fatbrit

It's FAM gospel, though irrelevant here.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

The concept of "dual intent" was developed in the late 1980's and was a bone of contention -- mostly in the "H" & "L" arenas. The 1990 amendments obviated the necessity in the "H" & "L" arenas. Also, there is no "dual" intent in the "K" arena -- there is but a single intent, which is to marry within 90 days for the K-1, or to live in the US pending adjudication of an I-130. Nothing "dual" about that.

However, there is confusion raised by "non-immigrant intent" as meaning "I don't intend to live here permanently." An "immigrant" is NOT defined as a person coming to live in the US permanently -- rather it is ANY alien who does not fit within the described non-immigrant classifications. There is a SEPARATE definition of "lawfully admitted for permanent residence". Lets put this way, Queen Elizabeth is an "immigrant" under the US definition, and a lawful one at that.

Bob

Did the lawyer tell you how expensive the visa is for the sponsoring company? It's a big chunk of cash they could be throwing down the toilet if you don't get it. The 65K visa's last year were filled within a day of being opened, I think there were twice as many that were junked because of the quota. Also more time consuming and expensive route to greencard on the H....you'd be better off sucking it up and spending the 8 months in the UK to get the L1 visa tbh.

Orangepants

I work for an Investment Bank that's just wiped $1.3billion off their balance sheet in 3Q.!! I dont think $5k will kill them - that's a bit of a selfish way to see it I know.
I see what you're saying - grin and bear it for a possibly more assured route than take the chance. Wachovia may tell me that - it may not be my decision. Thanks...

snowbunny

It's daunting because of how many visas go to IT "professionals" and the top recipients are Microsoft and dual-based Indian IT firms. They have a big lobby and their applications are as perfect as they can be. Personally, I think that the H-1B visa could use a little diversity in its recipients so that we get top talent in all fields rather than a lot of varying talent in one field.

I do wonder how one person or firm can achieve an 83% success rate, unless they refuse all of the best applicants and get lucky.

Orangepants

83% does seem a high success rate, she applied for 70 and had 12 rejected. She works soley on behalf of Wachy and they are all, I would guess, highly educated finance professionals - she is very organised and has now asked me for a shed load of info. I did ask about the IT bias as I had seen the "top twenty hirers" and she replied that they (Wachy) take their chance like everyone else and are very well prepared. She is "confident" of my application.
I would just miss my boxer puppy too much and cant bear the thought of months in the UK. I fly out there on Thursday!!

Bob

It's still a lottery though, you apply, they then pick them out of a hat on which to process, so it's a bold or lucky statment.