HKbacktoUSA2015-08-08 19:03:21
刚刚收到 I-129 的Approval Notice. 第一次见到 I-797B, 以前在美国从 F-1 转 H-1B (没离开美国)都是 I-797A. 有些问题:
I am currently in Canada with Canadian permanent residence.

1. Is I-797B the right Approval Notice for a foreign worker outside the US and requiring a visa to enter the US? Not I-797A?

2. it says

Notice Type: Approval Notice
Class: H1B
Valid from 08/01/2015 to 7/31/2018
Consulate:
POE: Toronto, Canada

The above petition has been approved. Since the petition indicates that the foreign workers will not require a visa to enter the U.S., we notified the listed port of entry or pre-flight inspection office. You may also send the tear-off bottom part of this notice to the worker(s) to show the approval. However, THIS FORM IS NOT A VISA AND MAY NOT BE USED IN PLACE OF A VISA for persons requiring a visa.
 

The tear-off bottom part is like=>
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The alien may use this portion when applying for a visa at an American consulate abroad, or if no visa is required, when applying for admission to the U.S. 

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  Name          DOB          COB           Class                        Consulate/POE          OCC
  ???              ???            CHINA,       H1B                         TOR                            ???

Questions:
2-1. Do I need to go to the US consulate in Toronto to apply for H1B visa, or I can go to Toronto international airport and show this notice to the border and protection office of the US to get the admission to US?

2-2. I am not sure about the meaning of the second sentence of the body paragraph (in blue). Currently I have B1/B2 valid for 10 years from March 2015, but it is not H1B at all. I have not had H1B in the past 8 years.

2-3: Why in the upper portion, the Consulate is BLANK, and the POE is Toronto, Canada? Does it imply I will go to POE Toronto direclty without having to go to the US consulate in Toronto to get an H1B visa first?

2-4. I don't understand why it says in the blue part that  the petition indicates that the foreign workers will not require a visa to enter the U.S. I have not told my HR that.

非常感谢所有的解答。谢谢!
  
8632112015-08-08 20:02:01
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HKbacktoUSA2015-08-08 20:59:24
谢谢8老师。答疑解惑,助人为乐。赞!
8632112015-08-08 21:47:18
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HKbacktoUSA2015-08-08 22:56:02
再谢!