AdamantEve
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I have chanced upon a person willing to employ me and petition for my Employment Authorization. The following facts apply in my case:
I am on a tourist visa and my I-94 expired last March 30, 2004. While my lawyers say that I have not YET incurred immigration penalties (such as those that apply if I stay longer than 180 days...) I am concerned if my prospective employer could get me this Employment Authorization and actually make my stay here legal. I have talked to someone in the same company who had been staying as a nonimmigrant here for 3 years, yet this employer was able to get him Employment Authorization just two months ago.
1. Does it mean that he is now legally working?
2. Does this mean he has an H1 visa now? (I couldn't talk to him long. The boss came around...)
*Also, the employer has a somewhat... carefree view of the matter. He trusts all the paperwork to his lawyer and brother, both of whom were not present when I was there, so I couldn't ask them. When I asked this employer these very questions, he said he doesn't know exactly how it works, just that he's sure that it's legal. On my part, I just want to make sure of the details...
*Further info: I am married to a Greencard Holder and I was just recently petitioned. My application is, of course, pending. I know this information is practically useless... but yeah, you never know.
I am on a tourist visa and my I-94 expired last March 30, 2004. While my lawyers say that I have not YET incurred immigration penalties (such as those that apply if I stay longer than 180 days...) I am concerned if my prospective employer could get me this Employment Authorization and actually make my stay here legal. I have talked to someone in the same company who had been staying as a nonimmigrant here for 3 years, yet this employer was able to get him Employment Authorization just two months ago.
1. Does it mean that he is now legally working?
2. Does this mean he has an H1 visa now? (I couldn't talk to him long. The boss came around...)
*Also, the employer has a somewhat... carefree view of the matter. He trusts all the paperwork to his lawyer and brother, both of whom were not present when I was there, so I couldn't ask them. When I asked this employer these very questions, he said he doesn't know exactly how it works, just that he's sure that it's legal. On my part, I just want to make sure of the details...
*Further info: I am married to a Greencard Holder and I was just recently petitioned. My application is, of course, pending. I know this information is practically useless... but yeah, you never know.
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