Immigration Forum / USA / March 2005

Here is my situation:
My OPT expires on June 12th 2005. My department has applied for my H1B
and it has been approved. The H1B starts on June 12th 2005. I will be
leaving the US to go home to attend my brother's wedding, and will be

First post, so here I go. I've tried searching for this information,
which I'm sure must be in here, but I can't find it.
After submitting my paperwork in 1997, I finally got the Green card last
week!!(Is this a record?) I wish to move from the UK to the US but have

Has anyone experienced entering the country with Advanced Parole
document thru San Francisco or Houston airport?  Was the immigration
clearance relatively straight-forward ?  Thanks.

P-1 - Athlete - Any special requirements and restrictions ?
O-1 Special ability in art - Same question as above.
Thanks,
zoti

My Mom recently became a US citizen after having won the DV lottery in
97. My wife and I have been here since 96, on F1 student visas. I have
switched to an H1B in 2002, my wife is still on her F1, and getting
ready to graduate.

       I have an Indian passport which is supposed to expire in
       October. Would it be "ok" if I start my H-1 work permit
       processing now in April ? The reason I am asking is : would the
       authorities look at my passport , see that it will expire in

I am British & planning to travel to the USA in the summer however, I
was planning on going to Syria for a visit before going to the USA.
However now people are telling me that if i have a Syrian entry/exit
stamp on my passport i will be refused entry to the States.

Help!!!
Im 38 and met the man of my dreams on the Internet..  Im from the States
hes from the UK...... Hes been to the states and we know we want to
spend each night going to sleep in each others arms and wake up to bad

My spouse, who is the USC sponsor forgot to list one of the names that
she used in the documents, when we bought our house. This was in the
form G-325A.
Is this going to cause an issue in the AOS interview, which we have in

My son is 15  year & 6 month old
his Interview call is due  for citizenship (N-600) .
----  I just want to know what they ask to childrens?.
----  Fingerprinting is to be done or not?

I understand that the FY2005 allocation (65,000) was used on the first
day.  This means that there were no further opportunities to get a
visa until 1st Oct 2005.  I doubt the company I'm talking to will wait
until Oct.

   I am a Canadian citizen with a sister who has been a landed immigrant in
the US for 12 years. I am ready to pay for her to get her Citizenship so she
can sponsor me but I am interested in knowing how long the process might
take? I was looking on the Visa bulletin and from ...

So what do other people think? Should the US government pass some sort
of legislation that covers same-sex couples as far as immigration is
concerned? Most European countries and almost at the English speaking
already have legislation that covers this for many years now. I heard

Wife and I split this year... during the tax year. she's now back in
the UK, I have no ITIN number for her. Can I still file as married and
if so.. HOW?
thanks

Getting married April 2nd (Saturday) in England (I'm on H1), and my wife-to-
be has her H4 appointment at the US Consulate in London on the 4th
(Monday). I just had a last minute doubt.. will the marriage
certificate be ready on time? Do they issue it on the day of the