H1 b Visa and Fiance Visa USA

Author: fracaro | Posted: 22.12.2011

The h1 b is a non-immigrant visa in the USA which allows US employers to employ foreign workers from all over the world in specialty occupations. Employers must sponsor their employees and individual person cannot apply on their own. The h1 b job must meet all the minimum h1b visa employment requirements in respect to occupation, job level, job duties and salary compensation. The processing of the visa takes up to 3 months.

The sponsorship job offer must be obtained from a US corporation that will file the H1B visa application. H1 b visa provide employment to highly international professional from all over, the opportunity to live and work in America. The list of the occupations that are eligible to sponsor include engineer, computer, electrical, mechanical, industrial, chemical, biomedical, architecture, math, physics, law, accounting and so many others.

There is a limit number of h1b visa available per year, a general cap of 65,000. The fiscal year starts on 1st October of each year and ends on 30th September of next year. When filling for the petition, start date can be requested maximum of 6 months from the date when petition is submitted. The initial period of time that the visa is issued is 3 years, which can then be extended for an additional 3 years to make a combined total of 6 years. In some other cases the employer may request a period of less than 3 years, the employee to be employed on a part-time basis and the employee to work for more than one US employer.

Fiance visa USA allows a foreign spouse of a US citizen to enter to the United States for the sole purpose of getting married. The foreign spouse must marry his/her US sponsor within 90 days of arriving in the United States. Eligible children of fiance visa applicant can file for K2 visa and must file separate applications and pay all the applicable fees. If your fiance visa application is approved you will be issued, your passport and a sealed package which is supposed to be opened by an immigration official at a US port of entry.

In order to apply for a fiance visa USA the sponsor must meet the following requirements:

You must be a United States citizen

You must have met with your fiance within the past 2 years and provide proof, but the meeting required may be waived due to some reasons.

You and your fiance must also be free and legally to marry

You and your fiance must have a serious intention to marry within 90 days

Proof of financial support


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