I VISA

[parrot of doom]

I've been asked to try and get myself an I Visa for work in the USA.

I'm trying to get a company to write me a letter (sponsoring me) as the company that have asked me to go out there are choosing from a list of people who already have ivisas - rather than choosing the people and then sorting the visa out. They don't want to get involved with the embassy.

So if I can get the ivisa, it could be a fair chunk of work for me.

Does anyone know apart from my interview at the embassy, how difficult it is to get one of these?

[Plotloss]

Which class of I visa?

The process is different for each one.

Doubt very much you will need an interview. The process for my E2 was hand passport to expensive Mayfair lawyer.

Wait 3 weeks

Pick up passport from expensive Mayfair lawyer.

Job done.

[parrot of doom]

Its for foreign media, tv etc.

[jimbeaux]

parrot of doom said:

I've been asked to try and get myself an I Visa for work in the USA. I'm trying to get a company to write me a letter (sponsoring me) as the company that have asked me to go out there are choosing from a list of people who already have ivisas - rather than choosing the people and then sorting the visa out. They don't want to get involved with the embassy. So if I can get the ivisa, it could be a fair chunk of work for me. Does anyone know apart from my interview at the embassy, how difficult it is to get one of these?

Should not be a big deal. Let's be forthright, being British as oppossed to others.....is a huge start. Work visas, especially when you come from a country you actually want to go back to, is not difficult. They will ask you about family members, property, job, etc. This is to show that you have reasons to go back home. These reasons are more of an issue for third world appliers.

www.ins.usdoj.gov

[ultimasimon]

And any conviction including motoroing offences/speeding has to be reported to them.

[parrot of doom]

Clean license.

I have asked a company in London to try and sort it out for me, www.visaexpress.co.uk

[M3 Mitch]

Good luck, I hope it works out for you!

Work visa and Fiance visa are 2 different things of course, but when I did the paperwork to "import" my wife, it was pretty straightforward, just fill in the blanks, turn the form in with a check for the required fee, wait the specified time, etc. I can't see why anyone would need a lawyer for the fiancee visa.

INS in general is tasked with preventing people coming in on a visa and then staying beyond the visa expiry date, particularly if they will either cause trouble or go on the dole.

If you can make a solid case that you have employment for the time you are here, and some reason to return to the UK, and for the work visa some indication that you are not displacing an American who could do the work, I think you are set...

[jonscz]

Parrot, YHM .... I've just been through the process to re-new my I-Visa for US as I work in the media.....Check your e-mail inbox, Cheers, Jon

[GavinPearson]

See:-

http://uscis.gov/graphics/services/tempbenefits/TempWorker.htm

Having been through the whole process myself you need to be aware of a few things:-

The processing centres have quite a backlog of applications. If you surf around the site you can get an idea for the times taken.

Speeding tickets are not a problem. Arrests are, and convictions may present a problem.

A good lawyer can make the process go very smoothly, but they are limited as to what they can do. Persuading the system to work faster is probably not going to happen.

The system treats everybody with equal suspicion, so don't assume that because you're from Britain that things will go more smoothly. Complacency is unwise.