Immigration Forum / USA / June 2006

When a man became naturalized citizen, his daughter was 16 years old.
She was born in another country, and had green card at that time.
Following the law, he obtained a US passport for his daughter.  Since
receiving the passport, the kid has traveled to other countries with

I am not sure if this is the right usenet group for this post. If it is
not, I'd really appreciate it if you could let me know the correct
usenet group.
I want to apply for my OPT after my Ph.D program and I want to decide

The “SKIL Bill” was recently introduced by Representative John
Shadegg (R-AZ) to reform both the H-1B visa and employment based (EB
visa) green card processes. The legislation is co-sponsored by
Representatives John Campbell (R-CA), K. Michael Conaway (R-TX), John T.

My Wife's B2 visa got rejected last month. I am Sr. Software Engineer
and belong to INDIA. I was on B1 so we wanted to just accompany me for
two months. It was a great chance to show America to her. There was
proper sponsor ship from the company for me and my wife even though us

I have been living in Australia for almost 2 years  as a permanenet
resident and now we won the green card lottery  we are also expecting
our first child.
So my question is it a good idea to leave Australia for America.

I am working for a Company ABC on H1 on Corp to Corp basis .Recently I
got another job which was a inhouse project for the client XXX. It was
3+ contract job.I am working as a contractor in XXX place.
On the day one ,this client gave me a Non Disclosure Agreemnet and said

My wife has a degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management. She had a
job at a hotel in Canada before moving to live with me in the US. In
order to be eligible on a TN-1 visa, does her job title have to be
"Hotel Manager", as indicated in all the sites I've seen, or can it be a

I worked in the US under a TN in the fall for a period of 6 months
before being let go by my employer, a law firm. I have since been
looking for a job and recently got an offer from a company via a
headhunter.

Hello. Can anyone give me some pointers to finding information about
what kind of visa might be necessary for a person transiting a US
seaport i.e. either not getting off a cruise ship or tranferring to
another ship with a non-US destination. Neither the local Citizenship

Hi folks, few Qs about an existing H-1:
Just wanted to know, if someone were to lose their job when employed under
an H-1, how much time do they have to find a new job? I heard it was a
month. If yo uhave 3 pay stubs, is it quite a speedy process to transfer

My husband and I had our interview today in Milwaukee (applied in early
December), married for less than a year.
I was extremely nervous even though we've been together for four years
and the officer was courteous, but really formal.  She interviewed my

My company announced that it would be merged with another company
starting July 1, 2006. How will the merger affect my current 7th year
h1b1 visa and labor certification that is still pending at philly
backlog center? My current company states that its assets are purchased,

I'm investigating ways to get a permanent visa for the US, one being
through family sponsorship but i'm aware this will take 10yrs plus.
I have a family member who is willing to offer me a non skilled job,
(even though i'm a skilled toolmaker) does anyone know is this enough to

What happens after I take the interview? Do I get the Naturalization
number the same day? or do I have to wait more for something else, if so
what and how long do I have to wait for.
Thanks in advance

After 3 years in the USA, my husband and I are planning on moving back
to Europe, probably Amsterdam. I have been on an L2 visa and my husband
an L1b. I want to suggest to my current company that I freelance for
them from Amsterdam as another past employee is doing from Europe.