The Visa and Immigration Consultant Department in an international American company holds substantial responsibility for managing and facilitating the visa and immigration processes for the employees. Given the intricacies involved in international relocations, employee travel, and global assignments, this department is pivotal in ensuring compliance with various immigration laws and facilitating smooth international operations. Below are some of the fundamental responsibilities:
1. Visa Processing and Management
- Application and Renewal: Manage the application, renewal, and cancellation of visas and other immigration documents for employees.
- Documentation: Ensure that all documentation, including passports and visas, are up to date and secured properly.
- Communication: Keep the employees informed about the status of their visa applications and manage communications with relevant government bodies.
2. Compliance
- Adherence to Laws: Ensure that the company and its employees adhere to the immigration laws of the respective countries they operate in.
- Audits: Conduct regular audits to ensure that all immigration and visa-related documents are in order.
- Policy Development: Develop and update immigration policies and procedures in compliance with current laws and regulations.
3. Employee Relocation
- Relocation Assistance: Assist employees in their relocation process, including helping them understand and navigate visa and work permit requirements.
- Settlement Services: Provide or coordinate support services for settling in a new country, which can include finding housing, schools, and general acclimatization.
4. Advisory Role
- Consultation: Provide advice to the management and employees on visa and immigration-related matters.
- Risk Management: Assess and communicate any risks related to visa and immigration to the relevant stakeholders.
- Training: Provide training and updates to HR and other related departments on the latest immigration rules and policies.
5. Coordination with External Bodies
- Legal Coordination: Liaise with external legal counsels to address complex immigration issues.
- Government Interaction: Interact with government agencies and embassies to facilitate visa processing and address concerns.
6. Global Mobility Management
- International Assignments: Manage and support international assignments, ensuring that employees have the proper work permits and visas.
- Cost Management: Manage the costs associated with visa applications, renewals, and international relocations.
7. Emergency Management
- Crisis Management: Develop and manage emergency response plans for situations like political unrest or a health crisis that could affect international employees.
- Support: Offer support to employees who may be stuck overseas due to sudden changes in immigration policies or global crises.
8. Technology and Data Management
- Data Management: Maintain and manage a secure database of all visa and immigration-related documentation.
- Technology Utilization: Leverage technology to streamline and monitor visa and immigration processes efficiently.
9. Representation
- Represent the Company: In case of any issues, represent the company in front of immigration authorities, ensuring alignment with policies and procedures.
10. Inclusion and Diversity
- Diversity Management: Ensure that the company’s immigration and global mobility practices adhere to its inclusion and diversity policies.
The Visa and Immigration Consultant Department plays a vital role in ensuring that the company’s global mobility endeavors are executed smoothly, adhering to all legal and compliance frameworks. This department acts as a bridge connecting the company, employees, and immigration authorities, facilitating effective global operations.
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Accompanying Individuals
The following individuals may accompany a visa applicant to their interview Special Needs Visitors: Applicants may bring ONE person to help if they are elderly, disabled, or a minor child.
Interpreters/Translators: Interviews are conducted in English, Turkish and Farsi. If you require your interview in another language, you must bring a translator who is certified by a Turkish Notary Public on the day of your interview.
The translator must speak English and your native language. Please note that as of March 13, 2023, only English-speaking interpreters/translators will be accepted. Please provide your interpreter's full name, date of birth, copy of his/her ID card/passport bio page and copy of his/her translator certification by sending an email to us 48 hours before your interview. Please make sure that your interpreter brings his/her original documents. Petitioners or family members (unless they are also applying for visa with you as a derivative applicant), cannot act as a translator.
Attorneys and petitioners are not allowed to accompany clients into the waiting room or to their interview without prior approval from the consular section.
United States Visa Interview Questions and Answers
United States Visa Interview Questions and Answers Visitors who want to enter the United States for studies, tourism, business, medical treatment, and other reasons are required to apply for the United States Visa. The application process involves completion of the application form, submission of documents, payment of visa fee, and appearing for visa interview, if required. While not all categories of United States Visa application requires the applicants to appear for the visa interview, there are certain types of visa which require a visa interview. Based on the applicant’s nationality, the purpose of travel, type of the visa, duration of stay, validity of the visa, entry scheme, and other factors, an applicant may or may not be required to appear for the visa interview. The United States Embassy/Consulate requires the applicants to appear for the visa interview in order to assess the applicant’s eligibility for the particular type of visa. During the visa interview, the consular officer will ask certain questions specific to the visa category and also verify the details/documents provided by the applicant. While answering the questions asked by the consular officer, the applicant needs to answer directly with confidence and also reassure his/her ties to the native country. The applicant needs to stress his/her intentions of coming back to the native country after the completion of the trip.
PART 2:
Accompanying Individuals
The following individuals may accompany a visa applicant to their interview Special Needs Visitors: Applicants may bring ONE person to help if they are elderly, disabled, or a minor child.
Interpreters/Translators: Interviews are conducted in English, Turkish and Farsi. If you require your interview in another language, you must bring a translator who is certified by a Turkish Notary Public on the day of your interview.
The translator must speak English and your native language. Please note that as of March 13, 2023, only English-speaking interpreters/translators will be accepted. Please provide your interpreter's full name, date of birth, copy of his/her ID card/passport bio page and copy of his/her translator certification by sending an email to us 48 hours before your interview. Please make sure that your interpreter brings his/her original documents. Petitioners or family members (unless they are also applying for visa with you as a derivative applicant), cannot act as a translator.
Attorneys and petitioners are not allowed to accompany clients into the waiting room or to their interview without prior approval from the consular section.
United States Visa Interview Questions and Answers
United States Visa Interview Questions and Answers Visitors who want to enter the United States for studies, tourism, business, medical treatment, and other reasons are required to apply for the United States Visa. The application process involves completion of the application form, submission of documents, payment of visa fee, and appearing for visa interview, if required. While not all categories of United States Visa application requires the applicants to appear for the visa interview, there are certain types of visa which require a visa interview. Based on the applicant’s nationality, the purpose of travel, type of the visa, duration of stay, validity of the visa, entry scheme, and other factors, an applicant may or may not be required to appear for the visa interview. The United States Embassy/Consulate requires the applicants to appear for the visa interview in order to assess the applicant’s
eligibility for the particular type of visa. During the visa interview, the consular officer will ask certain questions specific to the visa category and also verify the details/documents provided by the applicant. While answering the questions asked by the consular officer, the applicant needs to answer directly with confidence and also reassure his/her ties to the native country. The applicant needs to stress his/her intentions of coming back to the native country after the completion of the trip.
Visa Is Approved
If your visa is approved, we will keep your passport at the embassy while we prepare your immigration packet and print a visa for your passport.
NVC Packages
Please note if your case is electronic/paperless:
Previously all first-time immigrant travelers to the United States were required to hand-carry an Immigrant Visa (IV) packet and present it at the U.S. Port of Entry to the Customs
and Border Protection authorities. In 2017, the Department of State began to use an online application center to collect, review, and process the required documents previously contained in the IV packet. IV packets are now transmitted electronically to Customs and Border Protection and are accessible at the U.S. Port of Entry. Any immigrant traveler carrying a visa with a special annotation (IV Docs in CCD) is not required to hand-carry an IV packet. We will return your passport to you later via Turkish Postal Office (PTT) courier services only to your registered PTT branch if you have to travel within Turkey while your passport is with us, please make sure you have a valid picture ID other than your passport.
A consular officer can make a decision on a visa application only after reviewing the formal application and interviewing the applicant. There is no guarantee that you will receive a visa. Do not sell your house, car or property, resign from your job or make non-refundable flight or other travel arrangements until you have received your immigrant visa
If more information is needed
Sometimes a consular officer is unable to make a decision on a visa application because he/she needs to review additional documents, or the case requires further administrative processing. When additional documents are requested, the consular officer will give you a refusal letter that asks you to submit additional documents. The letter will include
instructions on how to send those documents to the embassy.
Application Was Denied
If your application was denied because documentation or information is missing, you can provide the missing documents or information as soon as possible. After submitting the documentation, your visa application can then be processed to conclusion to determine whether you qualify for a visa. You have one year from the date you were refused a visa to submit the additional information. Otherwise, if you do not provide the required additional information within one year, you must reapply for the visa and pay another application fee.
Application Requires Further Administrative Processing
If your application requires further administrative processing, this takes additional time after your interview. Processing times can vary based on individual circumstances After Your Visa Interview Sending documents to the U.S. Embassy in Ankara after the interview
Please send all of the missing documents along with your passports at once as soon as possible.
Documents may be submitted to the U.S Embassy via any courier service and must also be uploaded/scanned to your file in the Department of State’s Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC)
If you are registered with Turkish Postal Office (PTT),
You may send documents via PTT.
If you need to upload any missing document,
Please do not request document review via e-mail unless you submitted all of the required documents and passport.
If your case requires further administrative processing,
Please send all of the missing documents along with your valid passport after receiving processing completed confirmation via email from the Embassy.
Once you provide the documents, a consular officer will review your case to ensure each applicant meets eligibility and admissibility criteria. You will receive a decision as soon as the reviewing is completed.
If you already submitted additional documents for your case as requested by the Embassy,
Please note that it takes an average of 5-10 business days for a consular officer to reassess your case. Due to the volume of mail received, you will not be notified of receipt of your documents unless we require additional information. Please refrain from sending multiple emails with the same inquiry. Once the additional information is evaluated, we will notify you of required further steps.
Administrative Process
We will place your immigrant visa on a page in your passport. Please review your visa to make sure there are no spelling errors. If applicable, we will also give you a sealed envelope containing documents that you must give to U.S. immigration authorities when you arrive in the United States for the first time. Do not open this envelope. You must carry it with you; do not put it in your checked luggage. If you receive X-rays during your medical
examination, carry those with you and give them to the U.S. immigration authorities.
Please note if your case is electronic/paperless:
The Department of State began to use an online application center to collect, review, and process the required documents previously contained in the IV packet. IV packets are now transmitted electronically to Customs and Border Protection and are accessible at the U.S. Port of Entry. Any immigrant traveler carrying a visa with a special annotation (IV Docs in CCD) is not required to hand-carry an IV packet
When You Should Travel –
You must enter the United States before the expiration date on your visa, which is usually six months from the date of your medical exam. Your visa cannot be extended and all fees are nonrefundable. The principal applicant must enter before or at the same time as other family members with visas. Children who turn 21 years after visa issuance must enter the
United States before they turn 21 years old; otherwise they will lose their immigrant status.
Getting a Green Card –
Your Form I-551 Permanent Resident Card, also known as a green card, will be automatically mailed to the address in the United States that you write in your visa application form. This is a very important document that proves you have permission to reside in the United States. Do not travel outside of the United States until you receive your Permanent Resident Card.? Once your card is issued, you should not stay outside of the United States for more than one year. If you do, you will lose your status as a Lawful Permanent Resident.
Children’s Issues –
Children are required to have certain vaccinations before they can enroll in school in the United States. Therefore, we recommend that you bring your child’s complete vaccination
records with you to the United States. Additionally, if your child is adopted, you have full custody as a result of a divorce, or you share custody with the child’s other parent, we recommend that you bring a copy of all applicable adoption or custodial papers from the authoritative court in your home country. You will likely need these papers (translated into English) in the United States for issues such as school enrollment, medical care, and eventual citizenship.
If my application form is rejected in STL, will it have an impact on my records to apply again in another American company or the American Immigration Office?
♻ Answer: No, but in some cases when the issue of national security or the interests of the US government causes your request to be rejected, the company will be obliged to report officially to one of the following institutions:
• U.S. F.B.I.
• U.S. Central PD.
• Homeland Security.
• DOL.
• USCIS.
• U.S. OFAC Reporting System: https://ofac.treasury.gov/ofac-reporting-system
• T.C. KOÇ & Others.
After entering America, will STL be able to return me or stop my case process?
♻ Answer: o Yes, of course! The employer or sending company will be able to easily submit a request to cancel the process.
In order to make sure that my case has been accepted by the company at USCIS, what should I do or where should I go?
♻Answer: Please refer to the following link: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do
What is your guarantee for signing a contract or guaranteeing good work?
♻ Answer: A) the company does not need income through job offers or investment in the housing sector by the applicant directly. B) The company will not receive any amount at the beginning. The company demands mentioned in the contract by progressing and achieving results at different stages after completing each stage. If during the duration of the contract the reason for the rejection of my case is work delay and non-compliance with STL company's obligations,
What are the rules and regulations of the company in this regard?
♻Answer: Ø All the amount paid will be returned to the applicant (customer) without any further deductions after deducting the amount of tax paid up to that moment. Ø The
refund process will take between 10 and 30 working days.
Can I pay my installments in person and manually?
♻Answer: • No, only through the banking system and to one of the bank accounts of STL Global
What will happen if I deposit the amount of the application form to the company's bank account in Turkey and the contract amount to the company's account in America?
♻ Example: • If you deposit the amount of the initial application to the company's account in Turkey, you must deposit all the amounts to the same account and you will not be able to change the bank account in another country, because the origin.
To which account should I deposit the installment payments?
♻ Answer: • to one of the bank accounts of STL Global company.
What are the conditions for STL company experts to accept my application form?
♻ Answer: • Financially
• Background
• No lying
• Clarity of writings.
• Full signature of all pages.
• The correctness of the documents.
• Having at least one reagent.
• Proof of at least half of the contract amount in cash in the bank account.
• Not having a history of contagious or infectious diseases.
• Not having a criminal record.
• Not being a member of terrorist groups and groups, or wanted or sanctioned by the United States in the past, present and future.
If I provide more than 2/3 (two thirds) of the total contract amount in my bank account and prove it in my application form, will it be acceptable for STL company to accept my form financially?
♻Answer: • Yes, if you mention less than 2/3 (two thirds), your application form will be
rejected.
Do I have to travel to the nearest country outside of Iran or countries other than those under US diplomatic and financial sanctions to grant a power of attorney?
♻ Answer: o Yes, but in some circumstances that will depend on the type of contract, the cost in the country of origin is the responsibility of the company.
Will I be able to pay the cost or the amount of my contract from the countries under US sanctions?
♻Answer: • No, under no circumstances will you be able to enter into a contract in or from countries under
US sanctions.
Is it possible to pay all the costs of your services after entering the destination country?
♻ Answer: o No, the services that will be provided to you are part of the official and government payments, of which the lawyers' fees are also considered a part. o The lawyers will not take any risk in any process or anyone and only the business risk will belong to the company.
Is it possible to arrange the contract in one of the notary offices in Turkey?
♻ Answer: • Yes, Turkey is considered one of the most reliable green countries from the point of view of the company.
After concluding the contract and when we come to Turkey for power of attorney or medical test to issue a visa, will STL provide us with transportation & hotel services during the time we are in Turkey to do business?
♻Answer: • Yes, if a special or VIP contract has been signed with you.
What is the VIP process and what services will it include?
♻Answer: • The VIP process is the best option that will bring you to the positive end of the process with ease. And most of the side costs are the responsibility of the company. And this process will be done faster.
Refer to the contracts form. Why is your service expensive?
♻Answer: Our services, including all government and official expenses, are carried out by our lawyers in our branches, and when starting a case, more than 15 people and more than 6 departments and hours of various trainings are carried out by experts.
In other similar offices in Istanbul or other countries, their services are much cheaper, why?
♻ Answer: With the services that STL Company provides to the applicant and the existing legal fees, taxes that are paid for each case and side costs, it is not possible that you can walk this very difficult path with others.
Can I have a conversation as a reference or sample with one of the applicants or customers who have had this service with you and have obtained results to gain confidence in the company?
♻ Answer: • No! Under US law, you will not be able to communicate with customers who have paid and have the right to privacy, and this right is reserved for customers. In the United States, this is a crime, and if the customer sues the company, the court will rule in favor of him, because the customer can claim that at that moment the demand was pressured by the company.
For example:
If we pay a person and put him in front of the camera and ask him to speak well about our company and praise our company and call the false cases unreal in front of the camera, how will you be able to tell? That this customer is real or this speaker is real or fake. Let's give another example, I ask my friend to sit down and face the camera to raise the issues that I want, or to give his phone to the contacts, will you be satisfied in this case?
♻ Another Example:
We will place you as our friend in front of the camera and we will check your face and the passport in your hands will check all the proof details and show you that this passport and ID card or this process will be done by us. We have done, this pointless and ridiculous thing will not be acceptable in any way, we are able to confirm when we provide you with your USCIS or DOL Approval Notice number easily, which you can do with a very short search on the website. US government: https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do Have access to those specifications and make sure to do the work, our method is completely different from other companies, and we do not have any other branch without the STL name anywhere in the world.
What are the prices of your services?
♻ Answer: It is available in the previous form
What will happen if I am rejected, will it affect my next and direct requests from the US Immigration Department?
♻Answer: No, case is different from case.
♻Example: If you applied for a work or business visa, and this caused your application to be rejected, this does not mean that you cannot travel to the United States again with another application related to a new issue, for example, a family visit visa or a sick visa. Do not do.
If I am rejected will the amount I paid be returned?
♻ Answer:
A. It will depend on the result and reasons for your rejection.
B. In cases where the company is guilty, all the amounts paid by you will be returned to you, after deducting the tax.
C. If the company is not at fault and your performance or during the interview with the case officer or the documents you have presented or your past causes problems, according to the law, we can request a minute order from the immigration department, i.e. a list of your conversations with the relevant officer. Request the case, and request the reasons for the rejection of the case from USCIS, and this is a document that can be proven that the customer or the applicant is at fault or the company is at fault.
If I am currently in America as a student or any other category, will the company help me change the immigration category?
Answer: Yes
I don't know the language, is it possible that I will be rejected and what are the cases that do not need to know the academic English language?
Answer: It is required to have an English language certificate for most visas, including academic and professional work visas, but it is not necessary to have an English language certificate to receive an EB3 work visa.
What will be the next Step after reaching the US soil?
♻ Answer: Training on better living conditions in America, providing a housing unit for three months, helping to obtain a driver's license, applying for a social security card and a credit bank card, helping the applicant and his family to do green card matters. And... (If using the company's VIP services, the costs are borne by the company)
After arriving in the country of origin, will the worker have the right to use free or low-cost government benefits while working in an American company?
Answer: No.
Will he be able to live in the residential house provided by STL Company during the period of 3 months?
♻ Answer: Yes
How many types of insurance do you cover from the beginning to the end of the contract?
♻ Answer: International medical insurance
Will the plane ticket to the United States of America be of what level?
♻ Answer: Business if your contract is VIP
Will he be able to live in the residential house provided by STL Company during the period of 3 months?
♻ Answer: Yes
Can I benefit from the advice or guidance of STL company specialists during the
3 months after entering the United States?
♻ Answer: Yes
Does the STL Company use entry into the United States of America? Answer: Yes
How many specialists work for me in the case?
Answer: 4 people directly
What factors will cause my application to be rejected at STL?
Answer: Membership in international terrorist organizations (in the past or in the present), lack of sufficient funds,
Absence or validity of passport, lack of obligation to comply with international or American laws, lack of compliance with commercial laws in the field of US sanctions.
If I am currently in America as a student or any other category, will the company help me change the immigration category?
Answer: Yes
I don't know the language, is it possible that I will be rejected and what are the cases that do not need to know the academic English language?
Answer: It is required to have an English language certificate for most visas, including academic and professional work visas, but it is not necessary to have an English language certificate to receive an EB3 work visa.
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