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     King Side Hero Username: King Post Number: 2309 Registered: 08-2008 Posted From: 208.185.201.194 Rating: N/A |
If it was about Idly the title would have been IRS stories... Pulpfiction Post Number: 16473 amma thodu Jagan CM ayithe swarna yugam guarantee .. yes i repeat amma thodu .. | ||
| Kuyyo_morro Side Hero Username: Kuyyo_morro Post Number: 2695 Registered: 02-2011 Posted From: 66.145.10.30 Rating: N/A |
I graduated long time back. Traveled out of the country, couple of times. The POE officer looked at my documents, he said something was missing. Asked for my i20. I was like, I dont have any I20. He took me to a different officer inside. The officer showed me in the system that am still a student. I was like, I graduated years ago and have been working since. He was like, your school hasnt released you. Please contact the school and get this cleared. I will let you in for now. Came out. Called the school next day. It took 2months for USCIS to remove me as a student. | ||
| Guru Comedian Username: Guru Post Number: 1873 Registered: 05-2009 Posted From: 192.193.221.141 Rating: N/A |
yup..lca req is not new. | ||
| Risingstar Megastar Username: Risingstar Post Number: 25009 Registered: 08-2008 Posted From: 76.99.86.64 Rating: N/A |
is this idly? | ||
| Dma Side Hero Username: Dma Post Number: 3235 Registered: 11-2009 Posted From: 72.222.156.189 Rating: N/A |
Having LCA for the place of work has been the requirement for the past 15 years. So, there is nothing special about this and ALL H1B employees should carry LCA along with their I-797 form. Please note that even if you are in the same city but working at different locations, you are supposed to have an LCA for that specific location. This process has been in place as a requirement since 1995. | ||
| Saint Comedian Username: Saint Post Number: 1312 Registered: 01-2011 Posted From: 24.4.99.165 Rating: N/A |
Looks like some ppl are getting NOIR (notice of intent to revoke H1) from USCIS...Employer-employee relation meeda kummuthunnattu vunnaru... I'm not a Saint. | ||
| Saint Comedian Username: Saint Post Number: 1311 Registered: 01-2011 Posted From: 24.4.99.165 Rating: N/A |
First, thanks to the forum administrators and contributors. I have benefited a lot from this forum on various topics. I would like to post my recent experience at the port of entry while getting back into the US. I recently traveled to India on a 3 week vacation, during which I also got my H1B stamped. I had absolutely no problems (no 221G) with getting my visa stamped. That part when smoothly. At the port of entry (Boston), I was asked a few simple questions: 1. Why are you in the US? 2. What is your role in the company? 3. Do you work directly for the employer or is there a client? (I work for the employer, there is no client in my case) 4. Where is your company located? It is this last question that is the subject of this post. To give a complete answer to the question, I said the company is headquartered in XXX, California, and my office is located in YYY, Massachusetts. He caught on to this and asked me, who gave me permission to work in MA. I said I have the offer letter with me from the company, which clearly states that my place of work is MA. He said he does not care about any company offer letter and wanted to know if I/the company obtained permission from the government for me to work at MA. I said I am not aware of any such permission requested or received. I also showed him my I-797, which also simply lists the company's headquarters (California) address in the 'Petitioner' line. He then called another officer and asked him to escort me to the "Secondary". At the secondary, I was quickly called on. The officer asked me questions similar to the officer in the primary. He asked me for proof that I am allowed by the govt to work in MA. I didn't know what proof to show and was simply replying to the officer's questions and contemplating my options. He said the company must have filed an LCA with the govt which seeks permission for me to work from MA. Once he said LCA, I at least knew where to look (because little did I know before that LCA contains that information). Since I was going for my visa stamping, I had luckily taken the whole set of documents, including the LCA. In all the 6 times I have traveled outside the US in the last 3 years on H1B, this was the first time I happened to carry an LCA (as this is usually retained by the company). The officer finally stamped my passport with permission to enter and told me, "if you did not have the document for a proof, you were going to go back to India today". For those of you on a visa and traveling internationally, I recommend that you guys carry all the documents you can. You never know what will come handy. ------------ http://murthyforum.atinfopop.com/4/OpenTopic?a=tpc&s=1024039 761&f=4234032861&m=2311000622 I'm not a Saint. |
