hseenba

I am planning to go to Canada as a third country national for H1-B stamp. However i
am not sure of three things
1) If asked why are you coming to Canada and not going to your home country for visa
what do i say? I am currently doing my postdoctoral research studies. My status
goes like this: 1995-May 2000: valid F1 Visa for Ph.D. 1995-2002: valid I-20 May
2000-Oct 2000 still in school on my i-20 and F-1 status although visa expired in
may. Oct-2000 completed Ph.d Oct 15 2000 -Oct 2001 converted to Practical Training
Now I have got my H1-B approval.

2) Have I been in proper status throughout to go to canada as a third country
national.

3) if h1-b visa is rejected in canada . how do i return. i am told i should not
surrender my i-94. is it in my hands? what if the official wants it? i want to go
by train. so am i given the option in the middle of the journey to return if i
don't give i-94??? thank you for your replies!!!!! hseenba

Sylvia Ottemoeller

hseenba wrote:

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You could say that you are expecting to go to a conference in Germany, or the U.K.,
or somewhere where it takes a long time, a week or two, to get a visa, and you will
not have time on the trip to get the visa.

Or you could say that you are going to visit your home country, but you won't have
time to get the visa.

I am currently doing my postdoctoral research
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It seems that you have maintained continuous lawful status throughout your stay
in the U.S.

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This is called automatic visa revalidation. See
http://www.wright.edu/academics/inte.../autovisa.html.

i am told i
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I think you are safe going by train. I have heard of the official insisting on
taking the I-94, but that seems to be a problem only at airports. And it is a very
rare problem.