"Henry99" wrote in message
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> I was speaking to my bro-in-law and getting some confused messages about
> H1-B visas. Although he did originally get his visa in 2001.
>
> Apparently he started work as soon as his company filed an H1-B
application
> for him and then left the country a few months later to get the visa
> stamped. I didnt think it was possible to work until you have the visa?
It is illegal, but is it sometimes possible to have illegal activities and
get away with it.
So yep, it is possible to do something illegal.
> Finally, he said that he had heard cases where people left the country to
> get a new H1 and were not allowed back in because their application for a
> green card was considered to be proof that they lied on their H1
application
> i.e. they had prior intent on staying in the US.
H1B allows dual-intent. So the above is incorrect or at least incomplete.
They may have been denied because they lied (whatever the reason why they
did it).
There isn't any question on the DS-156 "do you plan to remain in the US
after" ;
it is the officer who have to come up with that answer based on the info
provided on
the application.
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