jassam Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Here is my situation. I did my master's in computer science in 2012, my F1 VISA expired in Dec 2014 (got only 4 yrs of F1 VISA) my OPT expired in Mar-2015 . My H-1B did not get picked in 2014. So I applied for my second Master's in Information Technology in April-2015 in the same university (not a good university though). I am maintaining my f1 SEVIS active without going out of status at anytime. This year (2015) I applied for my H-1B and got approved. Now here comes the most difficult part - going for Visa stamping. My Question is, am I eligible for going to Canada and get my H1 stamping done and what type of consequences I may face? I know I am in a bad phase. so can somebody please suggest me in a right path? Quote Link to comment
jairichi Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 You can go to Canada but home country is the best option. Quote Link to comment
rd9999 Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 Few of my friends went India with same scenario for getting stamped and they got it successfully, not sure about anyone got stamped in Canada with this scenario Quote Link to comment
ketha Posted October 3, 2015 Report Share Posted October 3, 2015 HI, Exactly same situation, I maintained my F1 status for 4 years after my visa expired and worked on CPT. I got my first time H1B approved yesterday at Ottawa. Your good to go. No issues. As far as you have JOB, END CLIENT LETTER is MUST and all genuine employer/petitioner documentation. you may reach me out incase any details. Quote Link to comment
jassam Posted October 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 HI, Exactly same situation, I maintained my F1 status for 4 years after my visa expired and worked on CPT. I got my first time H1B approved yesterday at Ottawa. Your good to go. No issues. As far as you have JOB, END CLIENT LETTER is MUST and all genuine employer/petitioner documentation. you may reach me out incase any details. Hi Ketha, Thanks for your reply, I am happy to see the people on same boat and getting out of it successfully. I am planning to go for stamping in november and that too in ottawa as it is one of the nearest location to me. Can you please suggest me how can I reach you out for further questions? Quote Link to comment
Blissful Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Hi Ketha, Can you share your Visa interview questions with us? This will help us to have the most recent perspective on the type of questions being asked. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
viharraja Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Hi Ketha, Thanks for your reply, I am happy to see the people on same boat and getting out of it successfully. I am planning to go for stamping in november and that too in ottawa as it is one of the nearest location to me. Can you please suggest me how can I reach you out for further questions? Here is my situation. I did my master's in computer science in 2012, my F1 VISA expired in Dec 2014 (got only 4 yrs of F1 VISA) my OPT expired in Mar-2015 . My H-1B did not get picked in 2014. So I applied for my second Master's in Information Technology in April-2015 in the same university (not a good university though). I am maintaining my f1 SEVIS active without going out of status at anytime. This year (2015) I applied for my H-1B and got approved. Now here comes the most difficult part - going for Visa stamping. My Question is, am I eligible for going to Canada and get my H1 stamping done and what type of consequences I may face? I know I am in a bad phase. so can somebody please suggest me in a right path? Im in same situation. Im also looking for some help here as I want to go for stamping in Ottawa. Let me know if you have found anything. Also, let me know if I can reach out to you. Quote Link to comment
vkm10 Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 On 10/2/2015 at 9:45 PM, ketha said: HI, Exactly same situation, I maintained my F1 status for 4 years after my visa expired and worked on CPT. I got my first time H1B approved yesterday at Ottawa. Your good to go. No issues. As far as you have JOB, END CLIENT LETTER is MUST and all genuine employer/petitioner documentation. you may reach me out incase any details. Do we have to mention two masters details in Ds-160?? Quote Link to comment
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