"Hnchoksi" wrote in message
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> >From: jjf@bcs.org.uk (J. J. Farrell)
> >rogercute2002@yahoo.com (roger xing) wrote in message
> >>
> >> So what's H1 then? Status or Visa?
> >
> >It's a chapter of the US law. It describes a status under which
> >people who are not US citizens are allowed to be in the USA and
> >work subject to certain restrictions. People who are entitled to
> >be in the USA in H-1 status are also (generally) entitled to get
> >an H-1 visa in their passport which enables them to enter the USA
> >in H-1 status.
> >
> >> I just read this from a local newspaper that this took effect
> >> June 20, 2004.
> >
> >I'd get a better newspaper. As of June 16 it is no longer possible
> >to renew visas within the USA. People who want to travel outside
> >the USA, and who don't have a current visa for the status in which
> >they want to re-enter, will have to get a visa while they are away.
>
> That's JULY 16, not June 16...
Aaaargh - thanks for the correction. The key points are that it's not
the date reported in the newspaper article, and it's in the past.
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