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Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

Somebody with a Batchelors and no prior work experience is going to have a hard time finding an employer to go through the cost and time of sponsoring a work visa.

 

Thanks for the heads up.


ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-28 15:52:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

 
That is why I said "usually"; it is possible to get approved with a bachelor's (or even many years work experience), but much more difficult.

ok thank you ms penguin
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-28 08:47:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

 
Probably not.  H1B usually required a Masters, or a lot of experience.
If you have several years work experience in fitting, say, gold bathroom fittings and there are few Americans who do, then maybe.

Wait I thought bachelors was the minimum starting for H1B.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-28 00:58:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

An Employer to sponsor you.

An application that qualifies.

And if it is a lottery year a bit of luck.



 

My uncle has a real estate and bathroom fittings agency, can he sponsor me?


ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-27 15:49:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

Marriage

EB1, 2 or 3

HB1

and no doubt many others.


so H1B is dual intent right, immigrant and non-immigrant. What are the requirements or both?
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-26 11:35:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

you forgot about OPT whilst in a masters program, foreign student? OK !


ok I but Opt is for 12 months, so what is the process after that is I seek staying back legally.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-24 17:03:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

you forgot about OPT whilst in a masters program, foreign student? OK !

Ok Got ya
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-20 17:59:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

i say apply for another student visa, and chase a master's program, in the usa.

when finished, go to canada, apply for asylum.

Good Luck !


Thnx for the advice. Ill keep that in mind.
But any other advice people. I dont want to waste another 2 years on a degree without a work, since I have no experience.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-20 17:19:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

So basically you're saying your country sucks and they should let you into the U.S. because of that?


no i did not say my country sucks, its just going through a phase bad norm, but why are you getting upset, I was just asking, not implementing anything. i have lived in US for 6 years, it sometimes kinda gets hard to adjust somewhere else.

If they are USC's they can petition your parent and after 10 years that parent can come to the US and petition you and after another 8 years you may be able to come , assuming laws don't change.


so no other petition that has a faster process, since im a US IT graduate.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-20 15:45:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

For asylum you have to be in a situation where you are afraid to go home, by travelling there every year you have shown that you aren't afraid to return. Your job search will probably need to be done remotely. After having run afowl of immigration no matter the cause you are not likely to get a visitors visa any time soon.


Well the violence situation back in my country started 2 months ago and it has been the same everyday. I have traveled back home for validation of visa status in UAE after seven years. So can I apply for I-601 I-212 for petition. Isn't there any scenario same as mine and got back to US. I have 2 uncles in US, one is in real estate and other is married with the wife pregnant. Both are naturalized citizens. Can they help me in any for legally.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-20 11:54:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years
Any petition or waivers I should submit before any further proceedings.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-20 08:54:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

To get a work visa, you need to find an employer to sponsor same. As mentioned, you are extremely unlikely to get a tourist visa with your history, especially less than two years after it happens.

Are you sure you have told us everything about the voluntary departure? It seems highly unlikely that you were hunted down by ICE and detained simply for missing a couple of classes. Over what period of time was this? Is anything written in your passport?

Asylum isn't suitable for your case.


No I missed more than couple, i think 6 or 8. I got out of status, and I applied for reinstatement and in that time ICE came in and arrested me. I was out of status I think but not sure around 2 weeks, June 2011.In my passport, in the student visa page it is slashed out written void with a ink pen. So in what situation can I apply for Asylum? Back in my home country Bangladesh the situation is out of the norm system, people getting murdered in the streets everyday, can't go out to work or do grocery of any kind etc.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-19 12:29:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

How long were you considered out of status? If it was more than 180 days you have a three year ban and more than 365 days you have a five year ban. Hard to say exactly when you started being out of status since you were on a student visa.
If you want to work in the US you must have a work visa, you can't go on a tourist visa and work, that is illegal.
It is highly unlikely you will ever obtain a tourist visa due to your prior violations of immigration law, your lack of ties to your home country, and you having relatives living in the US.
Is your father living in the US? Is he an LPR or a citizen? He could possibly file for you to immigrate to the US but the wait is a long time.


I missed a sentence. I did have ties to my home country, I used to travel to my home country every year for 17 years until I went to US to study.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-19 03:16:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

Try Canada, you have no one to get you into the US legally and most likely they would not grant you asylum because you have resided in other countries after leaving your

birth country, maybe you can try to get to Canada and apply for asylum many Bangladeshis live there and they seem to be a little more lienient on asylums I have heard.


I have 2 of my uncles, mom's brother living in US. My birth country is UAE, and UAE does not provide citizenship or passport since they got independence, lol. Asylum can only be applied after entering the country right? I think asylum takes around 2 years to process right? Does Asylum get you citizenship?
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-19 03:13:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

The ban does not apply to "out of status". It only applies to "unlawful presence". "Unlawful presence" only starts after the final ruling of the immigration judge in his case. So he doesn't have to worry about the ban.


What is the type of application i should apply for since I want to go and work there? My country Bangladesh, the state of environmental is very violent and out of order at the moment, people are dying in the streets, people cant come out for work or grocery. In this situation can I apply for political asylum in the US, or that is only possible after entering US.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-18 17:17:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years

How long were you considered out of status? If it was more than 180 days you have a three year ban and more than 365 days you have a five year ban. Hard to say exactly when you started being out of status since you were on a student visa.
If you want to work in the US you must have a work visa, you can't go on a tourist visa and work, that is illegal.
It is highly unlikely you will ever obtain a tourist visa due to your prior violations of immigration law, your lack of ties to your home country, and you having relatives living in the US.
Is your father living in the US? Is he an LPR or a citizen? He could possibly file for you to immigrate to the US but the wait is a long time.


I think I was out of status for 2 weeks. No I meant I would like to go on a tourist visa and then apply for H1B or find a job. I know its illegal. No I wasn't caught because I was living illegally, I was caught because I missed more than couple classes. No my father dosen't live in US.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-18 17:12:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Voluntary departured and want to go back to US after 2 years
I was an F-1 student in Strayer university from 2008-2011. Out of 3 courses of a semester I missed some classes of one course because it was in another city, but I realized too late that they are serious about F1 student laws and i was arrested by the ICE officers in my house.
I was out of jail on bond. I then had court date, lost the case and I opted for Voluntary departure. I left USA September 2011.

Now when I had to pay the bond, i gave up all my saving and I couldn't pay debt of credit-card,DMV fees and some other bill - totals up-to $1500.

At the moment I'm in United Arab emirates and I was allowed to graduate my last semester from UAE. The moment I graduated, the next week the country stopped issuing work visas for bengali nationals where i'm a passport holder and i'm unemployed for a year.

I want to go to US and get a job if possible .applying for multiple visit visas Is it suitable for me to apply for any visa due to the voluntary departure and debts.

It been 1 year 7 months since I have been out of USA. Can I get a Affidavit of support or financial statement support from my uncle living in USA or should it be my fathers if I'm applying for multiple visit or is there any other category I could be eligible for?

Any help would be appreciated.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-04-18 11:06:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure

Sorry buddy once you out
you are om the black-list
of not doing what you should
its a done deal


 

How does complying with the Immigration judges rule-out and accepting voluntary departure, put you on the black-list?

 

 

 

That isn't going to help your case.  Not only will they not believe your 'I learned my lesson', it was made very clear to me what would happen if I violated the terms of my F-1, so simply saying "oh well, I was learning, it was my first time' is arrogant.

 

Usually after something like this people wait a good amount of time, perhaps take some classes in their home country and how the consulate they are now serious about school.

 

good luck

 

How can I then make them believe, I won't violate the F-1 terms. ok thanks.


Edited by ybz, 03 September 2013 - 08:17 AM.

ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-03 08:14:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure

ICE do not go around picking up Students for missing a few classes.

 

Out of status, assuming you were, for more than 6 months is a 3 year ban.

 

There is a non immigrant waiver if you have a ban.

 

You would be better off applying in your home country where you have all your ties etc etc.

No as per the F-1 visa law, it seems to maintain status, you can't miss more than 4 classes in a semester. 

Thanks boiler, I was thinking about applying from there too, sounds sensible.


ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-03 08:08:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure

  We all know ICE doesn't go around knocking on doors and picking up people, or southern California would be a ghost town.  There is more to the story you aren't telling and the fact that you were picked up points to the fact that ANY visa to the US probably isn't in your future.  

 

Well It is no their job to clean the streets, but to decrease it.

 

Whatever I wrote in my topic post is true. Here is the the timeline. 

 

March 2010         - Missed classes 

 

May 2010            - Realized out of status - applied for reinstatement

 

August 2010       - Got a reply back to submit papers to support my reinstatement

 

August 2010       - Submitted papers

 

September 2010 - In the mean time Ice came and picked me up

 

Before realizing I was out of status, I thought they give warning at first. 


ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-03 00:20:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure

He's  not getting itrolleyes.gif rolleyes.gif

 

I do get it, that chances are really less. I'm not dumb, but yes dumb enough to get out of status.


ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-03 00:05:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure

  They always use your past behavior as part of the decision  making process.   You can cry to them all you want  they will see you had to  be hauled to immigration court to get you to leave last time.   There is about 0 chance of another student visa 

No I applied for reinstatement as soon as I realized I was out of status, I wasn't sitting down hiding. So I got a reply back saying that to submit papers to explain for reinstatement. During that process was I arrested by the IICE in my house.


ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-02 11:24:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure

What do you have to show the consulate that you will not violate the terms of a F-1 visa again? 

 

good luck

 

 

What can I do to show the consulate I will not violate the terms of F-1 visa? 

Like in real words. I really learned my lesson. I did not know missing classes could lock you up in the immigration jail. There is always a learning for the first timers. I will think 2wice next time  while taking any silly step.

 

Thanks


ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-02 08:38:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure
So when do you think is it suitable to apply for masters in usa? I thought the ban couldn't be more than 6 months?

Edited by ybz, 01 September 2013 - 11:45 PM.

ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-01 23:39:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure
What do you mean by only 2 years? Do I have a ban? I accepted voluntary departure. I left accordingly to the judges order. 9 months was because I was given a court date after 6 months. Isn't there some kind of waiver form for this scenario? Appreciate your response.
ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-01 15:01:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)Applying for masters after voluntary departure

Hello there,

I was an F-1 student in Strayer university, VA,USA from 2008-2011. Out of 3 courses of a semester I missed 7 classes of one course because it was in another city, I was young and stupid to realize the strictness of F-1 student laws. I was out of status around April 2010 and applied for reinstatement. I was asked to submit documents to support my case of reinstatement, and I submitted. In the mean time, I was arrested by the ICE officers in my house on Sep 2010. 

I was out of jail on bond. I then had court date June 2012, lost the case and I opted for Voluntary departure. I left USA September 2011, the date given by the court. Overstay of 9 months because of reinstatement, and court date, and voluntary departure process (ASAP program).

At the moment I'm in United Arab emirates, an expat of Bangladesh national. Strayer allowed me to graduate my last semester from UAE. 

It been 2 years since I have been out of USA Sep 2011. 

I want to apply for Masters in USA. Do I have any chance? Any waiver forms needed to be filled before applying? I will be returning to Bangladesh after my studies, where my family lives










ybzNot TellingUnited Arab Emirates2013-09-01 10:55:00