written on their SSN ( it's purely a guess by me, I'm yet to see a GC/USC holders SS card ;) ) . So, I don't think people on work permit can work just with DL and SS card ( if they could , why would they have not done until now :confused: ? ) .

But, on the other hand, I'd like to know, if people can continue working on the EAD receipt itself ??

The case will be sent back to USCIS and they will decide the further action or you can tranfer you H1b to other employers

:confused:

Is there a Risk?

I'm working in Company 'A'. My company is filing for H1 extension for me along with my wife's H4 Extension in the month of April (before that it is not possible it seems - according to lawyer or Imm. dept of company 'A')

Company 'B' is filing H1 visa for my wife on April 1st.

So my question is: Is there a RISK to file 2 separate petitions (H4 Extension and H1) in the same time frame?

If yes, what's the option?

If no, should I say to my employer or lawyer (Company 'A') to not to file H4 extension for my wife because of the overlap of time frames?

I am in the same situation and my attorney advised me to definetely file my wife's H4 extension along with my H1, but make sure to only request her H4 extension till Sept 30, 2007 so that her H1 approved COS will take effect from Oct 1st.

Hope this helps.

green if this helps otherwise just ignore.

http://immigration-information.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6243

That was informative. You get a green. :D

And we might be in the final edited version (very good chance) for a few minutes
Great news

Any help would be greately appreciated.

Your mother can file a B-2 extension request on an I-539. She should not need to file an Affidavit of Support, just provide reasons why she wants to extend beyond the initial admission period. In my experience, CIS is very generous in granting extensions of visitor status. It my take a few months to get an approval. However, as the previous poster says, she can stay in the US while the extension is pending IF the extension is filed before her current status expires. Good luck.

Hi All,
I have filed an extension for my parents B2 Visa. I have got extension approval but only got I-94 for father and did not find I-94 for mother. I did attach Supplement-I with my mother's details.

I just happen to look at my application, I-539. I found that I checked the following:
Members of my family are filing this application with me.
The total number of people (including me) in the application is: 1

Is it customary that I only receive I-94 for the principal applicant (in my case) and don't have to worry about?

If not, please share your thoughts. Do I need to file seperate application for my mother at this point?



Thank you all,

Sri

I finished my three years residency on H1B visa and am currently working as a chief resident in my program on h1b visa extension which is valid till June 2011. My H1b visa was cap exempt as its a not for profit hospital affiliated with the university.
The CEO of the hospital recently told me that they are very interested in retaining me in their hospital. But one month back my hospital was purchased by a for profit group though the residency program was retained by not for profit group , and hospital is now for profit.My question to you is-
1. Can my hospital file for my PERM and subsequently for GC while I am still doing chief residency on cap exempt visa and technically a part of residency program which is cap exempt?
2. Will i need a new H1b process with the hospital as it has changed from cap exempt to cap status as it is no longer non profit?
3.My prospective employment date will be June 19 2011 as till then I will be working as chief resident, so what would be the earliest date for filing the PERM and H1b application

this is just like what people talk about IRS. I got packet in mail asking to contact immediatly field officer at local office regarding 2006 tax returns. Thinking worst, I didn't even go beyond subject line and everybody I talked or told, scared me to death. Finally, I mustered up courage to go line-by-line. Didn't understand what they were talking about and neither did the notice had my name or SSN. So left with no-choice, called IRS and found that documents were for previous resident!

Lession for me (and all) ... if you haven't done anything wrong intentially, their is nothing to be afraid about.

:confused:

Thanks

Kapil

They call EB appointments E2, E3 etc