Immigration Forum / USA / December 2003

I am approved for political asylum, however my girlfriend is illegally in this
country. We are planning a vacation to hawaii next year and I would like to
know if it is ok to travel to hawaii if she is illegal?
(she only has a texas drivers license, and state id)

http://www.hereinreality.com/news/axis.html
In what appears to be an attempted corporate takeover of America,
the same names keep coming up time and again.  Click the numbers
on the chart or scroll down to see the connections.

I thought Mexicans just snuck into America to steal jobs:
http://www.oregonlive.com/metronorth/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/metro_north_n
ews/1072876158112080.xml
Man pleads not guilty in shooting case

I am worried about my H1. My company is going to file my H1 soon. I do not
know if i will be able to get H1 because of quota of filling up very fast.
Is there any one knows when quota will be over ? Am i safe if company file
my H1 in one or two weeks ?

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/12/23/133254.shtml
Mexican Troops Fire on U.S. Border Watchers
Jon E. Dougherty, NewsMax.com
Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003

I got Canada landing paper and want to drive to Toronto from US 2
weeks later. After spend 1 week there I want to come back US to work
for maybe 1 or 2 years before I move to Canada for good.
I am worrying about whether I will have any problem reentering US.

Currently I'm working as a trainee on a J-1 visa and will graduate
soon. I'll receive a bachelor in Computing & Information. My company
is working on a full-time position for me as we speak. This won't be
maybe directly related to Computing & Information, but requires at

Quick question,
As a Brit in the US on an H1-B visa - should we pay FICA in our salary
(which I do) or can we avoid this?
Any pointers gratefully received,

Can anyone give me any personal experiences with inviting a brother
from Pakistan who is 13 year old to visit them in US while the
sponsoring person is in H1B status?
Or in general if my brother can't get the visit visa, will that affect

I am a US citizen by birth.  My wife is a foreign national who
immigrated to the US when we were married and has since become a US
citizen.  We have discussed applying for her mother and step-father to
immigrate to the US to live and work near us.  Our goal is to have

my children are visiting alone in Germany, flight back scheduled for
Jan. 4
At their appointment at the consulate to get the stamp (which was
previously granted at the airport) they did not get the stamp for

That's the story. My wife overstayed her G.C. for more than 12 months.
I am wondering how to take her back to US safetly with no US port of
entry immigration hassle. Iam thinking about travel through Canada to
US.

I mailed my N-400 application Dec 10th to Nebrasca . Yesterday I just got
the letter from  BCIS with case number dated on Dec 12th. There is the note
that I will be informed about fingerprints appointment within...540 days.
What does it mean? 540 days?! Something new?

I will be filing for AOS in cleveland soon. Does anyone know if i can
file in Person and get EAD the same day. I know it is possible in some
states and It was posible in cleveland but is that still continued in
cleveland.