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Most universities will arrange a specific date (a week or 2) after the international orientation day to apply for the SS card. The personnel from the SS administration will come to the campus and you will be able to apply for the card. This is especially true for those who are getting financial assistance from the school. Check with your international student advisor. Hope it helps and best of luck.

Tino, thanks for the info. You are always the best!

This is really something new to me. Please kindly keep us posted on the progress. I am sorry I could not comment anything on it since I dont know what is going on with conditional approval.

You need social security number as well and 2 weeks to get a us passport is too rush. Give it a little more time.

A bankdraft payable to yourself can NEVER hurt and by all means, please include it in your application if you can secure one.

I think this could craete a major problem with such mismatch of the name during visa application. I would write to the school and ask them to issue you a new i-20 based on the name stated on your passport. Good luck

That is not an issue at all. Best of luck to u.

You do not have to show expenses for the summer session but you do need to show that your father is financially soundto support you.

I think should the OP should declare the whole truth during the renewal of her new visa. After all, she will be asked to delcare truthfully and completely about her relatives to include her child and sisters who are now in the usa. There is nothing wrong to have a child born in usa and you have a strong supporting documents from school who is willing to issue you a new I-20. The issue here is how you could continue to support yourself financially including your child during visa application. I wish you all the best.

To the original OP. It would be of great help if you can state the reasons why your visa was rejected the first time.

I hope the info below i got from goggling will help to clarify the "grace" period. It appears that the dot-com I am working for is planning a massive layoff. How much time do I have to remain in the U.S.? There have been a lot of comments in the press in late March (2001) about a statement from USCIS spokesperson Linda Dodd-Major (Acting Director of DOJ/USCIS Office of Business Liaison), that due to an increasing number of H-1B's subject to layoffs, the USCIS would not strictly enforce its rule that a new petition must be filed immediately. The letter below sets the record straight and is the most definitive statement we have seen on the H-1B grace period. "As for a 10 day "grace period" following termination of employment-based nonimmigrant employment, there is none. Although the H-1B alien can extend 10 days before or after the approved period, for the purpose of making personal arrangements in anticipation of or following the approved H-1B employment, that "grace period" must be included within the approved stay in the US, as indicated on the Form I-94, or it does not exist. An H-1B (or any other) alien may not simply tack it onto the expiration date on the I-94. Since H-1B classification derives from the approved employment, the status ends if and when the employment ends. No grace period. Accordingly, if an H-1B or other employment-based nonimmigrant is laid off, his only chance for getting USCIS to approve a request for change of status or change in approved H-1B employment after that time is to include a letter with the petition asking the Service Center director to exercise his/her discretion to approve the change in spite of the status lapse. Whether this is done by a SC director or not depends largely on the facts of the case, typically that the lapse was short and the reason for it beyond the alien's control. If the SC director does not exercise the requested discretion to "forgive" the status lapse, in the case of an H-1B alien, the case will be treated as a new H-1B case, needing a new H-1B number (subject to the cap). The alien will not receive a replacement I-94 from the SC and will have to leave the US, obtain a new visa (if necessary), and re-enter the US, receiving a new Form I-94 that can be used for employment eligibility verification purposes for the new (approved) employer/employment." In other words, unlike F and J nonimmigrant status, there is no official “grace period” for persons in H status after their period of authorized stay ends, or after their employment terminates. USCIS has the discretion to give an unofficial grace period of 10 days, but since this can never be anticipated in advance, persons on H status should plan to apply for change of status or depart the U.S. before the end of their authorized stay.

I would certainly hire a reputable immigration attorney to handle this particular case. It is worth the money in my opinion. Best of luck to you.

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you can certainly start the Green Card process and application anytime as long as your employer is willing to sponsor you. The biggest hurdle is to obtain the Permanent Labor Certification approved which could take 1 to 2 years unless you are from nonprofit institution in which the labor cert is exempted. Once you have the Perm labor cert, the rest is filling for the permanent residency status and the time to complete the process and obtain the green card depend on factors such as your nationality etc. Good luck

Tino is probably right. J visa is most likely you will need since it is a short term Summer Research.