bryanmayes08

There is no 180 day time limit.

There is a 180 day time limit. If you stay longer than 180 days without legal status you are then banned from re-entering the US for a year. If you go past something like 360 days (cant quite remember exactly the number) you are banned from re-entering for 10 years. I got that info from several lawyers, one of which in person. So pipe down.

Hello, I used to live and work in New York and was there on an H1B visa. However I was laid off in Dec 2013 and so my my visa was cancelled. I moved back to the UK within the 180 day time limit after my visa was cancelled.

Ok great, so the fact that I am now out of status and technically 'illegal', wont have any effect on my chances of getting a greencard through marrying my girlfriend?

Thanks guys. So as I am now out of status, would it be better to just move home, come back a few weeks later with on a tourist visa and then start the marriage process? Or could I just do it now without having to leave the country?

Hi guys

I moved here in November 2011 on an H1B visa but I was laid off in December 2013. The new job that I got have just back out of my sponsorship unfortunately.

I've been living with my girlfriend since February 1st and I'm wondering if the option for us to get married would still be allowed?

If so how complicated is it, and is this my best option?

I love my life here and dont want to move back to the UK where I'm from

Any advice you could give would be much appreciated

Thanks

B

Hello I was made redundant in December 2013 from a job I had with an H1B visa. My last day was Dec 10th and my last pay day was Jan 13th so I was told I had 30 days until after Jan 13th to find another job to transfer my visa to. I found a job but they were too slow in processing the paperwork and now the 30 days is up and they say they have to apply for a whole new visa.

My question would be, am I now in the same boat as all the people that are applying for new visas who have never had one before? If the annual quota is already filled will I have to wait til the new batch are released? Also how long will I have to leave the country for to have the new visa processed?

Also, out of interest, if they had been more urgent and processed the paper work for the visa transfer process within the time limit, how much quicker would it have been than now having to apply for a new one?

So I lost my British passport in Las Vegas a few weeks ago and am currently going through the process of getting it replaced. I live and work in New York and am currently here on an H1B visa. I have been told that once I have received my replacement passport that I will need to get my visa put in there at a US Embassy outside the country.

What I want to know is how long does this replacement visa process take? Would it just be a case of going in and getting a new one stuck in there?

OR . . .

Would it mean handing over my forms again, giving them my passport and then waiting 5 days or so for them to post my passport back with the new visa in there, like when I first got my visa to move here?

The reason I want to know is so I can decide whether I could get it done in a 1 or 2 day trip to Canada or whether I should do it next time I'm back in the UK for a week or so.

If anyone knows please let me know

Thanks

B