Regulatory Information
IssueNet Archive - June 2008
IssueNet submissions fall into two categories - Report an Issue and Get Liaison Help.Report an Issue submissions are forwarded to Policy and Practice Committee point people, who send monthly reports with their analyses and recommendations to the Policy and Practice Committee for prioritization and follow up. Submissions to Get Liaison Help go directly to Regulatory Ombuds who follow up with USCIS liaisons at the Service Centers to assist you. To read case submissions from the past month, click on the type of case below.
Your IssueNet submissions are used for:
- Agendas for liaison calls and meetings with agency personnel
- Prioritizing NAFSA's practice advocacy agenda
- Anecdotal support for policy advocacy
- Identifying areas for development of training and resources
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Total Issues Submitted This Month: 100
Get Liaison Help
| Type of Case | Submissions |
| I-765 | 23 |
| I-539 | 8 |
| I-129 | 10 |
| SEVIS | 5 |
| I-140 | 3 |
| I-102 | 1 |
| Total this Month | 50 |
Report an Issue
| Type of Case | Submissions |
| Education Abroad |
2 |
| REAL ID | 1 |
| Entry, Exit and Travel |
3 |
| J Exchange Visitor |
2 |
| SEVIS Issues | 4 |
| US Visas and Consular Affairs |
15 |
| DHS Adjudicated Benefits and Service Center Issues |
17 |
| Social Security |
1 |
| DOL Issues | 3 |
| OPT Validation Exercise | 1 |
| Total this Month | 50 |
| Education Abroad |
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| Do students studying abroad with programs that are of two or three week duration and not enrolling in an Italian university, need to get a visa? Question #32 on the visa application for Italy asks "Border of first entry or transit route". If a student has a connecting flight from the US to a country other than Italy, is that country the border of first entry (even though the student is not leaving the airport) or is Italy the border of first entry? | |
| Advisers submit questions for meeting with the Italian Consulate in DC: 1) Which consulates will accept visa applications and corresponding documents via a third party provider on the student's behalf? 2) This summer (in May 2008) a student was denied a visa because she was planning to participate in two separate programs at two separate institutions. She was told by the Houston Consulate that visas could only be processed for a student attending the same university for the entire duration of his/her stay. We would like to know why this is a requirement. We do have students who would like to spend two semesters abroad in two separate schools who do not plan to return home between the two terms. 3) Consulates have changed their websites and are no longer including a full listing of the requirement documents. Why has this changed? |
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| F-1 student began a graduate program with us in January 2008 and has an active SEVIS record. He previously studied in the US and has a terminated record for when he withdrew and returned home - the flag from that record has been removed. When student applied for a driver's license, he was issued a letter from the Department of Revenue stating that according to the Department of Homeland Security, his immigration status was terminated and no license would be issued until the records were corrected. Adviser has tried talking with the local and state DMV offices. She also mailed a G-845 Document Verification Request to the DHS National Records Center/SAVE Annex on May 13th in attempts of getting the records updated. Adviser has heard no response from them. Meanwhile, student is still waiting on a driver's license. |
| US Visas | Submissions |
| Adviser reports J Exchange Visitor whose initial Form DS 2019 was issued on March 12, 2004 was required to pay SEVIS fee before she was given an appointment for a visa extension. Her program begin date in SEVIS is 05/03/2004. Both of these dates preceded the September 1, 2004 effective date for this requirement and adviser cannot locate a reason that she should have been required to pay the fee. |
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| Adviser reports that Ph.D. student had a 5/27/08 F-1 visa renewal appointment in China. Visa was not issued; no information given concerning reason for delay. Student expected to return to US on June 25, 2008. Negative consequences: Missing scheduled conference planned from June 29-June 4. | |
| Adviser reports that student tried to renew F-1 visa but was denied. The consular official insisted that the student's SEVIS record was invalid, belonged to another individual, etc. The consular official did not read the letter submitted by institution verifying the student's good standing, etc. The official told the student to obtain a new I-20. Adviser has received no response to email to the embassy and cannot get either published fax line to accept a fax. I contacted DHS at the airport and asked that they check the SEVIS record but they saw nothing unusual. They wondered if the student might possibly have been accepted at more than one school and have received more than one I-20. Adviser checked and learned that this was not the case. Student applied to only our institution and our institution is noted on her visa. Institution is now trying to work through the OSEAS adviser; however, the student soon plans to leave for London where she will spend the remainder of the summer until returning to the U.S. |
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| Adviser reports wait times for Beijing for F-1/J-1 visa appointments are 42 days; visitors 54 days and other visas 44 days. It appears that priority for F-1/J-1 is not occurring. Adviser has a cohort group needing to arrive to begin classes in early July. Impossible to get appointments until a week after classes begin. |
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| Adviser reports that a student from Germany has had trouble at the port of entry because his visa stamp has the incorrect SEVIS ID number. Student gets sent to secondary interview every time for the same issue. He has gone to the Consulate to have them correct it but they will not since the visa is still valid. | 1 |
| Adviser reports that at a U.S. Embassy in South Korea and H-1B visa applicant was asked to present the Form I-129. The interviewer said she should have it upon her return to the US, "just in case." He told her she must have it for the interview, but she was issued the visa anyway. Since advisers now have to send a duplicate copy of the H-1B petition and supporting documents to USCIS to be forwarded to KCC upon approval of the I-129, adviser thought that visa applicants did not have to present a copy of the complete petition for their visa application; that consulates check for H-1B approval in PIMS. Yet consulates are still requiring visa applicants to submit copies of their I-129 petitions as well as the original I-797 approval notice. Do advisers really need to continue to make another copy of the I-129 and supporting documents for submission to consulates with an H-1B visa application? We already know that CBP does not usually request to see an I-129 petition and supporting documents. They normally look for a valid H-1B visa in the passport, the bottom section of the I-797, and employment confirmation. We would like clarification whether PIMS notification is sufficient or do we still have to give each visa applicant a copy of their entire I-129 and supporting documents. | 1 |
| Adviser reports that an F-1 visa applicant was denied a visa at a consulate in Brazil. The interviewer from the consulate noted that the student had received a degree in data processing from a Brazilian institution and asked why he wanted another degree in the same field. The student replied that he was seeking a degree in Internet Applications development. The interviewer was apparently not familiar with the differences between degrees being offered in colleges now, said he thought the student would immigrate, and denied his request. |
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| Adviser reports security clearance delay of 5 weeks at Beijing consulate. Initial appointment was 5/13/08; applicant is still waiting. The project her team is working on is very much in jeopardy due to her delayed return. |
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| Adviser reports that J-1 exchange visitor applied for visa back on May 15 2008 and the visa has not been issued. Beneficiary is being told that it will take a couple more weeks. | 1 |
| Adviser reports that a new student received her I-20 and immediately set up an appointment at the US consulate in Dubai and the earliest time available was August 20. Student is supposed to arrive on campus August 14. There is no information about the visa appointment wait times on the website for the US consulate in Dubai, so it is not possible to determine whether this is an error or not. Institution advised the student to continue to try to get an earlier appointment. |
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| Adviser reports that student admitted to fully funded Ph.D. program in Mathematics was turned away twice at the U.S. Embassy in South Korea. Same consular officer stated on two separate occasions that student had not shown sufficient English proficiency and that he was to present an I-20 which states that he will be given instruction at the institution and that English proficiency is not required. Adviser forwarded a letter from the Graduate School to the student attesting to the fact that the student had fulfilled academic and language proficiency requirements for admission; however on 6/20/08 he was denied a visa due to inability to "demonstrate that qualifications and intended plan of study qualify (him) for the nonimmigrant status for which (he has). | 1 |
| Adviser reports student denied an F-1 visa because she does not have university funding for a PhD program. Student was accepted into the PhD program in Psychology and has personal funds to support herself. She interviewed for the visa at an American consulate in India. | 1 |
| Adviser reports case that has been held up in the Department of State security clearance for more than 8 weeks. | 1 |
| Adviser reports that student was told by Consulate in Peru that she must bring proof of having paid at least half of her tuition to her interview for an F-1 visa. Adviser’s institution does not bill for tuition until students register and student would like to meet with her academic advisor before choosing her courses. The student is panicked that she is being required to register and pay before even coming to the U.S. | 1 |
| Adviser reports student denied F1 on May 26, 2008. The reason given to her by the consular officer was that she "needed to provide 2 years worth of financial support." As proof of only 1 year of financial support is necessary according to immigration regulations, please check into this situation. | 1 |
| Entry and Travel | Submissions |
| Adviser reports that since September, 2007 at least 3 F-1 "Initial" status students were admitted to the U.S. well after their program start date; one student almost a year late. In all three cases a full course of study was not available because they were admitted late. Program start dates were not deferred in SEVIS for any of these students. Institution sends students pre-departure instructions but it is not always read. With most recent case on 5/18/08, POE data was not entered in SEVIS and the system autocancelled the record. |
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| Adviser reports that a returning F-1 student, who is a Mexican citizen, was stopped at the Port of Entry in Houston by a CBP officer because she had not turned in the I-94 cards from her two previous exits. The student was made to wait at the primary point of inspection until all other passengers had gone through. She was questioned extensively regarding why she had not turned in the cards. He then made her read aloud highlighted portions of the English version of the "How to record departure from the United States after the Fact." However, the portions that he highlighted misled the student because they did not make it clear that this handout was designed primarily for those on Visitor's visas. Though the student did not turn in her I-94 cards, her exit was recorded in SEVIS. If the officer would have taken her to secondary inspection to look, he or another officer would have seen that the last exit was recorded. Adviser’s office followed the instructions in the handout for turning in her old I-94 cards. While putting together the packet of information to mail to CBP, we discovered two places where somewhat incorrect information is conveyed to students about turning in I-94 cards: the CBP website and the second page of the I-20. Students relying on this information could be easily misled. | 1 |
| Officer on duty at Cruise Port in FL held student with valid documents returning from cruise. Officer was reportedly rude, disrespectful, and insulting. The officer threatened student with return to home country. Demanded reason student did not go to home country to obtain new F-1 visa before the student’s trip. Adviser suggests more training is needed. |
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| Department of Labor Issues |
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In the past 12 months adviser has submitted eight special handling labor certifications. Four of these have been certified within a month or two. Two have been selected for an audit. Two have been denied for the reason "a labor certification on behalf of an alien must be filed by an employer. The employer's representative contacted by the ETA and/or National Processing Center did not authorize this application, therefore this application is denied." This is a DoL error since the university does authorize these applications. In summary, the adviser has experienced a 50% approval rate of special handling labor certifications. The concern adviser has is two-fold: the high rate of labor certification audits/denials and more importantly the length of time DOL is taking to process audits and requests for reconsideration. The two audits have been pending for ten months, while the two requests for reconsideration have been pending for one year. Adviser hopes NAFSA will advocate for a regulation or, at least, policy which mandates a cap on the amount of time DoL takes to process audits and requests for reconsideration. |
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| Adviser requests that NAFSA representative at July meeting with DOL ask again about the print ad for PERM applications. Adviser feels it's an out of date requirement that does not make sense for the academic community. | 1 |
| Adviser requests that NAFSA ask DOL in advance of the stakeholders meeting what percent of PERM audit cases are actually for a significant population unique to us: faculty (under what used to be called special handling)? Adviser has wanted to know for a long time whether they are targeted for audit as frequently as other kinds of cases, or if they are less frequently audited given the rigorousness of the faculty recruiting process. | 1 |
| SEVIS issues | Submissions |
| This issue is in reference to the SEVP Policy Guidance released on April 25, 2008 regarding the new OPT regulations. According to question 6.3, the start date of post-completion OPT will be the requested start date or the date of adjudication, whichever is later, however, the end date will be the requested end date, or the date on which the remaining allotment of OPT expires, whichever is earlier. This seems to indicate that if a student requests OPT from June 15, 2008 to May 14, 2009 (for example) and the application isn't adjudicated until July 1, 2008, the OPT dates will be July 1, 2008 to May 14, 2009. In all fairness, the OPT end date granted should be the requested end date, or the date on which the remaining allotment of OPT expires, whichever is later (meaning a June 30, 2009 end date in the example). If the OPT end date remains as the requested end date, the result is that students are punished for slow USCIS adjudications. One of the adviser’s students’ requested OPT dates were 5/12/08 to 5/11/09, the OPT was approved on 5/29, so her EAD has dates of 5/29/08 to 5/11/09. | |
| Adviser writes in regards to statements made by SEVP staff at the SEVIS Q&A session on Wednesday, May 28th at the NAFSA Conference in Washington DC. The statements, as several advisers understand, contradict guidance provided in the SEVP Policy Guidance Sheet 0801-01 released on April 25, 2008. In the presentation, SEVP staff indicated that students approved for post-completion OPT are not eligible for an extension in the event they are unable to complete their academic program. SEVP representatives later suggested that students in this situation would need to apply for a reinstatement. This statement contradicts Section 6.5 of the SEVP Policy Guidance Sheet as listed on Page 13 which states: If the employment authorization application has already been approved, the DSO should extend the student's program end date to the appropriate date. The student may work part time while enrolled in courses to complete the requirements for his or her program and full time during breaks and vacations. After successful completion of all the program requirements, the student may work full time. The statements at the NAFSA conference suggests that SEVP has in mind a policy that does not take into consideration the uncertain nature of academic programs. Adviser hopes that the guidance provided in Section 6.5 of the SEVP Policy Guidance stands as the best interpretation of the April 8th Interim Final Rule and that comments at the NAFSA conference were made in error. Advisers would appreciate a written clarification of this matter so as to advise students accordingly. Section 6.5 of the SEVP Policy Guidance Sheet also suggests that students should wait until they have completed their academic program before applying for OPT. This guidance assumes that graduate students have control over their program end date and can conduct the job search accordingly. It’s not unusual for graduate students to successfully defend their thesis or dissertation only to be told that they must complete major revisions before they are eligible for the degree. In the past, graduate students who had completed all necessary coursework could pursue post-completion employment knowing that they could begin working on OPT prior to completion of the thesis or dissertation. For example, a PhD candidate in Business with plans to complete a dissertation in early August could accept a faculty-level position starting in late August. The student could apply for OPT 90 days in advance of the start date in order to ensure that the OPT card was ready by the late August start date. The student would then work towards completing the degree in early August. In the event that the student could not complete the degree because the faculty committee required various revisions to the dissertation, the student could have the I-20 extended to cover the additional time. And, the student could take the faculty position as planned and work full-time while completing the revisions. This scenario is surprisingly common among graduate students. And, it illustrates a very important point—that if a DSO were to recommend that graduate students wait until they had completed the program of study, they may be unable to adequately time the job search and would certainly miss out on employment opportunities. If the point of OPT is to provide students the opportunity to gain practical on-the-job training, then SEVP should do everything possible to provide for flexibility with graduate students. |
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| On the SEVP Policy Guidance on page 27 it states: “9.1.4. What is the length of the cap gap extension? A student whose H-1B petition is withdrawn or denied will have his or her OPT extension terminated 10 days after the date of the withdrawal or denial and their F-1 status extension will end 30 days after that. Termination of the automatic extension will not prematurely terminate a student’s period of approved OPT, as shown on the student’s employment authorization document or the student’s original period of F-1 status.” However on the chart above it states that the grace period for those denied an H visa is 60 days. Is one of those a typo? Is it 30 or 60 days? Who would be the appropriate person to correct this? |
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| Adviser at flight school submitted I-17 in November of 2007, and it was denied on grounds that school wasn’t “established.” School submitted an appeal in March of 2008, and has been waiting for response or action from SEVIS, but nothing has happened. Adviser feels that school is adequately prepared for teaching aviation and English as a second language. School is looking to bring in up to one hundred students, has had contracts lined up with Chinese airlines for instructional purposes, and a waiting list for Korean students to enter the programs. The delay has cost the school considerable time and money. |
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| J Exchange Visitor | Submissions |
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During the national conference in Washington, D.C., it was made clear that institutions would need to report on-campus employment for J-1 students this week (June 2nd - June 6th). Adviser would like further resources or explanation of this. What does the reporting requirement include? (i.e., does it include unpaid on-campus or off-campus internships?). |
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| Waiver applicants are given a case number for tracking purposes. Advisory opinion applicants are apparently also given [internal] case numbers. The waiver office will always use a previous case number when they receive an application. In this particular instance, DoS is using a case number from an advisory opinion of 2005. The applicant had been unable to find his case in their on-line system. When case numbers change from the number an applicant has just been given, could DoS provide that information to him/her? This happens in a number of cases. Especially since advisers/sponsors/applicants are not given case numbers for advisory opinion, there's no way people in those situations could find the case number they've suddenly been assigned. If it's a second waiver application, they at least know what that first (and final) case number is. | 1 |
| Social Security | Submissions |
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Adviser reports that a J-1 Exchange Visitor - Research Scholar has had a 2 month delay in receiving her Social Security Number. |
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Adviser submits questions related to OPT rule to be submitted to SEVP: |
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| Region I |
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| Adviser reports F-1 student who applied and received second OPT unexpectedly. She had been approved for first OPT for 12 month from 2/18/05 - 2/10/06 based on a Certificate degree (equivalent of Associate degree). After completing this first OPT, she began other program of study at the college and applied and was approved for second OPT (5/20/08 - 5/19/09) based on an Associate degree. When the student approached adviser for second OPT request, she was told she was NOT eligible since it was the second one at the same educational level. She insisted on applying and tried her luck. On Form I-765, she did indicate she had approved EAD card before (referring to her first approved OPT). She mailed the OPT application and was subsequently approved for second OPT. Adviser was surprised that she was approved for the second one, since it is not at the higher educational level and there is no break of her F-1 status since her first approved OPT (not being absent from the US for over 5 months, not being in other immigration status for over 5 months). Adviser believed CIS would have denied her second OPT request. Should adviser request CIS to revoke her second approved OPT or let it go? | |
| Adviser has one case pending and sent a letter of employment and a change of date with the new I-20 as a second mailing. This was sent to service center with the new June 9th date of employment date and a formal letter of employment. Adviser is concerned on two counts: that the second mailing will be paired with the first application that has a received date of April 7, 2008; and that it will have any chance of being processed so that student can start work on June 9, 2008. Is there a way to check on this case and express the importance of processing? Is there a way to expedite the processing? | 1 |
| Service center used to allow universities to email the "SC schools" email account to get quick assistance with various H-1B issues. A couple of months ago, SC sent adviser an email that said schools can no longer email the "schools" email account for assistance with H-1B related issues. Adviser provides the response received from SC. The people at SC handling the schools email account have been so incredibly helpful; adviser hates to lose their assistance. Adviser typically contacted them about things like correcting spelling of a name on the approval, when SC made a typo in the name on the receipt; on correcting the end date on an H-1B approval notice, where SC inadvertently listed the wrong end date, etc. - and they were able to easily and quickly make these changes. Is there anything NAFSA can do to get their assistance again? Adviser does not want to go through the National Customer Service Center as they suggest. “The Service Center will no longer accept non-student related inquires through the SC Schools and SC StudentEAD e-mail addresses. All non-student related inquires should be submitted through the National Customer Service Center by calling 1-800-375-5283.” |
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| Region II | Submissions |
| Adviser reports that student applied to change status from F-2 to F-1 around April 12. She has not received a receipt notice and wants to know if she will be able to start classes in the fall semester on Aug. 25. |
| Region III |
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| Adviser reports that EAD card was mailed on February 25, 2008 but was returned. On March 27, beneficiary informed the Service Center that he wanted the card to be sent in care of the college. He has made numerous calls but has been told to sit patiently until his card arrives. Since he is now subject to the 90 day non-employment rule, he only has 30 days in which to receive his card in order for him to be employed and stay in status. | |
| Is the Vermont Service Center going to update its processing times for I-539 change of status cases? It has listed 08/20/2007 for a long period of time. Adviser’s students have had cases processed that were submitted in January-March of 2008. Posting accurate information would assist advisers in providing accurate advice to individuals seeking a change of status. | 1 |
| Adviser has received several calls from students whose companies filed for H-1B, but they have received nothing from the USCIS Service Center stating the petition was refused or accepted or wait listed. Adviser spoke with the SEVIS Help desk to see what proof they would need in from the office for a data fix that the H-1B petition was properly filed so that a data fix could occur. They informed adviser that they would need a copy of the I-797 receipt notice. There is a conflict here in that USCIS is sending out nothing to students whose petition was potentially not picked in the lottery or for wait-listing. Another question that adviser asked the Helpdesk was if they had technical guidance for records in SEVIS where a student never contacts our office and we do not request a data fix. They had no guidance. Are there other individuals around the country who are not receiving anything from USCIS (not even the uncashed check)? | 1 |
| Region V |
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| Adviser reports student whose OPT ended after April 1, 2008 is the beneficiary of a timely filed I-129 and I-539 to H-1B status to begin on October 1, 2008 (cap subject). However, the employer has not received any notification from the Service Center as to the status of the application. It is unclear if the application is wait-listed, rejected, or selected to be receipted. The question remains: is the student eligible to continue working under the assumption that she/he is eligible for the cap-gap extension of OPT and F-1 status? A DSO cannot request a correction to the student's SEVIS record to extend OPT to at least July 28th (as per the published graduated schedule) unless the employer can provide evidence that the application has been wait-listed. Clarification on this would be greatly appreciated. |
| Region VI |
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| Adviser reports that student was approved for reinstatement to F1 status; but while Form I-797A, Notice of Action was received the student's I-94 card did not arrive. |
| Region VII |
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| Adviser reports that several students are not receiving any documentation from the SC concerning their H-1B application. These students are on OPT and cannot take advantage of the cap gap extension without a receipt notice from SC according to the SEVIS Help Desk. If they have not been selected, students need to receive documentation saying as much so that they can make plans for their future. | |
| Adviser has not received approval notices on two H-1B petitions filed and approved beginning of April. Adviser has called National Customer Service Center about both. Also reported first case to IssueNet with no response. Adviser also emailed SC, and was told that only student issues could be addressed using the Schools email address, leaving those filing employment petitions with no recourse in getting SC to reissue and send out notices of approval never received. This is unsatisfactory as it is currently taking SC more than 10 months to process I-824s. Unless institution can get SC to reissue these approval notices, it will have to refile with premium processing fee to get timely action on this petition. | 1 |
| Adviser submitted a COS from F-1 to H-1 on 01/02/2008 for an assistant professor. On 02/27/08, his wife decided to change her status to H-4 and join him. On 04/08/2008 the H-1 application was approved, but not the H-4. Adviser called to see why the applications were not matched up, but the 1-800 # Rep would not talk to her about the I-539. Is there any way to get the I-539 application sped up and approved? |
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| Adviser submitted on 3/24/08 H-1B (I-129) and H-4 (I-539) extension application for a scholar and his family. There was a problem with the check attached to the I-539 and it was sent back. Adviser and scholar corrected the error and mailed it back in, but the I-539 was not re-matched with the I-129. The receipt notice for the I-129 and I-539 both list receipt dates of 03/24/08, but the notice date for the I-539 is 04/07/08 where the notice date for the I-129 is 03/24/08. On 05/14/08 the I-129 was approved, but the I-539 is still pending. The 1-800# won't help the adviser as she is not the applicant. | 1 |
| Adviser submitted an H-1B (I-129) port application on 11/6/07. On 03/12/2008 the application was approved, but instead of giving the start date requested 11/06/07 or date of adjudication (03/12/08) the start date for the H-1B was listed as 11/17/08. When adviser received the incorrect approval notice adviser called the 1-800# to get it corrected. The representative told adviser to write a letter explaining the error and fax it to SC, which adviser did on 03/21/08. On 03/25/08 she received a fax back from SC saying that she was not allowed to contact them by fax and needed to call the 1-800 #. She did and was then told to expect something within 30 days. On 04/23/08 adviser called again and was told to write SC a letter. Instead of doing that adviser called again. Eventually received a letter saying that file had been requested and to wait 60 days. Adviser called the 1-800# again and they said that it would be expedited and adviser would hear something by 05/24/08. On 05/27/08 she received an email saying to wait another 60 days. |
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| Region VIII |
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| Adviser reports having an H1-B Scholar caught in the 'Approval Notice Lost in the Mail in early April 2008' scenario. Adviser has a Receipt Notice Dated 12/11/07, and the Online Case Status says that the Approval Notice was mailed on 4/2/08. It never arrived in the office, which hasn’t moved in the last 7 years. | |
| Adviser reports two identified cases where F-1 students have had their F-1 status prematurely Completed by the Service Center. The students were applying for and received a Change of Status to H-1B; however the effective date of their H-1B (and F-1 Completion) should have been 10/1/2008. Their SEVIS records are Completed with the following remark "Student Automatically Completed due to CHANGE OF STATUS APPROVED.” The students were still working on OPT at the time and should still be in Active F-1 status. This error creates a potentially serious problem for their Immigration status. | 1 |
| Region XI |
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| Adviser reports that student received form I-797C, Notice of Action, on March 28, 2008 for OPT request. OPT start date 06/16/2008. To date student's OPT has not been approved. |
