Traveling Abroad on a Temporary Visa

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Traveling Abroad on a Temporary Visa

• Immigration Attorneys
• Carl Shusterman and Raj Iyer
• City of Hope
• October 29, 2013

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To Travel or Not to Travel?

• Risk of traveling for certain visa types
• E.g. F-1/OPT students/J-1 visa holders
• Non-Immigrants on a single intent visa who have
  applied for a green card or have a green card
  denial
• No longer have close ties to home country
• Any other admissibility issues

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DS 160 Form

• https//ceac.state.gov/genniv/
• Block a specific period of time
• Assemble the documents
• Tricky question in DS-160
• Changes to be made in the forms

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Setting Up Your Interview

• Set it up during the first part of your vacation
• Review the Consulate requirements
• Fees
• Keep some extra time for Biometrics
• Dependents

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Interview Waiver Program

• Criteria
• http//www.ustraveldocs.com
• Drop Box facilities

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Preparation with an Attorney

• Review the documents/job duties
• Any possible admissibility issues/violation of
  status

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Processing of Visas in a Third Country
(Canada/Mexico)

• Benefits/Risks
• Visa requirement of Canada/Mexico
• Guidelines/Policy of US consulates in
  Canada/Mexico
• Timeline/Wait time

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Visa Validity

• Country reciprocity as far as the duration and
  number of entries permitted on a visa
• China 12 Months Multiple entry
• India- Duration of the petition or 5 years

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Persons Who Dont Require a Visa

• 6 months passport
• Information on the approval/I-94
• Any violations/admissibility issues
• Getting new even if current visa is valid
• Reviewing dependents visas and information

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Latest CBP Issues

• No I-94 issuance
• I-94
• https//i94.cbp.dhs.gov/I94/request.html
• Correction to the I-94

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Consular Updates

• China
• India