ZeroDay

Hello everyone

My fiance has a B1/B2 visa. She visited US twice to her sister and brother-in-law. This time, she will visit and we also get married. I am currently in a H1B visa (status changed from F1 a year ago) with an University. Now, we would like to apply change of status of her (to H4) after marriage. Is there any restrictions/complications on applying change of status of above.

My employer also preparing my Green Card which is currently waiting for labor certification. So, if my fiance can get the H4, my employer would be able to include her as my dependent. However, is any of these processing will contradict?

What would be your suggestion from experience?

Note. I cannot travel outside US due to covid-19 related embassy backlog on issuing H1-B visa. So, is there any special consideration for people like us from USCIS.

Thanks in Advance

Hi

I got a job at the middle of the pandemic and then my employer changed my visa status to H1B. So, my current passport has F1 visa stamp but if I want to travel my country/or any other country, I will need to get H1B visa stamp from US embassy. But, due to ongoing pandemic, the US embassy of my native country has a long queue, so I would not be able to get an appointment any time sooner.

So, I decide to travel Canada to apply for the H1B visa stamp. As a non-citizen of Canada, could anyone help me to figure out the process to do so? Here are main questions I have (and additional advice will be helpful):

1. Will I need to get a Canada visa? As I am currently not in F1 (but my passport valid visa is), will that be a trouble to get Canadian visa? What should I mention for the purpose of travel to Canada.

2. Can I get an appointment ahead of leaving to Canada? Or should I have to wait until I am there?

3. What are the form I have to fill out to apply for the H1B visa at Canada?

4. How long I may have to stay at Canada?

5. Do I need to get any additional paper (e.g. authorization travel, etc) for the purpose?