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    Photo Resubmission Request

    Hello everyone! I compelted my soft landing on September 24th 2021 and came back to the US after that with the dependent. I got the following email yesterday :- " This letter is to inform you that your photo submission has been received by our office. The photos submitted to this office do not...
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    H1B travel to USA after completing soft-landing in Canada

    Nope. We just gave them copies of our i797 with the expired visas (in the passport).
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    H1B travel to USA after completing soft-landing in Canada

    Soft landing experience - Flight from Chicago to Toronto on September 24th. Waiting in line for around 30-49 minutes. Once our turn came, the landing was approved within 5 minutes. Stayed in Toronto for a week and travelled back today via flight from Toronto to Chicago. No questions asked at...
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    AVR with H4 Approval Notice

    Sorry for the confusion, Sir What you have written is accurate - US residents(H1 and H4). H1 and H4 travels together to Canada on COPR(one of them is principal applicant in PR application). H1 returns back to US after landing. H4 waits in Canada for H4 approval document from US. Later H4...
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    AVR with H4 Approval Notice

    Got it, Sir. So effectively they have been allowing AVR/Visa travelers to travel throughout the pandemic. Also, what do you think is the best way for me to come back to the US after I get my i797? 1. Should I ask my wife to come back to Canada using the CoPR (with the landing date) and...
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    AVR with H4 Approval Notice

    Sir, I had a question though. Online it says everywhere that non-essential travel from Canada and Mexico is not allowed. How are they allowing h1b and h4 visa holder to come back? using AVR or otherwise? Thanks
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    Flying to Toronto for Soft Landing

    Have you read any stories/user experience?
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    Flying to Toronto for Soft Landing

    Hello everyone, My wife and I are planning to fly to Toronto on Friday, complete our landing formalities, stay in Canada for a couple of days and then return to the US. Do we have people who have flown into Canada for their soft landing process? Any experience that can be shared will be really...
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    AVR with H4 Approval Notice

    Thank you so much for the response!
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    AVR with H4 Approval Notice

    Original applicant is my spouse. So she will enter Canada with me, and will travel back to the USA. My question is - can I come back to the USA without her or will she have to accompany me? (I will be living at my friends house till I get the original copy). Asking this, as I will be using AVR...
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    AVR with H4 Approval Notice

    Thank you, Sir! Last set of questions :- 1. If my spouse travels back without me, can I get the original copy and travel back after her? 2. Also, can I use a scanned copy or is an original required? 3. Any implications of trying to re-enter with spouse and getting denied because I dont have...
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    AVR with H4 Approval Notice

    Hello @harirajmohan Sir My CoPR is valid till September 28th 2021. On USCIS it said that my H4 was approved today. Since my spouse's company applied for it, I am guessing they will be getting the i797 while I expect to will get the approval notice over the next couple of days. I wanted to...
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    i539 application pending - AVR

    After so much back and forth - I just checked the USCIS website - and my h4 has been approved. We just hope to get it in the next couple of days so that I can travel this weekend to Canada.
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    i539 application pending - AVR

    I called up an attorney (not the company one) and asked him, who said that as of right now I am not in status since my spouse changed her job. The only way I am in status currently is because the extension is filed. So he said its a 50-50 and if they let me in it would be a mistake and I'll have...
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    i539 application pending - AVR

    Is there an option for my spouse to travel to Canada and do the soft landing. In the future, she can possibly sponsor me?
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    i539 application pending - AVR

    Thank you for your advice! In case I dont want to take the risk and travel, can we try for an extension from IRCC? Or do we have to reapply?
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    Soft Landing/Moving to Canada

    Hello, Did you go for the soft landing?
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    Automatic Visa Revalidation (AVR) to enter USA for H4

    Hello, Thank you for sharing this. I had one quick question though - you had your h1b approved in Dec 2020, so while using AVR, your wife's i-94 was updated for three years as well? did she have her new h4 application approved as well?
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    i539 application pending - AVR

    But if I am willing to let it go, basically just apply again after I re-enter, we should be okay right? okay to re-enter USA
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    Automatic Visa Revalidation (AVR) to enter USA

    Thank you for your quick response! much appreciated