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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Dec 6th 2012, 6:39 pm

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E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Finally!

I-129 change of employer application filed on June 30.
USCIS received on July 9.
RFE received on October 25: my pay stubs; employer's address clarification.
RFE response sent on...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Nov 13th 2012, 4:27 am

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

For short trips of 30 days or less, to Canada, Mexico or adjacent islands excluding Cuba, it seems you can re-enter on your I-94: 22CFR41.112(d)...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Nov 12th 2012, 8:55 pm

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Interesting read thanks for sharing and congrats on getting your extension :)

I'm in the middle of changing employers via USCIS right now. Filed on June 30, accepted by USCIS on July 9, RFE sent...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Nov 6th 2012, 2:24 am

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

I tried searching on this but I'm yet to find anything conclusive. I did find some interesting links though. It seems even for some attorneys it's a topic of debate.

A decent read:
...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Oct 26th 2012, 8:02 pm

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

FWIW our case was received by USCIS received on July 9 and they just sent an RFE yesterday, October 25. So that's 3.5 months so far (really, 4 months since we posted it)

I'm not sure what they're...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Oct 17th 2012, 1:10 am

Replies: 13

Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

Views: 2,827

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

Still waiting over here :/ The last update said Vermont was up to June 18 and California was up to June 4. That's as of August 31 so you'd think they'd have picked yours up by now. I recall reading...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Oct 14th 2012, 3:08 am

Replies: 1

Changing Employers on an E3 Visa

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Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Changing Employers on an E3 Visa

To the best of my knowledge, no, you are not obliged to tell your current employer that another company has filed a petition to employ you. But you will obviously have to tell them at some point :)
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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Oct 5th 2012, 3:42 pm

Replies: 11

Visa shuffle – which would suit best?

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Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Visa shuffle – which would suit best?

That's not necessarily true. At least one work visa (E-3) is designed such that the visa fee transaction is between the US and the employee, and there need be no legal fees.

Even when the company...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 10th 2012, 4:56 pm

Replies: 13

Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

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Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

Yeah I've heard that as well, I think from ian-mstm, good advice and I've managed to keep it to once a day m-f too. Still drives me nuts though :)

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 10th 2012, 4:52 pm

Replies: 13

Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

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Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

Oh cool so it sounds like calling them may actually be helpful. I'll give it a few days and hit up my employer to give them a call. Thanks for the info!

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 10th 2012, 4:47 pm

Replies: 13

Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

Views: 2,827

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

I have checked online, yeah. It's only 1 day later than the national average and it's not a premium processing case as that's unfortunately not available for E-3. I understand it's only been a day...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 10th 2012, 4:43 pm

Replies: 13

Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

Views: 2,827

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

Bummer! What are you applying for out of interest? E-3 I-129 CoE here.

USCIS.gov still says 2.0 months for my category as of June 30 but the trend graph (http://i.imgur.com/XMoNF.png) doesn't look...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 10th 2012, 3:51 pm

Replies: 13

Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

Views: 2,827

Posted By pinkhandbag

Calling USCIS when a case is pending longer than usual

The USCIS website says we can call customer service to check on our case status if the application is pending beyond the usual processing times. My case now fits that description, for a total of 1...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 31st 2012, 8:22 pm

Replies: 10

E3 visa holders

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Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E3 visa holders

The E-3 is much cheaper and easier for the employer than H-1B because they are not required to submit a petition and it's much less competitive. The yearly quota has never been reached.

There is...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 24th 2012, 4:16 pm

Replies: 15

E2 visa. Please help

Views: 4,145

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E2 visa. Please help

Depending on the type of side-work you're considering, could you somehow spin the side-work as a product/service of your E-2 business?

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 22nd 2012, 1:37 pm

Replies: 45

E3 Visa Processing Times-the REAL Ones based on Your experience

Views: 16,013

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E3 Visa Processing Times-the REAL Ones based on Your experience

In the past couple days, the processing time for H-1B I-129 at VSC has jumped from 2.0 months to "April 16, 2012" (aka 4.0+ months).

The E-visa sub-type still says 2.0 months but they obviously...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 14th 2012, 9:58 pm

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Hi

Am I likely to run into problems if I go and get a new E-3 from a consulate while I have an I-129 pending for the same employer/LCA?

The I-129 is apparently going to take 3-5 months and no...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 23rd 2012, 11:25 pm

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Ah OK. I actually already have an approved LCA for an August 1st start date because the lawyer thought premium processing was available for E-3 I-129. So the original plan was to wait for I-129 to be...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 23rd 2012, 11:04 pm

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Thanks for the answer! I'd actually totally prefer to do it at a consulate. The part I'm stuck on is, how do I get it approved before announcing my resignation? Or are you saying I could leave the...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 23rd 2012, 10:47 pm

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

I like my current employer and I want to minimize the inconvenience. There would be a very real difference if I was to give zero days notice as opposed to four weeks.

Assuming I hated my employer...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 23rd 2012, 3:43 pm

Replies: 2,566

E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Views: 636,933

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: E-3 Visa for Australians Thread- It's all in here

Hi all,

I asked two E-3 questions here (http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=765501) but for whatever reason they didn't seem to attract any replies - perhaps because I didn't do the...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 20th 2012, 5:38 pm

Replies: 1

Logistics of changing E3 employer from outside the US?

Views: 686

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Logistics of changing E3 employer from outside the US?

I think I may have found an answer to #1 after a lot of searching. This post seems to say it should be OK, one way or another, to finish work for my old employer after I get my new visa:
...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 19th 2012, 3:57 am

Replies: 1

Logistics of changing E3 employer from outside the US?

Views: 686

Posted By pinkhandbag

Logistics of changing E3 employer from outside the US?

Hi all,

I am in the USA on the E-3 and I am in the process of changing employers.

I need some help deciding whether to change status via USCIS or hop out of the USA briefly to get a fresh E-3....

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jun 12th 2012, 10:52 pm

Replies: 4

Changing employers: supporting documents for I-129?

Views: 612

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Changing employers: supporting documents for I-129?

Ah OK, I guess waiting is the only option then :)

Thanks!
phb

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jun 12th 2012, 10:24 pm

Replies: 4

Changing employers: supporting documents for I-129?

Views: 612

Posted By pinkhandbag

Re: Changing employers: supporting documents for I-129?

I'm not sure actually, as I'm relaying through my prospective employer. Do you think there may be a chance it's not needed?

I went ahead and posted off forms requesting replacement documents from...

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