Hi,
I'm planning to schedule an interview for visa stamping at the Calgary consulate in Canada. After going over the accounts of various people who have made a trip to Canada, I get the feeling that things work out smoothly as long as you have all the paper work in place. Below are some issues that I need a second opinion on:
My Background:
F1 -> OPT -> F1 -> H1B
Issues:
I got my H1B petition approved in January and have started work ever since. My employer is a small consulting company and AFAIK I'm the only employee they have who's on a work visa. I know that the consulars ask for recent paystubs and I've a problem here. Due to some problems in payroll, I currently have just two paystubs on me (for the month of April) that cover all the backlogged hours that I've been working since January. Will they make this to be a big issue?
I've an offer to start with a bigger (much better established) company two months from now. Personally, I feel much more comfortable getting my visa stamped after I've made this trasnsition. Is there lesser risk involved when the petitioner is a well established multinational?
Also is it safer to go for stamping in your home country as opposed to Canada? I hear that since January, there is some chance that the stamping process might take more than 3 days. Has anyone been stuck in such an unfortunate situtation?
TIA
I'm planning to schedule an interview for visa stamping at the Calgary consulate in Canada. After going over the accounts of various people who have made a trip to Canada, I get the feeling that things work out smoothly as long as you have all the paper work in place. Below are some issues that I need a second opinion on:
My Background:
F1 -> OPT -> F1 -> H1B
Issues:
I got my H1B petition approved in January and have started work ever since. My employer is a small consulting company and AFAIK I'm the only employee they have who's on a work visa. I know that the consulars ask for recent paystubs and I've a problem here. Due to some problems in payroll, I currently have just two paystubs on me (for the month of April) that cover all the backlogged hours that I've been working since January. Will they make this to be a big issue?
I've an offer to start with a bigger (much better established) company two months from now. Personally, I feel much more comfortable getting my visa stamped after I've made this trasnsition. Is there lesser risk involved when the petitioner is a well established multinational?
Also is it safer to go for stamping in your home country as opposed to Canada? I hear that since January, there is some chance that the stamping process might take more than 3 days. Has anyone been stuck in such an unfortunate situtation?
TIA