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Getting Student Visa for US

November 15th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

If you are a student and no matter what your plan is to study in the United States starting from learning English in an ESL school or obtaining a degree from one of the American Universities on any subject under the sun, the bottom line is you would be required to obtain an F1 student visa for your self to get into the United States as a student.

It’s important that I mention that almost any one irrespective of the age of the person or his educational background might choose to apply for an F1 student visa.

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Help for Students on F1 Visa in US

November 12th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

Getting an admission to one of the schools in the United States and then getting the visa approved basis that to get in to the United States on an F1 visa is really the easy part. It’s to be noted that the F1 visa is not a sponsored program, as in the case of the J1 visa. Thus the visitor has to bear all the related expenses himself during his stay in the United States. Thankfully the United States government is considerate about this and to help the students during the stay they are allowed to work for limited number of hours.

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The H 2B Visas Are Still Available

October 12th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

Did you know that under the following circumstances the H2B visa for the United States may be used for both Skilled and Unskilled work?

  1. An American employer, to handle the work load spikes of the peak months may choose to hire temporary staff. For that they can hire people using the option of the H2B visas.
  2. Also in case there is a one time occurrence situation for an employer in the United States, they may opt for the H2B visa.

The H2B visa is used for a number of works for the both the employers and the job seekers in the United States.

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New Rule in Force from 6th October

October 10th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

There is a rule from the Department of Homeland Security that requires the sponsoring employers to file a petition for all the Aliens for whom R-1 non-immigrant status is sought. To comply with the same now the consular officers are required to ensure that, the said applicants have obtained an I-129 petition form from the Department of Home land security, prior to the issuance of the visa. The said rule has been in force from the 6th of October 2009.

In case there is a further requirement of a clarification about this rule you might feel free to get in touch with the Legislation & Regulations division of the Visa Service’s.

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About the J1 Waiver

October 6th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

The J1 visa is issued to the foreign exchange students who have traveled to the United States for the reason of getting some training or some sort of education. As per the clause of the J1 visa the people traveling to the United States on the J1 visa would be required to stay in the home country for the next two years post the completion of the training in the United States for which the visa was issued in the first place.

The basic reason for this requirement defined by the United States government, is that the person who has acquired the advanced skills and knowledge from the United States by the virtue of the exchange visitor program, he or she should go back to the home country and spread the knowledge to people there.

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More about K3 Visa

October 3rd, 2009 Tushar Mathur

The documents those are required from the sponsor’s side for a K3 visa, which is being petitioned for, for the purpose of helping a spouse to migrate to the United States are as follows:

  • Form 1-130 – A fully completed 1-130 form with the signatures is the first requirement for the K3 visa.
  • Citizenship Evidence – A proof of your citizenship would be required to be submitted with the form. This proof could be your US birth certificate, your US passport, your certificate of citizenship, or your naturalization certificate, would be required to be submitted to the USCIS.
  • 2G-325A – The biographic data sheets would be required for both the parties involved in the K3 visa petition for the migration.
  • Proof of your marriage – A proof of your marriage would be required to be submitted to the USCIS.

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Stamping Requirement for L1 Visa

September 29th, 2009 Tushar Mathur


L1 is a working class visa for the United States of America. Upon receipt of the approval on the L1 visa petition, your original documents would be required to be submitted. Under mentioned are the list of documents that would be required for the same.

  1. The first requirement for the L1 visa would be a completed DS 156. This is the non immigration visa application form.
  2. The next document in line that would be required would be the DS 157.

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How to Get Your Spouse to the US?

September 29th, 2009 Tushar Mathur


For people who are already a citizen in the United States, for them there are primarily 2 ways to get their spouses to the United States to live with them.

The first one would be to file an immigrant petition filing for an alien relative. This is done using the immigration petition form I-130. The next step up on the receipt of the approval on the petition filed, you would be required to visit the United States consulate in your home country and get the physical immigrant visa. The third step would be to file for your Employment Authorization Card (EAD).

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