schlimmdue wrote in message news:<34$257819$1706873$1096893195@britishexpats.com>...
> > L D Jones <3432513@yahoo.de> wrote in message news:<2s8v21F1irsn8U1@uni-
> > berlin.de>...
> > > Amanda wrote:
> > >
> > > > Joachim Feise wrote in message
> > > > news:<415E3490.3020600@privacy.net>...
> > > >
> > > >>schlimmdue wrote on 10/1/2004 17:52:
> > > >>
> > > >>>Another queston is, that I have a friend whose visa ran out, so
> > > >>>she
> > > >>>would be banned with 10 years if she would leave the country now.
> > > >>>Her
> > > >>>country is eligable for the DV2006. What would you advice her:
> > > >>>Should
> > > >>>she try her luck with the DV?
> > > >>
> > > >>She doesn't need to bother. Even if she wins, she can't get a GC.
> > > >>She
> > > >>can't do AOS because she is out of status, and she can't do CP
> > > >>because
> > > >>as soon as she leaves the country, she's banned for 10 years.
> > > >>
> > > >>-Joe
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What if her visa was F-1?
> > > >
> > > > Would she be banned for 10 years if she leaves without receiving a
> > > > deportation letter?
> > >
> > > I was under the impression the ban was 'automatic' regardless of
> > > whether
> > > the person was notified
> >
> >
> > That's what I wanted to know clearly (anmd ehnce asked the question I
> > did) after seeing some posts in this ng indicating that with F-1,
> > there is leniency and that receiving a deportation letter
> > triggers the
> > clock to start counting but I guess it is really up to the
> > consular.
> > Mr brother overstayed his F-1 visa by a little over a year and
> > left
> > last December. He is back at the end of this past June. My US
> > citizen
> > sister not only provided the sponsor but also provided a letter -
> > I
> > saw the lleter on the fax machine - stating which University my
> > brother graduated from and that she takes full responsibilty for
> > his
> > expense. But, I would not suggest anyone to think that everybody
> > would
> > be that lucky. My brother - the baby in the family and the older
> > sisters dumpimh $$ money on howm to go round the world - doesn't
> > care
> > to apply for GC here and that shows through when he talks. He
> > can't
> > sit in one place. My other brother calls him a nomad. A lost
> > nomad.
>
> That's good to know, because I am on a F1 Visa, too. However I have NO
> plans to overstay it! Is it true that you can only get a F1 Visa once in
> your life?
Absolutely not. But you can only do one OPT. That might not be the
case if you eneter US back again with F-1 for a new program and then
finsihs it. I mean I think you can get OPT again. I am not sure
though.
I went back home and enetered back using a new F-1 visa stamp. Before
I went home, I went to Mexico and got the F-1 stamp though. Part of
the reason was that I had to turn in my old passport which has the
initial F-1 stamp I had (which ouldn't be used for reentry anymore
though) and got a new passport by the time I started school the second
time.
So I kind of wanted to have a stamp in the new passport but I only
mentioned to my Int'l Student Advisor that I wanted to vsiit home.
The Int'l Student Advisor wrote a letter for me to take stating about
that though she knew that I was more interested in visiting home. I
had a surgery that year (could have been a terminal situation but it
wasn't) and I needed to show my face to my family back home.
> I was thinking about going back to my homecountry to finish
> my BA, and was thinking about doing gradschool over here. Can anyone
> help?
You can do that. You just apply to grad school (providing financial
affidavit) and with the I-20, apply for F-1.
> Also, does anybody have advice on my OP, about what adress to provide
> for the entry (if there is a DV Lottery...)?
> Thanks!
DV 2006 winners will be notified in mid 2005. If you know you are
going to be back home, I'd say, you use that address. In fact, you can
just leave to go apply for DV visa even if you are still here by the
time you find out you win. I think it's faster to process DV visa
application oversea than inside US but don't count on my words. |