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Visa

1. Goal

So many files since come to US, want to know related information

2. Passport

Question: how can every country validate each other’s

  • Biometric Data, Bilatereal and multilateral agreement
  • Manual Check

3. VISA

What?

  • Endorsement or stamp. Grants the holder permission to enter

Relationship with passport

  • VISA depend on passport
  • Visa issued by the country you wish to visit

Name?

  • VISA is from latin, meaning “paper that has been seen”

Finaiacal VISA?

  • Recursive acronym for “Visa International Service Association”.
  • short and work in about every language

F1: student visa, no immigration intent

  • Intent could change

H1B: employer-specific

  • dual intent

4. H1B

Status? related to visa but acctually refer to two things

  • Visa: the stamp on the passport
  • Status: once admitted into US, you granted a satus
    • related to i-94

COS? Change of Status

  • Switch to a different visa? NO, just switch to new status
  • Get a new i-94

Status managed by USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)) of DHS (Department of Homeland Security)

  • i-94 is issued by CBP (Customs and Border Protection)
  • once entered US, the visa dormant and status takes over

Change of status, and get the VISA

5. EB2

  1. PERM Labor Certification
    1. PWD: ensure the foreign worker will not adversely affect the wages of similarly employed US worker
    2. Recruitment: demonstrate there are insufficient willing, qualified US works
  2. I-140: Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker
    1. classifies the foreign worker into a specific employment-based preference category

Visa Bulltin?

  • Why name VISA? visa has two contexts
    • Non-Immigrant: the typical visa, recorded on i-94
    • Immigrant visa: first step of a green card
  • If outside US, there would be a stamp on the passport and receive the green card in US
  • If inside US, just Adjustment of Status and receive the green card