Visa Expiry and new baby passport indian visa processing

[LuckyBaby]

Hi,

Greetings to all forum members.

 

My situation is below.

 

Me and my wife are on L1 and L2 visa. Our I-94 is getting expired on next jan 26. 

 

As I have completed 5 years on L1, my company is not applying for extension ( because I am not eligible for it). 

 

Couple of months back, my wife tested +ve for her pregnancy. Her due date is on Nov month end.

I know for new born baby we need to apply for passport and indian visa after getting the birth certificate.

 

I am not sure whether we get all those details in 7 weeks.

 

We wanted to have baby here in USA. Please let me know how can I stay here in USA legally till i get all my baby documentation.

 

 

Thanks,

[ge145]

You are pushing your luck here

Dec time, its slow processing time overall

For passport

 

You should make an appointment to be seen at a Regional Passport Agency onlyif:

• The U.S. passport is needed in less than 2 weeks for international travel
• The U.S. passport is needed within 4 weeks to obtain a foreign visa

Indian consulate it depends on which location u r in US. I applied for PIO card, and it took me 5 weeks to get my kid passport back.

 

btw, please do not think that you have ample time in your hands once ur newborn arrives

[cutexing21]

Hi

My baby was born on Dec 8 2010.

He got the PP by Jan 8 2011.

His PIO card took another couple of weeks.

 

All in all 6 weeks. They proceeded to India in Feb 2011.

[LuckyBaby]

Thanks for youe replies

 

@ge145 , I am living in TN state. I checked here for birth certificate. they told me that it would take 4 weeks.

 

I called PP agency number and they mentioned that , we would get PP in single day satisfying one of the conditions above ( obviously 2 in my case) if we apply by person.

 

And I called Travisa Outsourcing  and asked for Processing time of PIO card. they told me that I would get in 2 weeks time.

 

I may get all in 7 weeks.

 

I am thinking to have our baby here in USA.

 

Please let me know if any other sugessions.

 

@cutexing21

 

Thanks for your reply. Can you please let me know which was your residence when you got those if i am not asking for your personal information.

 

 

Please let me know if any other suggessions .

 

 

Thanks,

[ge145]

I agree, things can be done within deadline, but here is the question for you - what if it takes more time than you anticipated ?

U r thinking ahead, so be prepared.

 

Hi

My baby was born on Dec 8 2010.

He got the PP by Jan 8 2011.

His PIO card took another couple of weeks.

 

All in all 6 weeks. They proceeded to India in Feb 2011.

[LuckyBaby]

Thanks ge145

 

Can you/any one please let me know what I need to handle if it takes more than anticipated?

 

Thanks,

[ge145]

Here is what I received from Travisa, when i applied for PIO for SF consulate.

We hv received your application and it will be forwarded to Consulate. I called after 4 weeks with same message on website status, and the application was still with them. I had to wait for an hour to get some1 on the line with and find out whats going on.

I know mine may be one of a kind case, but I didnt have deadlines to be met. Yet it took 5 weeks to get my kids passport back.

Why cant you ask your company to extend your stay for few weeks to be in better hands.

[JoeF]

Be prepared to file for a COS to B2 if things take longer than expected.

And @ge145: The OP is maxing out the L1, his company can't extend anything.

[LuckyBaby]

Thanks for your help.

I will check with my company whether they can apply B1/B2 for me?

Please let me know what I need to take care in case if the processing takes more than anticipated.

 

 

Thanks,