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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Feb 15th 2017, 12:05 pm

Replies: 34

Immigration status; It's complicated!

Views: 2,627

Posted By tinseltown17

Re: Immigration status; It's complicated!

This was changed in 2015... once the H1-B visa holder applies for the green card, H-4 holder can apply for permission to work. H1B Visa Holders » Good News for Spouses...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Feb 14th 2017, 12:00 am

Replies: 16

US Entry, SFO, Canadian Citizen? extreme vetting? or normal order of business?

Views: 1,592

Posted By tinseltown17

Re: US Entry, SFO, Canadian Citizen? extreme vetting? or normal order of business?

Really? Never had this experience at SFO. Got through automatically at JFK, i.e. no human contact. Had a few questions in ATL, but nothing weird. I have a European passport. However, most immigration...

Forum: Marriage Based Visas

Jul 2nd 2012, 7:05 am

Replies: 40

I don't know what to do..

Views: 4,674

Posted By tinseltown17

Re: I don't know what to do..

This is soooo right. It's not too different from seeing people climb up the corporate ladder due to 'internal politics'. About 90% of the time, the people who move up this way are inferior to their...

Forum: USA

Jul 1st 2012, 3:53 pm

Replies: 33

Healthcare and Pregnancy in the U.S.?

Views: 3,732

Posted By tinseltown17

Re: Healthcare and Pregnancy in the U.S.?

Thanks for all the answers. I rather like looking into this well in advance - my husband's colleague has just recently been transferred there, and organised maniac that I am, I'd rather want to know...

Forum: USA

Jul 1st 2012, 1:13 pm

Replies: 33

Healthcare and Pregnancy in the U.S.?

Views: 3,732

Posted By tinseltown17

Healthcare and Pregnancy in the U.S.?

My husband is working for a large company with headquarters in the U.S. - and so do I. On my husband's side, there's a good chance he may be transferred to the U.S. in a few years time (or Canada,...

Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas

Jul 1st 2012, 12:32 pm

Replies: 4

Why does the length of time for people getting their GC's after H-1B differ so much?

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Posted By tinseltown17

Why does the length of time for people getting their GC's after H-1B differ so much?

I've been reading threads in this forum for quite a while now.

It seems to take people on H-1B visas ages to get the GC! I never thought that to be the case from the people I know who have gotten...

Forum: Marriage Based Visas

Jun 30th 2012, 6:49 pm

Replies: 40

I don't know what to do..

Views: 4,674

Posted By tinseltown17

Re: I don't know what to do..

That's true. Another uni mate now lives in Upstate NY, after receiving a scholarship at an ivy league uni to do a 2-year MSc there, then got her PhD funded, too. Her sister did the exact same thing...

Forum: Marriage Based Visas

Jun 30th 2012, 3:07 pm

Replies: 40

I don't know what to do..

Views: 4,674

Posted By tinseltown17

Re: I don't know what to do..

Having graduated almost a decade ago, I can tell you that the people I knew who ended up in the U.S. were either:

(a) Accountants at places like PWC, etc. (big companies with international...

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