Questions regarding F-1 visa renewal from Canada?

[mh23]

I am graduating from Masters in a month and waiting for my OPT. My F-1 visa is expiring in November 2023 and I want to renew from Ottawa, Canada(home country is India) since it has only 5 days of wait time for appointment. I want to renew before I graduate in mid-june. I have a job offer letter and...

[guruduttusa]

Hello all,

So here is my Indian Passport renewal timeline:

01-Dec-2022 - Application was received by VFS Global
05-Dec-2022 - My application forwarded to NYC Consultate
09-Feb -2023 - Finally police verification was completed in India. Excuses of file moving here...

[sjmathguy]

Hey folks, I am applying for a renewal of my visitor visa (I don’t plan to do business). would really appreciate some help here with answering the “Purpose of trip to the US” question on the DS 160 form. How should we go about this?




1. When we first filed for...

[jojo0302]

Hello,

I have a valid L1b visa valid till 30th August 2022 and PED till 25th July 2022. I havent travelled to USA on this visa yet. Now, my employer is planning my travel and has started processing L1b renewal. Based on this situation I have few queries:

1. Is it possible to...

[skbrhmn]

Hello,

Context: My parents both applied for a US B1/B2 renewal. My mother's old B1/B2 had expired last July and my father has a valid B1/B2 visa until October 2022. The renewal was because of trip planned around September / October 2022. Since they were both going to travel together, it...

[vaigyanik]

Hi! I got OCI for my minor daughter a few years back at Houston consulate. Her old passport expired in Aug 2020 and we now obtained a new passport for her. However, due to COVID we could not get her OCI reissued. Lately rules have changed for minors. They just need to get their information updated....

[skbrhmn]

Hi,

I am a Canadian permanent resident living in Toronto Canada.
I had applied and was consequently approved for a B1/B2 visa in Aug 2016 in Toronto. This visa just expired 2 Aug 2021. I am applying for a renewal of my B1/B2 visa.
In the meantime, I had also applied and consequently...

[mmohaqeqf]

I have a valid combo card (based on my I-485 application which is still pending) that is expiring in a few months. I am planning to travel outside the US and may have to stay there beyond my current combo card expiration date.
I have already applied to renew my combo card, which is still in process....

[clarealtpabs]

I need some thoughts. My Combo card is expiring 3 months from now and my lawyer is asking me $1250 to renew my combo card without giving me options. My question and concern is, can I file it myself as I am just renewing while I am waiting for my I-48? or do I need to file it with them as I will be needing...

[KSC90]

Hi everyone,

I'm currently in the US on an L1-B visa and I have some pressing questions that we can't seem to get answered elsewhere, particularly with extremely non-committal and unresponsive lawyers.

I got my visa in December last year and the stamp says it's valid for 5...

[Jake3451]

Hi,

My L1 is expiring in September (Im in the US) and the US Consulate in my home country is currently closed.
Has anyone been able to travel to Canada or any other country where the US Consulate is still processing Visas? Could you please share you experience/ recommendations?...

[aakanshya]

Hello everyone,

I wanted to apply for US tourist visa, I wanted to know, how hard is it to get a visa due to covid-19?

thank you

[harimmmy]

My mom's re entry permit is going to expire next month and we were originally going to fly to the US last month but with the corona outbreak we decided it would be best to just wait until things have calmed down a bit..(yes we know we can enter the US but we just don't want to RISK getting corona) we...

[Voikester]

Has anyone recently done Dropbox in HYD? What is the general timeline. When I asked the person reviewing my application - he said it can take up to 3 weeks, which seemed too long to me. Anyone recently gone through Dropbox at HYD? Thanks for sharing some info.

[jjgarrisson]

Hi,

I am a PhD student in mechanical engineering. My visa is valid till June 30, 2019. My i20 program end date is July 31 2019 and I have applied for a STEM OPT. My question is whether it is possible for me to travel back to my home country in May and get my visa renewed? Will their be...