Posts Tagged ‘Admission’

When is a Lawful Permanent Resident considered seeking admission to the United States?

The United States immigration laws confer certain rights and privileges to a person who has been granted Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status by the government.  These individuals, commonly known as green card holders, are authorized to work and live in the United States indefinitely.  Legal residents are also allowed to return to the United States after international travel.  Nonresidents, on the other hand, are considered applicants for admission and must establish that they are admissible to the United States in order to enter.

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Tips for Improving Your Chances of Getting Cleared by US Customs at an Airport

1) Be honest, upfront, and polite with the Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agents. They are trained to detect when you are lying so don’t even try, it will only hurt you. Being upfront with the agents is especially in your interest because during the admission process at the border/point of entry they are the only people who can help you. You have no right to an attorney during this time. The CBP agents have a certain amount of discretion and you want to make sure that they will feel inclined to exercise it with you, if necessary, to admit you to the US.

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Attention Former Tri-Valley University Students

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following notice to the
former Tri-Valle Universit Students recently:
“If you were formerly enrolled as an F-1 student at TVU and have been terminated
in SEVIS, please note the following.
SEVP terminated the records of all F-1 students enrolled at TVU as of Jan. 18,
2011. You should call SEVP Response Center (SRC) at 703-603-3400. This number is
currently staffed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. (EST), seven days a week. Beginning
Friday, Feb. 18, 2011, this number will be staffed Monday through Friday from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EST). At other times, you may leave a telephone number at
which SEVP will return your call the next day.
Please be prepared to provide the follow information to the SEVP staff when you
call:
* First and last name
* SEVIS ID#
* Address
* Telephone number where you can be reached
* E-mail address
* Dates of attendance at TVU
* Level and Major of study at TVU
When you call, SEVP will provide you with your options including the option to
depart from the United States without an otherwise possibly applicable bar to
re-admission in the future.”


How to Read Your US Visa

How to Read Your US Visa?

It is really important that you are able to read and interpret the information on the United States visa document clearly and properly. This is not going to help you understand the information properly that is displayed on the visa document but would also help you understand what kind of a visa has been issued to you and not to forget, with that you would be able to avoid future troubles too.

Here is how you would be doing the same:

  1. First from the top left corner you should look for the information related to, from where your visa was issued.

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Help for Students on F1 Visa in US

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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