Visa Waiver Program
Jul 10th 2008, 11:16 pm
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Visa Waiver Program
Hi,
I will try and give all the information I can but if you need more just ask.
A company in NY applied for an H3 visa for me three months ago however it is yet to come through. They want me to work for them for three months starting from August 1st as my current employment ends at the end of July and my new contract begins 1st November (timed to allow me 3 months in NY). The visa is yet to come through and even if it did come through in the next few days, organising a visa interview and being accepted is unlikely to occur by 1st August.
I am investigating alternatives. Could I enter the US under the VWP with my american employee paying my british employee for my time? Would this be complicated or relatively simple.
To make matters worse, due to business interests with this company, I;ve already visited the US 3 times this year for a total of approximately 20 days. Would this cause further problems?
Thank you in advance for any help. I have tried searching their website about this but they seem very vague about this sort of thing.
Matthew
I will try and give all the information I can but if you need more just ask.
A company in NY applied for an H3 visa for me three months ago however it is yet to come through. They want me to work for them for three months starting from August 1st as my current employment ends at the end of July and my new contract begins 1st November (timed to allow me 3 months in NY). The visa is yet to come through and even if it did come through in the next few days, organising a visa interview and being accepted is unlikely to occur by 1st August.
I am investigating alternatives. Could I enter the US under the VWP with my american employee paying my british employee for my time? Would this be complicated or relatively simple.
To make matters worse, due to business interests with this company, I;ve already visited the US 3 times this year for a total of approximately 20 days. Would this cause further problems?
Thank you in advance for any help. I have tried searching their website about this but they seem very vague about this sort of thing.
Matthew
Jul 11th 2008, 1:04 am
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Re: Visa Waiver Program
Jul 11th 2008, 1:27 am
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Re: Visa Waiver Program
No no on VWP, probably happens though.
Jul 11th 2008, 3:46 am
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Re: Visa Waiver Program
Hi,
I will try and give all the information I can but if you need more just ask.
A company in NY applied for an H3 visa for me three months ago however it is yet to come through. They want me to work for them for three months starting from August 1st as my current employment ends at the end of July and my new contract begins 1st November (timed to allow me 3 months in NY). The visa is yet to come through and even if it did come through in the next few days, organising a visa interview and being accepted is unlikely to occur by 1st August.
I am investigating alternatives. Could I enter the US under the VWP with my american employee paying my british employee for my time? Would this be complicated or relatively simple.
To make matters worse, due to business interests with this company, I;ve already visited the US 3 times this year for a total of approximately 20 days. Would this cause further problems?
Thank you in advance for any help. I have tried searching their website about this but they seem very vague about this sort of thing.
Matthew
I will try and give all the information I can but if you need more just ask.
A company in NY applied for an H3 visa for me three months ago however it is yet to come through. They want me to work for them for three months starting from August 1st as my current employment ends at the end of July and my new contract begins 1st November (timed to allow me 3 months in NY). The visa is yet to come through and even if it did come through in the next few days, organising a visa interview and being accepted is unlikely to occur by 1st August.
I am investigating alternatives. Could I enter the US under the VWP with my american employee paying my british employee for my time? Would this be complicated or relatively simple.
To make matters worse, due to business interests with this company, I;ve already visited the US 3 times this year for a total of approximately 20 days. Would this cause further problems?
Thank you in advance for any help. I have tried searching their website about this but they seem very vague about this sort of thing.
Matthew
Something does not smell right. Although H-3 does allow some work, it is NOT the primary purpose of the classification.
IMHO, an H-3 classification is totally inconsistent with "B" visitor status [of which VWP is notionally a part of]. I'm analogizing this from old case law regarding the fact that B-2's can't come here to study -- and an H-3 is a training visa after all.
