Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

I am currently in my home country and considering applying for temporary non-immigrant worker status (R-1). I have two issues before I start this process: (1) last time when I traveled to the US, as a visitor, I stayed in the US for 5 months before returning home. The initial visa given from the consulate was only for a couple of weeks. Since then I have applied for a visitor's visa twice and got denied every time. Would this be a factor in my application process? (2) I need legal assistance with my application; any recommendations?


Asked on 8/19/10, 10:58 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Luba Smal Smal Immigration Law Office

If you consider R-1 visa, a petitioner in USA has to petition for you first. Do you have a petitioner in USA?

As to your other question, yes, if you overstayed your visitor's visa, it will be an issue when applying for any other visa in the future. From your post it's not clear if you overstayed or returned on time, as visa's validity has nothing to do with the period of authorized stay, which can be different.

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Answered on 8/24/10, 2:02 pm


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