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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:50:16 -0700
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This is what I received from my attorney (www.emvisa.com):
Visa Spotlight: H-1B Visa Petitions Processed in 15 Days or Less
Beginning July 30
Employers will soon have the opportunity to obtain faster
processing of H-1B petitions under the new INS Premium Processing
Program. Starting on Monday, July 30, the INS will add the H-1B
category to the list of categories eligible for premium processing.
Under this program, the INS guarantees that they will issue either
an approval notice or a request for additional information within
15 calendar days of receiving the petition. If the INS fails to
meet its 15-day guarantee, it will refund the $1,000 fee. The INS
is currently taking between three to six months to adjudicate H-1B
petitions.
E&M clients interested in filing at the outset of the program for
H-1Bs are encouraged to direct their E&M legal team to begin the
LCA (Labor Condition Application) process for their job candidate
or employee as soon as possible. (Premium processing for E-1,
Treaty Trader; E-2, Treaty Investor; L-1 Intracompany Transferee
and O-1 Alien of Extraordinary Ability visa petitions began on June
1.)
Note: if and when the H-1B cap is met, premium processing for H-1B
visa petitions will be terminated for all pending H-1B visa
petitions filed for processing in the current fiscal year (ending
September 30, 2001).
- Daniel
At 02:59 AM 7/14/2001 +0100, Claudia Jonczyk wrote:
Dear all,
Can anybody give me some information on these questions?
- If a US company starts the filing process for an H1 visa for me,
how long
does this process usually take?
- Can I already start working when the filing process is launched
or do I have
to wait until the process is completed?
- Admitting the filing process is launched, am I allowed to enter
the US in
the MEANTIME as a tourist, not to work, but just to visit some
friends in the
US? I would then of course leave the US as a tourist again before
re-entering
on a H1 visa.
- And: Do HP printers bought and used in Europe take US paper
format?
Thanks for you hints and advice,
Claudia
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Received on Wed Jul 18 2001 - 03:22:57 PDT
