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Usually when you have missed the lottery for the H-1B visa, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services returns your application to the employer who petitioned for you. This is how you know that you were not selected. You cannot come to the United States and work unless you have a visa that allows you to work here. There are other visas such as the L-1 visa which allows managers or individuals with specialized knowledge to come from a company abroad to a company in the U.S. to work. The companies, however, must be related. An example is a parent company and its subsidiary.

There are a few steps that must be completed before filing for an H-1B nonimmigrant visa. First, a prevailing wage must be submitted to the Department of Labor which may take 6-8 weeks. Next a Labor Certification Application must be submitted again to the Department of Labor and this takes 1 week before it is approved. Once the documents are gathered and the petition submitted, it can take anywhere between 2-7 months depending on whether it is the first petition or a request for an extension. Thus the complete process may take between 4-9 months.

Answer: CBP (U.S. Customs and Borders Protection) makes determinations on admissions requests. Please direct this question to CBP through its information center that can be found at www.cbp.gov.

You can apply for advanced parole which allows you to leave the United States and reenter while your application for a permanent resident is pending with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. You do not have to notify your boss that you are applying for Advanced Parole.

If you have been ordered removed by an Immigration Judge, then you are not allowed to enter the United States for a period of at least 10 years unless you obtain permission to enter. If you entered unlawfully or are currently overstaying your status, then you may have invoked the permanent bar from the United States if you return to Canada. You can either request to reopen your case if there are circumstances that warrant reopening or you can return to Canada and apply for permission to reenter before your next entry. The procedure for requesting permission and waiver to reenter the United States depends upon whether you are attempting to enter as an immigrant or a nonimmigrant.