Topic: 可以用B1签证在美国实习吗，谢谢 @爱德华王子岛华人论坛:爱德华王子岛枫下论坛 The Rolia Forum of PEI

How you manage that? Stay for half year and go outside the US and come back for another half year? Thanks a lot!!! -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-22 (#1812157@0)

Is there any special process I have to follow? Or just enter US by showing B1/2 I already have. That's it?? -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-22 (#1812160@0)

did you get paid for your internship? if so, did you need SSN for getting on payroll? thus B1 can get SSN?thx -lile601(lile601); 2004-7-22 (#1812396@0)

nowadays, it's almost impossible to get SSN as B1. did you hold chinese passport that time? -lile601(lile601); 2004-7-22 (#1812453@0)

cannot pay salary? It will be terrible. Is there any limitation on the total amount? -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-22 (#1813014@0)

不知道有什么限制。我想只要合理，符合生活费的定义就行了吧？当时给我的生活费是每年两万美元左右。 -redhill(红山); 2004-7-23 (#1813978@0)

Is there somebody will check it? Can I ask my employer pay me more than SHENG HUO FEI? Probably I should ask my employer to pay me SHENG HUO FEI each months before I get H1, and make up thoseammount of money later after I get H1. -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-23 {38} (#1814509@0)

that's cheating. Also, the empolyer should pay tax and social security according to ur salarly, how can they hold on this? -lazylazy(明天就不懒了！); 2004-7-23 (#1814526@0)

Sorry, another question for REDHILL, when you enter US under B1 for the internship, what you said about the purpose of visit? travel for fun or travel for intern??? Thanks a lot -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-23 (#1814517@0)

我当时是以培训实习为由持一次入境有效B1签证从中国进入美国的。入境时移民官给了我6个月有效的I-94，然后我又在美国国内延期6个月。到期后按时离开美国。中间没有离境，也没有多逗留一天。 -redhill(红山); 2004-7-23 (#1814602@0)

I did NOT need SSN for getting on payroll that time. -redhill(红山); 2004-7-22 (#1812798@0)

Thank you, redhill, for all your replys. Now I am in US under J1visa. Before that, I have gotten B1/2 visa for five years(still valid). In my case, I have to apply J1 waiver first and then apply H1B. -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-22 {614} (#1813005@0)

why expire? The expire date on my B1-2 visa is 2008 -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-23 (#1814505@0)

redhill is right, once you use J visa to enter US, by law, your B1/B2 status is automatically void.someones has 10 yr valid B visa before, once they changed status to F1 and entered US, their B status were void.
I also doubt you can legally use the existing B visa entering again, once one status got void, you must re-apply for it.
You can check with some immigration lawyer or directly contact INS officer. -lile601(lile601); 2004-7-23 {311} (#1814541@0)

Now u r J-1, so if u want to use B-1, u need to reenter into US by B-1, get it? -lazylazy(明天就不懒了！); 2004-7-23 (#1814514@0)

Sure. Thanks. I live in Toronto. It is not a big deal. Just exit and reenter. :) -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-23 (#1814518@0)

建议你在问题没有搞清楚以前不要轻易离开美国。通常在美国国内转身分比在美国国外要容易很多。 -redhill(红山); 2004-7-23 (#1814586@0)

Thank you for all replys. I only can stay one more month after my J1. That is September. I live in Toronto and my return ticket is at the end of Aug. I hope I have not accepted this J1 intern. ...Make things too complicated. I need ask a lawyer to handle this. -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-23 {64} (#1814682@0)

I am confused. Someone told me I can use my B1 reenter US. someone said cannot... -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-23 (#1814721@0)

现在的问题是，从理论上讲，你的B1/B2签证已经失效了。如果你现有的B1/B2身份的I-94还没有失效（可能性不大），并且当你入境美国时美国海关关员没有核对电脑里面有关你的信息，你还是有可能进入美国的。但你要知道这是有一定的风险的。 -redhill(红山); 2004-7-23 (#1814797@0)

yes. redhill. you are right. my previous I-94 for B1-2 is already expired. When I reenter US, my I-94 for J1 will be already expired too. I need a new I-94 for my B1-2. And my B1-2 is multiple entry.If I drive from Canada to US, hope I will be more lucky. I will ask INS first before leaving US. Thanks -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-24 {104} (#1815196@0)

据我所知，J1只是对移民签证和非移民工作类签证（如：H1，L1,TN)有两年回国服务期的限制。B1/B2不在其限制范围之内。 -redhill(红山); 2004-7-24 (#1815224@0)

yes. so hopefully i can reenter US by using B1-2? -graceflower(开心果冻); 2004-7-24 (#1815302@0)

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