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Hi Peter. Do you have any experience with MTR for O-1 visas? Once filed, how long the response from USCIS could take? What are the odds of visa approval at this point?
Yes, we do but oftentimes the better approach is simply to refile the O-1 since MTRs can take a while to be reviewed.
Hi Peter, Thank you for taking the time to answer the questions. Mine is: how long should a Green Card holder stay with the company that sponsored the GC to avoid future problems with USCIS?
There's really no minimum amount of time if the green card was obtained in good faith. I've never seen an issue when this is true.
I'll finish my PhD in ECE around May 2018 and look for employment in the Bay Area. Do you think I should apply for NIW (I have over 300 citations and 10+ peer reviewed publications) or go through the process with H1B?
My wife and our son are on F2 visa right now. My wife is a computer engineer and was not allowed to work on F2 visa during my PhD. Can she work as an H1B dependent? Do you think it is worth to spend $10K to obtain NIW?
What advice do you have for someone who's on a H1B visa, wants to co-found a startup, incorporate it, work on it part-time until it receives VC funding, and continue working at their H1B "day job" in the interim? My understanding is that the H1B visa does not allow you to do any work for anyone apart from your visa sponsor. If a co-founder were to spend his evenings working on his startup which has been incorporated,…
I have the same question as well.
If I'm aware that a member of my company is an illegal immigrant, what can I do to protect them and the company?
If things don't go very well and I decide to relinquish the green card and return, will I be subject to any kind of exit tax?
Also, I'm having a lot of trouble setting up an address to receive the physical card. A PO Box or mail aggregator is not acceptable and I can only change the address up to the point of entry. This is a major concern for me because I don't have anyone in the USA that could receive it on my behalf.
Is it possible to use "General delivery" near my arrival airport to get the card? I ask because up to 2 weeks ago I didn't even know about that concept so I'm still exploring that possibility.
Thank you for your time.
I've used up all 6 yrs on H1b (including recapture) and currently transitioning to F1, I'm exploring the O-1 visa. I'm an Indian citizen, born in India. Question 1: Can I qualify for an O-1 visa if I'm part of a company as a co-founder/CXO that's been accepted in Y-Combinator or similar programs? (does that satisfy the "attained membership in associations that require outstanding achievements....."?) Question 2: In t…
I won the green card diversity lottery and will finalize the process in about a month when I land in the USA. After that I'll be a permanent resident. I'll stay for a few months to set things up, leave for a few more months to sell some property and then move there permanently. If things don't go very well and I decide to relinquish the green card and return, will I be subject to any kind of exit tax? Also, I'm havin…
Please all H1Bs of Indian nationality. Do not waste your time, age, money and family life waiting for H1B based GreenCard. Its a lost cause. Move to Canada, Australia or somewhere else. Live a good life rather than being indentured servants for US corporations for a good chunk of your productive age. I moved to Canada some years back and I am really happy about my decision.
You are only an "indentured servant" if you're not good enough in your field to demand a competitive salary. Please don't put everyone in the same bucket as you.
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A Green Card is a visa with permanent intent. A TN visa has temporary or limited intent. At best, such a transfer would signal that your TN was not pursued with temporary intent. In my IANAL experience as a Canadian who immigrated to the US, you need to transfer to a permanent intent visa like an H1-B from which the conversion to Green Card is more straightforward. Alternatively, marry an American.
Again, not correct and a common misunderstanding. One can go from a TN directly to a green card.