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    Is job offer letter required from EB2-NIW visa interview??

    in General Immigration-Related Discussion

    Posted

    2 hours ago, GottaLoveCalif said:

    Thanks Maham, Appreciate your response. I will likely do so as well as I have many emails from potential employers but most of them are hesitant to offer me a position as I need visa sponsorship now. On a different note, did you have to go through administrative processing and if so how long it took? can not having a formal offer trigger administrative processing and delay the process? Thanks.

    No, I got the approval instantly and received my visa in 2 days. 

    Is job offer letter required from EB2-NIW visa interview??

    in General Immigration-Related Discussion

    Posted

    17 hours ago, GottaLoveCalif said:

    Hi Maham,

     

    Hope all is well. I am pretty sure you have got your GC by now. Just wanted to follow up on the thread and ask if you had to take a job offer in for your NIW interview and if you didn't, did that cause any sort of issues. Appreciate your response.

    Hi there,

     

    Job offer is not required but the interviewer asked me if I had any job offers. I did not have formal job offers either but I had three possible offers. I took all the communications I had with them during interview. I printed all the details of skype/phone interviews I had with them. They are likely to offer me after I get my visa and they did too. I explained all the possible offers to the interviewer and let him know that the companies are willing to hire me after I get a visa. 

     

    Please apply many jobs as possible and print all the email communications you have with the prospective employer. Let the interviewer know your job application, and potential jobs. 

     

    I hope it helps. Let me know if you want additional information. 

    Adjustment of status application package returned

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, Tenreyro said:

    I really know nothing about the subject, but nevertheless I will try to help a little bit.

     

    From what I can see, you did inform properly DHS, when you included your husband in your DS-260. In the Direct Filing page I noticed you should have sent it to the Dallas or Phoenix Lockbox, depending what state you live in, I assume you did that. 

     

    In my opinion, if you filed properly, included every necessary piece of evidence of marriage, DS-260, and his status as derivative applicant, with a detailed Cover Letter explaining your relationship, that it existed before you were a Permanent Resident and under which benefit he would be filing for his I-485.

     

    If you need to, you could get an infopass to try to explain in person to someone at USCIS.

    Many thanks for your help. We included our marriage certificate, his status but not DS-260 and explanation in the cover letter. Do we mean the DS-260 that I submitted for my immigrant visa application? 

    Adjustment of status application package returned

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

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    I filed i-140 based on EB-NIW in April 2017 from the UK when I was single. I got married before my petition got approved. My husband lives in the US since last few years (never out of status). I did consular processing in the UK and came to the US last month as a permanent resident. Since my green card was approved after we got married, my husband is eligible to do adjustment of status as a derivative based on my approved i-140. We sent the application package with all the documents to USCIS and it was returned stating that either the applicants is ineligible or could not be located in the system. 

    Has anybody been through such situation? I didn't update my marital status to USCIS after we got married but I have mentioned my marital status and details of my husband in form DS260 when I was doing consular processing. 

    Any help on this would be greatly appreciable.

    Many thanks

    AOS, wrong i-94 date

    in Adjustment of Status from Work, Student, & Tourist Visas

    Posted

    A friend of mine went to the US using advance parole on June 5, 2017. The class of admission is written as "DA" and Admit Until Date is "June 6, 2017". It is just a day after my arrival. I assume CBP has mistakenly written this day (a duration of one day). She has a TPS and EAD valid until June 2018 and advance parole valid until June 2018. She is now adjusting status and what should she write in section 23.b of form I-485, Expiration of Authorised stay shown on I-94? Can she write my TPS expiration date? Has the port officer mistakenly write that date? Should she contact CBP to correct the I-94 date before filing I-485?

    Scan Date to Interview - August 17 - EB visa category

    in Work Visas

    Posted

    22 hours ago, maryLu said:

    I do not want to bring  bad news, but for EB2 and EB3 visas job offer letter is essential for the visa to be issued. For EB1 (which is what @maham8 got) you do not need a job offer. Is on the list of documents needed for the interview  (just like the police clearance and medical examination),  and needs to be within a month of the interview. I would call the employer and do everything I could to get one.  Read all the previous posts on this page of the forum and read other members experience,  they all needed the job offer, and most of the interview questions focus on verifying the relationship with the employer , your job duties and qualifications for the job. 

    Best wishes.

     

    Yes, job offers are required for EB2 and EB3 but not for EB2-NIW and EB1-A category. EB2-NIW is the national interest waiver category which waives the requirements of job offer and therefore the labour certification. Self petition is allowed for both EB2-NIW and EB1-A category.

    Scan Date to Interview - August 17 - EB visa category

    in Work Visas

    Posted

    1 hour ago, aucklandfam said:

    wow, congratulations! you get thorugh this journey. Did they ask you about job offer?

    Thank you! They asked me what I would do in the states. While answering that question, I talked about few possible offers I have from the US employers and their willingness to hire me after I receive my visa. I pointed out the possible company and the office location I am interested in too and the work I would do there.  I had an email correspondence with all the interested employers but the officer didn't ask for it.

     

    Good luck!

    Scan Date to Interview - August 17 - EB visa category

    in Work Visas

    Posted

    Hello Guys,

     

    APPROVED!!

     

    I had my interview this morning at US Embassy, London (the new embassy). I was asked to wait in front of windows 20-21 in the immigrant visa counselor section. I was called 5 minutes later at window 20. An officer had my I-140 package and the supporting documents I sent to NVC on his desk. He asked for my passport, photographs and checklist in the beginning. Later, he asked my birth certificate and police certificates. He verified all these documents with the NVC packages, gave me an X-ray CD and took my finger prints. After then he asked me to wait until my token is called again. He forwarded all the packages and documents to another officer at Window 21 and I was called 10 minutes later. The officer was a nice guy and he asked me to take an oath. 

     

    The interview lasted for about 5 minutes and it was the most easy and simple interview ever had. These are the questions he asked:

     

    1. Have you been to the US before? Since I had a J1 visa and a B1/B2 visa, he said that all US visa will be cancelled.

    2. What was the purpose of your earlier J1 visa?

    3. What will you do in the US?

    4. You have a recommendation letters from UCLA and UC Berkeley, that seems impressive.

    5. What is highest academic degree?

    6. You have a strong record of publications, almost all of them are focused on earthquake. You should go to California. We really need a specialized person like you.

    7. That's it. We will keep you passport to stamp a visa and original police certificates. You will get your visa in 2-3 weeks.

     

    Thank you everyone who helped me in this journey. Good luck ahead.

     

     

     

    Anybody waiting from NVC

    in Work Visas

    Posted

    50 minutes ago, goblin said:

    GOOD luck to you guys for the interviews! :)

     

    As for the job offers or potential interest by clients, whatever you have, bring it.

     

    I even brought some email correspondence of a hiring process I was in. It was not needed and ultimately I didn't get the job after my approval, but the officer liked me talking about the potential position, what I would do there in my field of endeavor. I also mentioned some more loose job offers and potential clients. I just presented myself confident mentioning some of those and that I will certainly make my way in the US and where to look for work.

     

    @Richard: You are going to see that new London embassy. :D

     

    Thank you for this :) I was thinking to call US embassy to confirm the interview location as there is an old address in the interview appointment letter. :D just to be 100% confirmed!

    Scan Date to Interview - August 17 - EB visa category

    in Work Visas

    Posted · Edited by maham8

    Has anyone travelled to the US when your case is at NVC or when you are waiting for interview at the US Embassy? My interview is scheduled for the end of Jan and I am planning to travel to the US during Christmas on my B1/B2 visa.

    I believe I can if I prove to the immigration officer that I do not intend to stay there and I intend to return back.

    If anybody has been through this, please share your experience.

     

    Thanks

    Anybody waiting from NVC

    in Work Visas

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Richard Purves said:

    I called the NVC about 30 minutes ago. They're basically collating all the interviews and will send it off to the Embassy later. Patience is required, especially from me!

    Thank you for the update. No other way than having patience. :) I hope they schedule by the first week of the month for the next month.

    Anybody waiting from NVC

    in Work Visas

    Posted · Edited by maham8

    2 hours ago, Ham_1 said:

    has NVC started to schedule interview for January?

    I called NVC today and got to know that they have started scheduling for January and it all depends on how busy the embassy is. The embassy in London must be super busy. Nothing update on my case.

    Anybody waiting from NVC

    in Work Visas

    Posted

    1 minute ago, Richard Purves said:

    EB1 doesn't require one. However I do have something to go to already. It's complicated, involves current employer and transferring to different employer but being on the same project ... and then there's the other stuff that's actually in my application. Urgh, my head hurts just thinking about it.

    That's actually complicated. EB-NIW does not require too but it's better to have before interview..I have few possible offers who are willing to hire after I get my visa. 

    Anybody waiting from NVC

    in Work Visas

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, Richard Purves said:

    Just received the official email that I'm just waiting on an interview date. So approved on the 17th November, email on the 27th ;)

     

    I understand from other threads that it can take up to four weeks for a EB visa date to be issued, assuming current priority. If nobody's linked this recently, you can check if there's any extra waiting time here: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin.html

    Thank you Richard. I also got similar email from NVC. Lets wait for the final email on interview date. Do you have job offer? I know it is not mandatory for EB-1 but I am trying to gain some confidence since I don't have any job offer yet :) 

    Anybody waiting from NVC

    in Work Visas

    Posted

    On ‎21‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 8:32 PM, aucklandfam said:

    Congrats for your CC maham8. Do you have job offer yet? which consulate are you in?

    I don't have job offer but have some possible offers. I believe EB-NIW does not require job offer but it is always better to have? Are you also in EB-NIW?

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