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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Feb 15th 2017, 5:38 am

Replies: 34

Immigration status; It's complicated!

Views: 3,194

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Immigration status; It's complicated!

This doesn't necessarily help. Note that the primary H-1B needs to be the beneficiary of an _approved_ I-140 (or meet a condition that implies they're close to that far along in the process). If the...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Feb 15th 2017, 4:20 am

Replies: 11

L-1B to green card questions

Views: 1,418

Posted By zerlesen

Re: L-1B to green card questions

It is what it is. Sometimes the employer doesn't want to or know how to, and sometimes they want to but can't, either because the job itself is not suitable or because the candidate is not suitable. ...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Feb 6th 2017, 7:00 am

Replies: 3

I-539 Change of Status question

Views: 589

Posted By zerlesen

Re: I-539 Change of Status question

See section 12 in the "Who may file...?" section of the instructions for the I-539, which you can find here (https://www.uscis.gov/i-539). If you provide all that stuff then they shouldn't have a...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Feb 3rd 2017, 5:39 am

Replies: 11

british e2 visa holder marrying USC

Views: 1,249

Posted By zerlesen

Re: british e2 visa holder marrying USC

When I was at that stage they were shooting for 90 days, same as the EAD. (This was before the existence of the combined EAD/AP document.)

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Feb 2nd 2017, 7:53 am

Replies: 1

AOS Update

Views: 435

Posted By zerlesen

Re: AOS Update

It may not seem like it, but this could well be good news - it means that somebody is actually looking at your file, instead of it just being in a queue somewhere. Anecdotally, more than once I've...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Feb 2nd 2017, 6:12 am

Replies: 15

Accepting a job offer without EAD

Views: 7,638

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Accepting a job offer without EAD

I am certain that none of my previous employers would've started in on immigration paperwork on my behalf prior to my indicating (in writing!) that I was accepting their job offer. On the other hand,...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jan 24th 2017, 9:28 am

Replies: 7

Changing job after I-140 approved but before AOS approved

Views: 793

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Changing job after I-140 approved but before AOS approved

Google "AC21" (or "American Competitiveness in the 21st Century Act" if you're feeling verbose). If you filed the I-485 over 180 days ago and you're staying in the same occupational classification...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 28th 2016, 6:39 am

Replies: 5

L1/H1-Time to search for another job if made redundant

Views: 1,308

Posted By zerlesen

Re: L1/H1-Time to search for another job if made redundant

The employee doesn't need a new visa if they're already in the country. If you're changing/extending work-eligible status you can legally work for the new employer for a certain length of time (I...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 10th 2016, 9:24 pm

Replies: 23

Returning I-94 waiver (US)

Views: 2,051

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Returning I-94 waiver (US)

This is not the criterion by which the forum has tended to judge things.

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 8th 2016, 9:03 am

Replies: 135

Move to CA for College (Funding and Advice)

Views: 12,272

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Move to CA for College (Funding and Advice)

Sorry, I got carried away with the "marriage-based" bit. I guess "In sickness and in health" doesn't necessarily work so well either.

Anyway, the system is what it it is and the OP can probably...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Sep 8th 2016, 7:31 am

Replies: 135

Move to CA for College (Funding and Advice)

Views: 12,272

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Move to CA for College (Funding and Advice)

It's not. Or even if it is (it's not) then it wouldn't be the kind of status you want/need anyway.

Get a K-1, get married, get a green card. For better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, the...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 30th 2016, 3:17 am

Replies: 5

O-1 to EB1/2 - any success stories?

Views: 2,236

Posted By zerlesen

Re: O-1 to EB1/2 - any success stories?

It depends on the preference category. If you're going for EB1 "extraordinary ability" you need to convince USCIS that you do indeed have extraordinary ability. You've already done something similar...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 29th 2016, 8:25 am

Replies: 12

EAD vs. H-1B

Views: 957

Posted By zerlesen

Re: EAD vs. H-1B

The OP is in the relatively unusual position of having two separate work authorizations for the same job and wants to know if it makes any difference which one he uses. Like I said, it only really...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 29th 2016, 5:29 am

Replies: 12

EAD vs. H-1B

Views: 957

Posted By zerlesen

Re: EAD vs. H-1B

Perhaps nothing. You can only stay in H status if you're working the H-1B job, but the EAD authorizes you to work any job. Similarly, you can only travel on the H-1B visa if you're still working the...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 25th 2016, 5:47 am

Replies: 3

Changing employer on E2

Views: 828

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Changing employer on E2

I don't think you have to if you don't want to. The new employer will have to file their own I-129 and can simultaneously petition to extend your (and hopefully your wife's!) status. Once the new...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 5th 2016, 8:01 am

Replies: 48

How did you guys make it? Advice on what to do with life.

Views: 5,522

Posted By zerlesen

Re: How did you guys make it? Advice on what to do with life.

Mainly, if you're already feeling burned out then starting a Ph.D. is not something I'd recommend. There's no shame in taking your accomplishments and pivoting to study or practice something else. A...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Aug 2nd 2016, 4:38 pm

Replies: 48

How did you guys make it? Advice on what to do with life.

Views: 5,522

Posted By zerlesen

Re: How did you guys make it? Advice on what to do with life.

For some (inexplicable!) reason I feel compelled to come to the defense of the US-based Ph.D. in pure mathematics; a longstanding and still quite viable way for twentysomethings to travel the world...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 26th 2016, 7:03 pm

Replies: 16

H1b job resignation. UK citizen

Views: 2,476

Posted By zerlesen

Re: H1b job resignation. UK citizen

You're Canadian though. The OP is not (unless I missed something!), and is in the middle of a complicated personal/work situation that shows up here every so often.

Forum: USA

Jul 25th 2016, 6:40 am

Replies: 87

US Citizenship: pros and cons?

Views: 10,856

Posted By zerlesen

Re: US Citizenship: pros and cons?

I naturalized as soon as I could. Apart from everything else that has been mentioned, if I were ever to come to the attention of law enforcement in the US for any reason, I'd rather do it as a...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jun 14th 2016, 8:14 am

Replies: 21

Have I considered every option? L-2, E-1, O-1 etc

Views: 2,904

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Have I considered every option? L-2, E-1, O-1 etc

I hate to say it, but welcome to the wonderful world of US immigration, where three months *is* "pretty quickly". That's the target processing time for the I-765 - as Fred16 points out, they don't...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jun 14th 2016, 3:04 am

Replies: 21

Have I considered every option? L-2, E-1, O-1 etc

Views: 2,904

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Have I considered every option? L-2, E-1, O-1 etc

Not really, apart from planning a quick wedding ceremony. The L-2 is the least complicated route but, as Rene said, you apply for the EAD once you're already in-country, and they typically take 3...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jun 7th 2016, 7:25 am

Replies: 6

Entering the US for the first time on H1B Visa, Requirements

Views: 1,397

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Entering the US for the first time on H1B Visa, Requirements

Interesting. That certainly wasn't the case back in my day. Mind you, when I got my F-1 you didn't even have to apply in person at the consulate - they'd just handle the whole damn thing through the...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jun 6th 2016, 4:51 am

Replies: 6

Entering the US for the first time on H1B Visa, Requirements

Views: 1,397

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Entering the US for the first time on H1B Visa, Requirements

They're not supposed to readjudicate the H-1B petition from scratch at the POE, but they want to be reassured that nothing fraudulent is going on. In my experience they'll probably ask you where...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jun 2nd 2016, 3:22 am

Replies: 2

Change of status whilst outside the US

Views: 661

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Change of status whilst outside the US

Yeah, once you're outside the US you no longer have any nonimmigrant status, so you can't file a COS. You'll reacquire a nonimmigrant status when you're readmitted, based on the kind of visa you...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

May 16th 2016, 3:47 am

Replies: 16

Questions about OPT after LLM study on an F1

Views: 1,653

Posted By zerlesen

Re: Questions about OPT after LLM study on an F1

Yeah, the website doesn't tend to contain glaring falsehoods or anything like that (although does it still say that you can't use the VWP if you've ever been arrested?) but it's not always written in...

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