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Aggregate does mean actual time spent in one's home country or country of last legal permanent residence. For most instances this has been aggregate of vacation time (in home country) during J sponsorship period typically 5 to 7 years depending on the residency+fellowship combination. And since...

I do not see any problem in giving my PP information and other details and obtain a file number; once done that you can have access to all the dates you want. Also read Canada USA travel issues in "moving to Canada" on this forum; many people have shared their experiences there.

Massage therapy, though a valuable skill does not figure highly as far as H visa sponsorship is concerned, actually sponsorship may not pass through DOL. However its worth a try through a well established business. Your queri may get better response at general H-visa related threads in this forum.

Answer for vijay117 Check Calgary, I saw many openings in January

The situation gets sticky now, try for visa from canada with strong letter of support from your program director and a letter of good standing from ECFMG, good luck!

You really do not have to have your J visa restamped as long as you have a I-94 stamped as D/S and you are in good standing with ECFMG and your travel in the border states is for less than 30 days. Of course if you apply for J visa stamp and get refused than you need to go back to your home country.

How about using your employer's letter that was used for H visa petition?

Yes, and that will help you change your status from B1/B2 to H1B, however the intent is increasingly questioned by INS for example is it within your first month of arriving in US that you asked for change of status on within 60 days or within 90 days or later. If its within 30 days than your...

I agree with above but its not as difficult as it sounds. There is a tax treaty between US and Canada as well as (if you are from) India. All taxes on the money earned in Canada or India can be paid in US. However this will leave out maintainance of PR status in Canada. There is no easy way out.

All criminal record checks including RCMP, PCC from home country and FBI records carry a validity of six months and that is the reason Canadian Immigration wants FBI fingerprints to be submitted only when asked for (at the very end of your petition) however Its at their discretion to ask for...

Businesses opened (registered) in Canada can be operated globally and being on H1B just means that the visa beneficiary can not earn from anyone other than the current (US) employer but of course you can maintain, operate and earn from a business located in you home country or country of...

Basically when you fill up any immigration or visa application form you give certain information(about your previous whereabouts) and sign it! Thats where you may get trapped if you submit information that is proven false at a later date. It may never happen but, who knows! If one's plan is to...

Well done schandrag, coming to the original question from waivermd he is on J visa presently doing a waiver job if he takes a chance at EB1 what does he have to loose? Maybe if he first gets classified as O-visa it will help?

Thanks niraliajit, I guess physicians are the major constituents of EB2 category and are far less in number compared to techies. Hopefully the backlog will not develop for the next several years!

I saw on visa bulletin http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi_bulletincurrent.html that the priority dates for EB-3 category is no longer current and shows a retrogressed date of jan 2002. Does this affect physicians? Do we belong to EB-2 since we have board certifications or EB-3 which is specialty...

Be careful when you give pregnancy as a reason for visit, this issue has been discussed at length elsewhere in this forum.

It is true that once you land you will become a permanent resident of Canada but still you will be a Citizen of the country you hold passport of. If such is a case your stay in Canada is valid till the expiry of your passport regardless of PR. You will get a new passport on renewal which by law...

Professionals across the board who have paid dearly for legal and immigration fee generally claim such amounts as job related expenses. (can you perform/practice your profession without appropriate visa?)

Ticket agents in India will insist on purchase of two way ticket; however nobody at the immigration (US) seems to bother about a return ticket, Canada immigration insists on seeing a return ticket once they see a visitor visa. Given the fact that one way tickets cost almost as much as a return...

Go to the home country, life still goes on as you left it, or even batter! Pass the two years and broaden your choices. Apply for Canadian PR while its open.