Re:Trump suspends H1B, H4 visas till year end
by pandaman on Monday June 22, 2020 @08:20PM
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You are actually mistaken yourself. Green cards do not depend on non-immigrant status, being an immigrant visa. Thousands of people (at least 50000 DVs + CP EB and FB) get these visas, arrive to the country for the first time and become LPR without using any non-immigrant visa.
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Re:Trump suspends H1B, H4 visas till year end
by vaidhy on Monday June 22, 2020 @09:12PM
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You are right.. I missed the diversity quota completely. It is not available for some and open for others. I had friends from West Indies (Trinidad and Tobago) come with green card.
Re:Trump suspends H1B, H4 visas till year end
by pandaman on Monday June 22, 2020 @09:31PM
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Not just diversity, most immigrant visas can be obtained through consular processing (CP). You don't need to be in the US for any employment or family based immigrant visa. I am not a lawyer but I imagine only asylees need to actually be in the US for their greencards but they don't need a non-immigrant visa as well.