semipermeable
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Hello All,
I'm in a great need for legal counseling...
I was recently fired from a company who was sponsoring my E2.
I received the notice on 3/20Fri, but my official termination date was 3/26Fri (after unused vacation day).
Before 3/26Fri - which I think is the date when my I-94 becomes null and void - I've sent an application for B2 (visitor visa) using I-539 (Application to extend/change nonimmigrant status)
The package was received at USCIS on 3/26Fri. (I understand it isn't the date of case opening.)
According to USCIS website, as of Jan. '09, it seems to be taking about 2 months to come to a decision on my B2 application.
My intention of B2 is not for an approval but to legitimize my stay over my termination date - which was 3/26, while I-94 was initially approved until 5/9 '09. I've been told from law offices that there are significant chance of B2 applications to be denied, and if it does get denied, I'd have to depart from US on that day or the next (it's not like I would get a courtesey letter from USCIS in a week advance.)
My questions are...
1) Will I ever have a hardtime getting a new E2 from another company due to the fact that I was being fired from another company who was sponsoring my E2?
2) Does anybody know how likely/difficult actually to get B2, or status change from E2 to B2?
3) Maybe I didn't understand what law offices said but is my current stay unlawful?
Being in Automotive industry, I cannot deny my firing had to do with the economy and less so with my performance - but that would be a civil case... so setting that aside, though I am devastated, I'm prepared to go back to my home country - "home" I hadn't gone back in 20 years... I have some business prospects that would require being in US even on visa waiver, so the last thing I hope is to leave any traces that an Immigration denies my entry in US... Could anybody shed some light?
I'm in a great need for legal counseling...
I was recently fired from a company who was sponsoring my E2.
I received the notice on 3/20Fri, but my official termination date was 3/26Fri (after unused vacation day).
Before 3/26Fri - which I think is the date when my I-94 becomes null and void - I've sent an application for B2 (visitor visa) using I-539 (Application to extend/change nonimmigrant status)
The package was received at USCIS on 3/26Fri. (I understand it isn't the date of case opening.)
According to USCIS website, as of Jan. '09, it seems to be taking about 2 months to come to a decision on my B2 application.
My intention of B2 is not for an approval but to legitimize my stay over my termination date - which was 3/26, while I-94 was initially approved until 5/9 '09. I've been told from law offices that there are significant chance of B2 applications to be denied, and if it does get denied, I'd have to depart from US on that day or the next (it's not like I would get a courtesey letter from USCIS in a week advance.)
My questions are...
1) Will I ever have a hardtime getting a new E2 from another company due to the fact that I was being fired from another company who was sponsoring my E2?
2) Does anybody know how likely/difficult actually to get B2, or status change from E2 to B2?
3) Maybe I didn't understand what law offices said but is my current stay unlawful?
Being in Automotive industry, I cannot deny my firing had to do with the economy and less so with my performance - but that would be a civil case... so setting that aside, though I am devastated, I'm prepared to go back to my home country - "home" I hadn't gone back in 20 years... I have some business prospects that would require being in US even on visa waiver, so the last thing I hope is to leave any traces that an Immigration denies my entry in US... Could anybody shed some light?