Kicked out of the US: 33 hours of hell

Re:Kicked out of the US: 33 hours of hell by trentnelson on Monday August 10, 2015 @10:32PM (#10038807)

> I might not have read it correctly, but I didn't spot the point where they said their J-1 was not approved - just that it was in progress (and from what I hear, months-long approval processes seem pretty common in the States).

A J-1 is initiated from a host institution, similar to how a company needs to file a Labour Condition Application (LCA) before they can hire a H1B/E3 etc.

That provides you with the invitation, and you take that and all supporting evidence to a US embassy in your country of citizenship and they assess on the spot whether to approve or deny the visa.

They either couldn't get sponsorship from a host institution, or the consulate officer rejected the application because of some other criteria.

There's not really a "months-long" approval process.

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Re:Kicked out of the US: 33 hours of hell by crdb on Monday August 10, 2015 @11:02PM (#10038879)

Fair. I'm not familiar with US immigration beyond anecdotes from my network.

From first contact to goes-through-the-door-of-your-office, how long would you say it would typically take to hire a Vietnamese or Chinese citizen into your SF company? Singapore's figure is 7 working days and I've done it in 36 hours.

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