Tired of Waiting for Canada - Wife Gets A Job In the USA
Jun 6th 2011, 6:00 am
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Re: Tired of Waiting for Canada - Wife Gets A Job In the USA
DW attends another job fair in late March 2011 and is offered a job near Houston - a three year contract, paid moving expenses and paid USA H1B visa application. Job to start on 1st August 2011, pending visa - an excellent offer, to be sure, and I can always go with her on an H4 visa and get under her feet whilst I am not allowed to work.
Jun 6th 2011, 6:22 am
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Re: Tired of Waiting for Canada - Wife Gets A Job In the USA
You can be H-1B for an institute of higher learning, it can be renewed indefinitely as well unlike H-1B for other jobs. J-1 is used for it as well.
Good job you made me look it up, USCIS is reviewing the exemption apparently.
There in a nutshell is the reason why I will never ever work on a work permit ever again. You're at the mercy of your employer and the regulations changing.
Good job you made me look it up, USCIS is reviewing the exemption apparently.
There in a nutshell is the reason why I will never ever work on a work permit ever again. You're at the mercy of your employer and the regulations changing.
Jun 6th 2011, 6:24 am
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Re: Tired of Waiting for Canada - Wife Gets A Job In the USA
A 'J' visa is for Exchange Visitors.
She is going on an H1-B as a Bilingual Generalist Teacher - these have been mandated as Specialty Occupations by the provisions of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, and Title XV of the Education Amendments Act to allow states to provide non-discriminatory bilingual education.
She is going on an H1-B as a Bilingual Generalist Teacher - these have been mandated as Specialty Occupations by the provisions of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act, and Title XV of the Education Amendments Act to allow states to provide non-discriminatory bilingual education.
Jun 6th 2011, 6:41 am
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Re: Tired of Waiting for Canada - Wife Gets A Job In the USA
That is a very interesting bit of info, I didn't know that. J visas aren't just used for exchange visitors, or rather they are, but that includes college professors.
Does this mean she's still subject to the six-year limit?
Does this mean she's still subject to the six-year limit?
Jun 6th 2011, 6:48 am
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Re: Tired of Waiting for Canada - Wife Gets A Job In the USA
My daughter was on a J visa for a while, she wasn't an exchange visitor. I understood it to be usable for any position in a university.
