applying for US working visa

[Karding]

Madali-dali lang ninyong bigkasin yan kasi andyan na kayo, bossing.

Kung kayo pa kaya dito sa atin, ilang beses na na-deny ang visa application sa Roxas Boulevard, di kaya kayo magdasal na sana matanggap na?

Ang tao nga naman talaga... dapat magpapasalamat na tayo sa Maykapal sa lahat ng mga biyaya Niya sa atin. Ika nga, count your blessings...

The irony is...Tacoma is also in the US with H1B Visa. :hihihi: Baka nagbibiro lang sya, kse kung sersyoso sya sa tanong nya, why is he still in the US?

[Macky]

1. Who's SSN is this? Make sure that their SSN doesnt belong to someone who is already dead. Its going to bite them back in the end. Its very common for some lawyers to obtain someone else's SSN after they die.

Dati ako work sa insurance company dyan sa US. May CD ako ng saved SSS nos!!! Yung iba kamamatay pa lang, hehehe.

Bad! Bad! Bad!

[Macky]

The irony is...Tacoma is also in the US with H1B Visa. :hihihi: Baka nagbibiro lang sya, kse kung sersyoso sya sa tanong nya, why is he still in the US?

Oo nga naman

Pero mahirap kasi din talaga dyan sa US! Mental ang kalaban ko nung nandyan ako..... isip dito, isip doon (kakambal ng H1 ang pagi-isip dun) ...... dito sa Pinas, PESOS man ang kita pero sans the headaches naman..... parang andali kasi basta's matino lang ang pagiisip. IMO and since ito ang naging desisyon ko, hangga't bata ka sige lang..... abroad hanggang kaya...... yung nagsasabi na mas maganda ang kinabukasan ng mga bata sa US..... medyo tama din pero pano yung ngayon? Naranasan na ba ng anak nyong ma-descriminate? Dito sa Pinas foreign class (iba po to sa foreign school, hehehe) pa yung anak ko e sa US public na pulos inggit sa kulay kayumanggi kaya walang magawa kungdi mang-descriminate (yes, pati bata malakas mang-descriminate atleast sa mga natirhan ko w/c are, SC, MO, AR). I should've read the signs nung pulos brown na ang pinipili nung anak ko (kulay ng kotse, aso, damit, etc). Yun pala para hindi sya maging "different" kaya brown ang gusto nya. Atleast dito sa Pinas pede ko na syang ipasok sa call center (j/k).

Kulang lang din kasi tayo ng oportunidad dito sa Pinas.

This coming from someone who's been there, done that, hehehe....

[Tacoma_34]

The irony is...Tacoma is also in the US with H1B Visa. :hihihi: Baka nagbibiro lang sya, kse kung sersyoso sya sa tanong nya, why is he still in the US?

It was a joke. Actually I like it here. My family is here with me, so wala ng uwian.

[Tacoma_34]

Ang angal ko lang dito sa work pang gabi its been 4 years na pang gabi ako. Tapos tulog sa araw hanggan noon lang. Besides that okay naman lahat here. Ang daling bumili ng bagay, its a first wold country. All you need is a good credit.

[luckytruck]

tacoma, do you plan to retire in the Philippines? if i were to work in the states, my goal would be to work there for 10 to 15 years and save as much as i can and get some kind of pension/sss so that when i return to the Philippines, i can invest my savings and live off my pension.

andy

[Karding]

It was a joke. Actually I like it here. My family is here with me, so wala ng uwian.

See, akala nila kapatid seryoso ka due to lack of smiley used

Pero kapatid, akala ko nasa Washington state ka?! Lumipat ka na sa MD?

[Cale]

Can I give my dime to this discussion...
I am teaching human and cultural diversity at Cal State Long Beach and I have a few arguments about this topic. Possession of a visitors visa specifically Tourist which is the B does not entitle you to any immigration benefits. You cannot apply for social security and you cannot apply for drivers license because department of motor vehicles will ask for you social security number and proof of legal presence here in United States. Converting your B1 or B2 visa into a working visa let say H which was previously mentioned above would be very difficult. You will apply to USCIS for the H1B then you also need to submit an ETA 750 and supplement (labor certification) to US Dept of Labor certifying that the job offered to the benefeciary is of shortage. By the time you finished not even 1/4 of the process for H1B your visitor's visa already expired I mean not the visa but the days the immigration officer granted you to visit US as reflected by your I-94 (Record of Arrival/Departure) . Remember that you have to go back to the country you came from before your visitor's visa expires or else a bar will be applied to the person. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) clearly states that any person who is illegaly present in the US for greater than 180 days but less than 1 year will be barred from entering the US for 3 Years and if you are illegally present for more than 1 year you will be barred from entering the US for 10 years. Make sure when somebody is applying for any kind of visa and it was approved the beneficiary will have to go back to the country of which he or she came from to receive the visa. Consulting a lawyer would be a great idea but paying $10,000.00 for a professonal fee is exuberrant, choosing an honest lawyer, a lawyer you can talk too if you call his or her office would be a factor to consider. Again when applying for H1B visa, you must have a valid sponsoror petitioner that can pay you, offer benefits comparable to that of a US worker.
This topic is long but I have to cut it short...
My best bet to the person wanting an H1B visa...before your length of stay expires make sure that you have already filed the necessary papers needed for the H1B then wait for the notice of receipt of your application and if you did not receive any correspondence from USCIS and your length of stay is expiring... You need to go home your country of origin.

Thanks

Cale

[boybi]

i think out of the question na ang working visa at this time. medyo late na for the application considering na 60,000 visas per year lang ang binibigay. my sis-in-law decided na she will study na lang in the US. she went to Beckman university ba yun? and was interviewed by one of the deans, and i think impressed naman daw sa kanya yung dean. she was required to take 2 exams, TOEFL yung isa and another 1 which i don't remember. yung TOEFL will be taken ata next month, then the other 1 will be taken here in the Phils. if i remember it right, she was offered $28K per year yata if she will be accepted. (parang 10 students per year lang daw ang kinukuha), plus house/dorm allowance pa.

[Rediesel]

Boybi,
can you please elaborate, anong program na applyan ng sis mo? she will earn 28k a year? sounds interesting, if my sis can qualify I might ask her to come over.

regarding the test, maybe TSE, GMAT?