If an H-1B worker hasn't been in the habit of carrying their documents, he or she "better do it now," he said. The practical advice for work visa holders as a result of this decision is to carry documentation, said Marko Maglich, an immigration attorney at White & Case in New York. This is a recommendation that they've been making all along, but with this ruling "it's particularly crucial," he said.įoreign workers should always carry their visa and passport, their I-797 approval form, as well as their I-94 arrival-departure record, said Wildes. Michael Wildes, managing partner at Wildes & Weinberg in New York, says the immigration law firm firm is advising clients, "especially those in the Arizona corridor of the nation," to carry proper documentation of their legal status. It can take months to replace lost documents, immigration attorneys noted. It's believed that most H-1B workers do not routinely carry visa paperwork at all times due to fears it could be lost. Nonetheless, H-1B workers could become entangled in this law and suffer delays and even detention while local police, especially those officers and departments unfamiliar with immigration documentation, try to determine a person's status, say attorneys. How complicated this gets may depend on the training of the police officer, his or her knowledge of work visas, and whether an H-1B worker in the state has an Arizona's driver's license.Īn Arizona state driver's license provides the presumption of legal residency. However, a traffic stop, for instance, can be the trigger for an inquiry. In those cases, a notice will always appear on the bulletin board in the main hallway ahead of time.īe safe! Don’t fork over papers, money or anything else to anyone outside of an official government building, ever.Arizona's police can't simply stop a person and ask for immigration papers simply because of their race, color or national origin. Occasionally something will occur in the bloc that requires someone visiting your residence, such as the guys who read the electricity or water meters. Otherwise never let anyone in your house that you haven’t expressly invited (such as the cable guys, etc). If there’s a major situation, the police will throw handcuffs on you and drag you down to the police station. ![]() Furthermore, you never need to let someone in your house either. You are never, ever, required or obligated to let someone do anything to your house or your apartment or your property. A lot of times they act like it’s “mandatory” that they do this but in every case it’s a situation where you must pay them if you accept their offer. Always.Īs for people living here, there are a variety of other scams and semi-scams, including guys who offer to spray your house for bugs, decontaminate things (such as your trash cans) and other “services”. Parking tickets, fines, legitimate papers, legitimate taxes, legitimate licenses, registrations and everything else are always paid for inside a government building. Don’t sign anything, don’t show them your passport or other ID, don’t do anything. No matter what, never, ever give anyone anything, especially money, outside of a government building. I know foreigners, including people with darker-hued skins. I know people who have multiple legal issues. I know people who operate businesses here. There is absolutely no legitimate reason to pay any Romanian official who is not working inside a government building, period. ![]() There are no fees for entering or exiting Romania. If anyone in a uniform, police or railroad official or bus inspector or anyone else wants money from you, do not give it to them, ever. Walk into the big building with the words Politia outside and deal with whatever it is there. ![]() If something truly and honestly is going on and it somehow involves you, go to the station. If they insist on something, go with them to the police station. If you ever have some kind of “confrontation” with police, legitimate officers or “fakes”, do not show them any ID, do not give them anything, don’t sign anything, don’t take anything from them (tickets, fines, whatever), do not do jack squat with them. One more time, for anybody living in or visiting Romania, from both my book and my blog: He then comes into the house and issues a (bogus) license in exchange for a fee which proves to be strangely negotiable. Well today on Facebook I saw this post from an American friend of mine who lives and works in Cluj:Ĭluj crime alert: some guy in a (stolen?) uniform is knocking on doors, showing (fake?) ID and claiming to be a chimney inspector.
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