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- vote What’s your visa status in the US? Curious to know for those of us in The US what’s your visa situation like?
- Visa status So basically everything except h1b? 🤔 Recently, I have started seeing these posts often.
- Visa status preventing offers? Help me out here, I’ve spent the last year interviewing and getting to final stage interviews with @Stripe, @ServiceNow, @AWS, @Atlassian (non-development roles) and others but haven’t been able to secure any offers. Is my L1 Visa and requirement for sponsorship (I’m an Aussie so e3 is an option) a
- link Visa status shows refused after dropbox I recently had my dropbox visa interview for H1B, after 8 days the visa status on ceac portal - https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx has 'refused' status. However I received mail from us travel docs that my passport is ready for pickup. any idea whats going on here? Should I consider
- vote Recruiter asking visa status A friend gave his interview with Apple onsite yesterday. HR pinged today asking visa status so that she can open a case with immigration team. His is an internal transfer. Is this just part of interview process at Apple that they ask ur visa status so they can parallely open a case? Or did the int
- Visa status gap Do holidays count as gaps in H1-B visa status when changing jobs? For example- end date right before christmas holiday say- Dec 24th and joining somewhere after company holiday- say Dec 30th. TC: 275k, yoe: 10
- Visa status issue advice Hi Everyone, need some advice on the visa status issue. Last year my employer A filled for my H1B, while it was pending approval I had to move to my current position which is a contract role so I asked my employer A to withdraw my application and start working again on an F1 visa. Last week I got t
- H4 visa status question My spouse raised an expedited service request for their H4 visa and the request was denied saying “your Form I-765 petition is assigned to an officer and under active review”. Does any one know how much time would it take for the review to be complete? It’s already been 3 weeks since we got that ema
- Visa dropbox status I went for dropbox couple of weeks ago. It shows below status in https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx. Do I need to go to interview? I couldn't find any info on their website. Your case is open and ready for your interview, fingerprints, and required documents. If you have already had
- Furloghed - changing visa status I got furloghed i definitely. Should i change my visa from h1b to b2 visa to stay back in USA ? has anyone did this before ?
- H1B Visa Transfer Case Status When I log in into USCIS and check my status on dhs.gov - It says case is approved But if I just check visa status using this link - https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do - Then it shows your case was transferred. I also checked with lawyers but they have not received approval notice f
- Merger - H1B visa status What happens to H1B when your company is getting merged? Asking for a friend. She's hearing that her company might get merged later in the year. #h1b #workvisa
- Visa status on resignation When does my work Visa expire after I resign? Is is immediately after I give my notice or effective on my last official day? How do people on Visa's deal with changing companies? Do I have to leave the country for a certain time? Will I still be allowed to enter the country with ETSA visa waiver in
- link H1b visa in Refused status after Dropbox I went to Delhi VAC center for my visa stamping. My previous expired in July 2019 and my new i 797 is valid till 2022. Also i have changed my employer . Has anybody faced a similar situation? I have submitted the documents on April 19 Monday and the status shows updated on April 22 to refused. The p
- How does visa status affect hiring decisions I am just curious about recruiters and hiring managers thoughts on candidates visa status. Assuming two candidates cleared the interview for a position. One on H1B and the other is a US citizen. As a hiring manager who would you prefer having on your team? As a recruiter, would you filter candida
- visa status after being walked out how long does your visa status remain after being walked out same day ? (after giving 2 week notice )
- Advice on H1B Visa status change Hi all, To give a brief context on my Visa status, I am currently on L1 (expiring Feb 2022) with my spouse on L2 Visa currently working on L2 EAD (expiring in Oct 2021). I have my H1B Visa approved (I-140 approved as well) but not stamped yet which would be expiring in May 2022. I was planning to g
- Dropbox Admin processing US visa status I just came last month and went for Dropbox here. My visa was with a different employer and now I am with a different employer. My status now is administrative processing. Not sure when it will clear. Anybody any idea? #visa #adminprocessing #h1b
- Need referral - I’m losing my visa status. I’m currenlty in my grace period and I will be out of status soon. I will lose my H1-B visa status if I couldn’t get a job. So requesting if some one can help me get a referral. I do have more than 2 years of experience in back-end development using Java. I’m currently looking for Juniour software
- L2 VISA work status questions 1) Can I work freelancer or contractor holding L2 visa, Before getting my EAD? 2) Can I start working full time, using EAD receipt? 3) How soon I can apply to get EAD after entering the US with L2 Visa ?
- Asked for visa status during interview I recently gave an interview. Choosing not to name the company, but the first question in their last round of interview was "Are you on H-1B?" And second was "When did it start?". Even before the interview started. Just wondering how this isn't discriminatory? And how the EEO tag is just for name-sa
- US OPT status My STEM OPT is expiring this June. My employer has sponsored my Canada work permit but it won’t get processed due to the delay in biometrics’ appointment dates. Can anyone suggest ways by which I can continue to live and work in the US for a temporary period of time after my OPT expiration date unti
- What's my visa status F1 or h1b? I am on stem opt and my employer applied for h1b last year for which I got a rfe few months ago. And yesterday I found out that it has been approved and I would soon be getting i797a. However I recently emailed my dso my stem evaluation report and she has not updated the sevis portal. In fact she ma
- Change of status from work visa to visitor visa Is it better to do in-country or from outside? Anybody who has done this before?
- Put on PIP, and im on visa status. Well, this can't get worse than this for me. Was told im on PIP. Have a month to prove my self. Which I think is already decided. And this happened when so much uncertainty in the market. Companies already laying off. Most of them already freezed openings. On top of that im on H1B. I can afford to
- Moving back to India - change status to b2 visa Hi, I am in USA currently on H1b visa and planning to move back to India, to join a different company. I wanted people's opinions, if it is ok to change my status to B2 visa (tourist) while I try to wrap things up here. And while I am on tourist visa, would it be legal to work for my Indian employer
- vote Company who abuse employees because of visa status You ever felt your company/manager underpaid/abused you because of your visa status? (H1b, et al). Which company?
- H1 B Visa status after relocating to India Hi, I am planning to relocate to Amazon India from USA. Want to know what happens to H1-B visa status if you want to come back in few years or when your GC priority date approaching? Thank You
- h1b visa change of status vs consular interview In either case, you need to do a consulate interview ultimately. What is the difference in the consulate interviews you give? Are both the same, or does one ask for more details over the other? #workvisa #rfe #h1b #opt #f1
- TikTok offer on hold due to the visa status Hi, Something strange happened to me. I just accepted a verbal offer from TikTok UK . I was waiting for an official doc to sign to start the visa process, when the recruiter contacted me and said that there all the UK / Irish visas are on hold for at least 2-4 weeks (from the TikTok side)? He cou
- Company asking about Visa Status of spouse/kids A tech-giant I'm interviewing with sent me an immigration questionnaire, with one question asking me about the immigration status of my spouse/kids. It doesn't personally bother/affect me, but is it even legal to ask such questions? #tech
- TN visa status as a engineering manager? Anyone gone to the states on a TN visa as a engineering manager? It doesn't fit nicely into the NAFTA categories so wondering on people's experiences with it (if any), thanks.
- STEM OPT/H1b - Options/alternatives available to extend Visa status I'm currently on F1 STEM OPT which expires in February 2022. This year was my third and final attempt at H1b and my application wasn't picked in the lottery. After having a discussion with my manager I learned that L1 isn't an option at the moment. I'm also not hopeful for a momentary international
- H1 visa validity/legal status between job transfers Hello. I am planning to take 7-10days off before I join my new employer. Will this immediately put me out of H1 status and count as illegal presence?
- IBM H1 visa application status unknown I started with IBM last year and have given all the necessary docs but haven’t heard back since. Also, I heard they are changing their process of application by giving contract to fragomen. Any new graduate from IBM who is in similar boat or atleast got any email from fragomen to fill out forms? #ib
- Can I transfer companies on h1b status without a visa stamp? I switched to h1b status from my previous visa type without travelling. So I don't have a visa stamp. Can I transfer companies and keep the h1b? #h1b #transfer #h1btransfer
- Lying about your visa status and then asking them at the end for sponsorship So I currently work in Canada and have been trying to start my life in the US for personal reasons. I am a Canadian citizen however, I feel that I am being weeded out from even some of the top companies for not having visa status to work in the US. I know that it is easy to get TN Visa to work there
- Is it allowed to change company after change of status to H1B (without visa stamping) I came to US with L1B visa and then i got H1B lottery. I recently got my change of status to H1B while in US but I don't have visa stamped. The visa appointments are always full and difficult to get in home country. So am I allowed to change company by just having change of status to #h1b? Can cur
- I can't get my green card status on F1 visa Tibco won't process my green card until I get my h1b. Thoughts ? I am thinking of applying through eb3 category
- link H1-B Visa Workers could lose legal status by June https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMzC1etgN3c#action=share Is this really happening? #workvisa #h1b
- Change of visa status of my spouse (H1B to H4) My spouse is planning to switch career from STEM. He is currently in tech as he has does masters in US but is inclined to do something else. He wants to transfer from H1B to H4 and then apply for H4 EAD with my i140 filed. Has anyone gone through such situations? How long does it take for H4 approva
- Change of employer in F1 OPT status Hi blind community, I've recently got an offer from another company with almost similar pay. It's been just about 2 months since I started with my current employer after graduation. Would this move be a problem while I file for my H1B? Reason for leaving is the better work(dev / data engg) at the
- H1B taxes cut by employer for F1 OPT status My employer is cutting social security and Medicare tax while I am on F1 OPT with a reason that you will be taxed if your EAD is due to expire in 2022. I have not lived in the U.S for more than 5 years either. This does not seem right to me. Has anyone faced similar issue? #tax
- My visa status has been changed but my taxes are not deducted Last year my visa status has been changed from student F1 to h1 B, my employer dint change my work status in payroll, so FICA(ss and medicare) taxes has not been deducted for the year 2020. Now that i told my employer on change of status, they changed it but i owe Fica taxes for 8months, who is the
- Anyone who knows current visa stamping status in India and Canada ? I had my H1B visa stamped on my passport for the first time in Canada . Now i have a renewed visa and I need to get a visa stamping appointment. It’s been > 1 year with the renewed Visa , however didn’t dare to step out of USA to 🇮🇳 fearing I might get stuck . I hear dropbox won’t be an option
- vote Companies to avoid while working on OPT/H-1B visa status? (part 2) for software dev/eng, data science, and quant research roles
- Getting rejected after verbal offer bucz of stem opt status? Dunno why I am posting, Maybe looking for some help lol. I have been interviewing from may, 25-30 onsite, rejection happens when the immigration team learns about my visa status. Too exhausting, I can crack interview, then why I am not getting a job. I can crack leetcode then why this big techs are
- vote Companies to avoid while working on OPT/H-1B visa status? (part 1) for software dev/eng, data science, and quant research roles
- investing in F1 OPT status (aka non-resident alien) Since vanguard doesnt allow “non-resident aliens” to open an account, i was curious what do my “non-resident alien” friends (whether on h1 or otherwise) do to get around this block? what are other viable alternatives to mutual funds? and do they allow non-resident aliens to register? YOE/TC: 0/160
- Employer Change while STEM OPT extension status is pending. Hi everyone, I graduated last year and was working with my university until last month. I extended my STEM OPT with my university before July 5th (first year OPT expiry). I got a new opportunity right after submitting my application & I notified my change in employer (submitted updated I-20 & I-983