Hello all,
I have a few concerns about the section Historique des statuts. Here's my Status History:
2 years as a foreign student in Virginia(VA) (F1 visa)
3 years as a an employee in VA: This included around 15 months in OPT and then H1-B.
In California since Oct 2014 (H1-B)
So my application looks like:
Oct 2014 to present - USA - CA - Travailleur temporaire post-diplôme
May 2011(graduated) - Oct 2014 - USA - VA - Travailleur temporaire post-diplôme
Aug 09 to May 11 - USA - VA - Étudiant étranger
The status is correctly put. The question arises of supporting documentation.
After graduation, international students are allowed a period of OPT on F1 visa itself, until their H1-B comes in effect, which is usually always on 1st Oct.
If the Ministry considers Visa as a proof of document, they might no be able to understand the OPT period, since there is no seperate Visa for it, while I would still fall under the temporary worker post diploma category.
Has anyone been in the same situation? Any ideas/suggestions would be great.
Thanks,
Vin