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Here is a question that someone asked... could anyone provide input on this pls...
"what about advance parole to visit pakistan? does anyone have info/news whether the immigration guys here and at pakistan would give us trouble if we have advance parole to travel?????
Thankx
Mehdi Hasnain
please advise
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>From: "M. Amir Haque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: ECN: H1 Visa Stamping (New and Revalidation)
>Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 12:56:54 -0500
>
>i am keeping tabs on these type of cases. here are some cases based
>on first hand knowledge (as i personally got to talk to actual
>applicants on phone to get in-depth details)
>
>1- A close friend of mine recently got it, he works for Erickson
>here in Dallas, he went to KHI in the last week of Nov. 2002, he had
>H1-B I-787A (Work Permit from INS) earlier but never got to apply
>for visa due to restrictions later on applying for one in American
>Embassy in Canada/Mexico, (still he tried to get appointmnets for
>his interview in Canada and Mexico, got phone calls directly from
>the resp. embassies that he cannot apply for a visa there, so go to
>your home country) he applied there in PAK. in the first week of Dec
>2002, (he got married in 2nd week of Dec.), got his interview after
>3 weeks, after a successful interview in Dec's 3rd week (i.e.
>American Embassy in ISL has no issues in providing you a visa, now
>let's check with FBI in USA - i.e. SAO Check), after that FBI
>background check (i.e. SAO Check), he got his visa in the last week
>of Jan 2003, he then applied for his wife's visa, got an interview
>within 10 days, after a successful interview, she also got her visa,
>they came here in 2nd week of Feb. It all went pretty good for him
>as he got more than "2.5 months of vacation time" from his company!
>:-)
>
>2- My cousin's friend applied for H1-B visa revalidation thru US
>State Dept. here, got his visa in 3.5 months time. he is married
>with one kid, both hubby and wife are Docs (earleir on J-1, now on
>J-1 Waiver and with H1-B).
>
>(What is H1-B Visa Revalidation: http://travel.state.gov/hlop.html)
>
>3- 2 other friends of my cousin applied, almost same
>situation/background as above (#2), both got H1-B visas revalidated
>after 2.5 to 3 months.
>
>4- A friend of my cousin got his H1-B visa revalidation application
>rejected, he is a Doc too, married with 2 children, but he aplied
>only for his own visa to go to London to attend his bro's wedding -
>i personally think the red flag here was his application for only
>himself, as he didn't applied for visas for all his family.. i
>myself would have rejected his application. ;-) -- i don't know why
>poeple make these kind of idiotic mistakes...
>
>Second hand knowledge but very reliable....
>
>2 friends of a close friend applied, living here in dallas, both for
>H-1B revalidation thru US State dept., they got their visas in
>approx. 3 months. both are single.
>
>My own conclusion:
>H1-B visas (new or revalidation) stamping process is going on
>smoothly, no hurdles, no ban, it just takes some time due to new
>checks and procedures based on presumed guilt! :-)
>
>i myself will be applying early next year, will post the results
>here FYI .... Let us know about the cases you know, it would help if
>you document them like i did here or better... :-) Thanks!
>
>HTH ...
>Regards,
>- Amir
>
>
>
>
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: Jazib Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: ECN: ECN : H1 Visa Stamping
>Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:13:25 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Salams to all,
>
>I wanted to know if any one has recently stamped his
>H1B Visa on his passport ? I bet there must be lot of
>people like me who are on H1 in US and havent gone
>back just because of the visa delays.
>
>I have heard that H1 visa is getting stamped earlier
>for folks who are (freshly) married compared to those
>who are singels ???? Can anyone confirm that and
>knows any particular logic behind this ..
>
>Also, how much time the whole process is taking right
>now if a person is single vs. if he's married.
>
>Any responses will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>-Jazib
>
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