Immigration Forum / USA / January 2005

Good Evening all.
Does anyone know if old passport information is available to other
countries when you legally change your name and apply for brand new
passport.

My friend has a valid H1B stamp from a company A, but he is currently
working for company B. He is now travelling to India, and he was
concerned if he requires re-stamping for the company B? Or can he enter
US with the valid stamp from company A and approval notice (I-797) of

Did anyone noticed the big jump in the Atlanta DOL's Processing dates.
Last month Dec 2004, it was having May, 2003 for both Regular Permanent
and RIR. I just checked today and it has been updated since Jan 13th.
Now it says that Atlanta is processing Jun. 2004 files. 2004 ??? Thats

Say someone was on H1b (2 years) and then got married to USC and changed
their status with the employer and continued to work for the same co. on
the EAD provided through the marriage. Thus, giving up thier H1b status.
Now say the AOS took long time like admin processing after ...

My wife is on K3 and while we are waiting for AOS we applied for EAD on
Nov. 5 2004, but to this date didn't receive a notice of action.
Can we apply for interim EAD without the notice of action?
All we have to prove we applied is a copy of the money order we used to

I was just issued an I visa, but have some questions left (which I
should have asked at the consulate but honestly I forgot):
1. If I enter on my I visa, do I need to have some other documentation
other than my stamp in the passport (like letter from employer, proof

In year 2003 I went to the US, with a J1 visa sponsored by CIEE. A
month before its expiry I applied for a B2 extension, however I never
received a reply from the INS and so I left the US 5 months after my J1
visa had expired, with my B2 visa application still pending. My

We are currently preparing paperwork to apply for a green card via the
employer sponsored route.  Should we hold off submitting our application
until the 28th March when the new PERM regultaions take effect?

I have just arrived in US a couple of days ago on K3 Visa.
Now i want to Social Security Number. so, what is the process for that
and how long i have to wait for social security number.
and as i m on K3 visa is there any ohter forms i have to fill up.

I filed for family based immigration case july '04 thru my wife who is
a US Citizen. mine is a simple "one-step" case. we've been married for
two years. Now we have ou interview on Feb 2. I was wondering what to
expect during the interview. What kind of questions do the USCIS ask? I

I had a US citizenship interview about five months ago.  Everything
went fine.  I was given N-14 form with a checkbox saying no action is
required on your part, and underneath, another checkbox marked saying
upon receipt of your immigration file so and so your file can be

Just waiting for approval for I-140 and was wondering if anyone had a
rough idea on how long it would take to have our interview in London.
Trying to figure out when to put our house up for sale etc.
Sorry if this has been asked before but done a quick search and couldn't

My brother has a citizenship interview date in New Jersey, but he will
be unable to attend the interview on  that date. If he asks INS to
reschedule, then the new date is possibly going to be after how many
months ?   (or years? !)

Ok if I get the chance of an interveiw, job experience based. What do I
provide for this as I do have certs. in health and safety and this is a
job which does require a lot of training for, I'm in the final stage
now and seeing that this will span over the two years.Is this

I have a potentially difficult question, since it requires information
from several areas, but hopefully someone might be able to answer.
I have practiced photography for several years, and have accumulated a
substantial number of images. At this point, I'm thinking about