Hello there,
I have booked the appointment in ottawa (canada) june 2006 for me and my wife for H1b and H4 visa renewals. Our current visa's on the passport are valid until july 2006. We have a son(US citizen) who is 2 yrs and doing his preschool.
I have a Bachelors in physics degree and partime MBA from chennai,India and have been working here since 2003.
I would request your advice on the following 3 questions:
1. whether i should go to Ottawa for renewal, should i expect any delay? if in case for some reason they want to do some more checks, can we come back to USA since our current visa's are valid until july (due to work and my son's preschool) and go to canada when the security checks are done to do the stamping?..Is it possible?
2. If the above is not an option, can we stay back in USA, even though the visa's on the passports are expired but we have H1b petition valid for another 3yrs.
3. Our driving licences are valid only as of the visa expiry dates on the passport, will the DMV renew our licences based on the renewed h1b petition?
We would very much appreciate your replies, since it will help us deciding on how to deal with the mortgage commitments and other issues.
Thanks/ Mr.and Mrs. Mohamed Azeez