From: BERINGER,DOROTHEA (HP-PaloAlto,ex1) < >
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 11:02:29 -0400
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Stephane,
I got my H1B two years ago, so things might have changed, otherwise:

When I filed for the H1B I had to say if I will pick it up in Switzerland or
if I will stay here and wait for it here. I decided to pick it up in
Switzerland, and actually to wait in Switzerland until he INS approved it.
I.e., after the INS had approved it they sent me a thick package of
documentation that I then took to the embassy in Bern. At the embassy itself
it just takes one day when you go there in person (I hope they still allow
that). The question really is how long it will take the INS to approve it
(in my case over 4 months). The other question is if you still can change
from getting the H1B here to picking it up in Switzerland. But the
immigration lawyer of the University of Pittsburgh should be able to tell
you.

Dorothea

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephane Petoud [mailto:spetoud_at_socrates.berkeley.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 6:04 PM
> To: swiss-list_at_swiss-list.com
> Subject: swiss-list: Question about H-1B (in Switzerland)
> 
> 
> Can anybody help my with some questions about H-1B visa?
> 
> I am currently at UC Berkeley with a J-1 visa.
> 
> I have been hired as a Faculty at the University of 
> Pittsburgh and I will 
> start my appointment on January 7th 2002.  The INS received my H-1B 
> application on October 10.  I would like to visit Switzerland during 
> Christmas holidays.  For that, I understand that I need to 
> get the INS 
> approval before leaving the US.  I also understand that the 
> international 
> house of the University of Pittsburgh needs to file a I-824 
> form to inform 
> the embassy in Switzerland.  Is it right?
> 
> Does anybody know how much time it takes to the INS to notify the US 
> embassy in Bern?
> 
> How long does it take for the US embassy in Switzerland to 
> process the visa 
> in order to get the sticker in the passport?  Is it a similar 
> process to 
> the J-1 visa  (Is it possible to leave the application in the 
> morning and 
> to pick up the passport in the afternoon)  ?
> 
> Thank you very much
> 
> Stephane
> 
> 
> ----------
> Dr. Stephane Petoud
> Department of Chemistry
> University of California at Berkeley
> Berkeley, CA 94720
> Telephone: (510) 642 5589
> Fax: (510) 486 5283
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