I am planning to apply for Canada's visitor Visa at the Canadian embassy in Washington DC. I will apply in person.
What I want to know is if somebody has done this and if approved do they return the passport with Visa immediately.
I am planning to apply for Canada's visitor Visa at the Canadian embassy in Washington DC. I will apply in person.
What I want to know is if somebody has done this and if approved do they return the passport with Visa immediately.
You can get a new I-20 from the new program, leave the country and obtain new (or use existing if valid) F1 visa and re-enter. You may withdraw the reinstatement application.
AFAIK US consulates in Canada do not do stamping for COS cases. You may be asked to go to home country. So be prepare to fly to home country directly from Canada or simply go to home country directly.
Do you get an I-94 when you enter, assuming you are a Mexican citizen? If you have a current I-94 with F1 D/S you are fine. Visa expiry does not matter.
You can get an OPT for different degree level.
I would like to know how long does it usually take to get Canada's visitor visa from within the US. I am Indian citizen in US. I would like to visit for a short trip for say 1 week. Do they give a long term multiple entry visa like 1 year/5 years etc? Since my dates of travel are not yet fixed...
This is a gray area.
To avoid any confusion, you should get H1 stamp and enter around last week of September.
If you have to enter now, you can get an H4 stamp and apply for change of status to H1 after entering.
Are you talking about year 2008-09 or 2009-10?
If 08-09, are you sure you are in H4 status? If H1 was filed as change of status, you need to work from October 1.
If you are not in H1 status (your latest I-94 is H4) then new employer can file a new cap-exempt petition for you.
That's true, but for a person who only intends to stay and work in the US for a year or two, SS taxes are useless expense. As I said, one should weigh one's options and decide.
You can go to the SSA office, they will give you a detailed list of documents that you can provide to get an SSN.
But, you need a job (not just authorization) to get an SSN.
H1 is not necessarily better than OPT.
OPT has the following advantages,
less taxes (no medicare and ss)
more flexibility with employers (can change jobs easily)
more flexibility with status issues (D/S against a date)
Of course H1 has its own advantages, so everybody should weigh their options.
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