Immigration Forum / USA / July 2005

My family are going to the US in November for a 2 week holiday and were
wondering if my girlfriend needed to arrange a Visa. She was convicted
of Assault occasioning Actual Bodily Harm, it was in Jan 2004, she
received a fine and community service. How serious is this and would she

HI, My wife and I had hoped to move over to NC to become permanent
residents to be near family who already have their green cards. Being
over 65, the problems/cost of getting Health Insurance plus the time it
takes to process the immigration paperwork have frightened us off that

i have friends from germany who are coming to vist me in canada in
September. I'm a temporary worker in Canada on a work permit, they are
visitors. We plan to take a bus to the US and stay with friends in Maine
for a week and then drive back to Montreal.

My parents in law from India would like to visit my wife and I and travel
around the US for 6-8 weeks.  Can you please guide me through the process of
acquiring a visitor's visa for them?  My wife and I are both US Citizens.
My father in law is retired since 2003 and my ...

I am currently on F1 status and I recently applied for OPT. I have a
job offer and the company wishes me to join early as possible. But the
current service center processing time is 3.5 months and things aren't
looking good (even though I have applied for expedited processing based

My B1 visa I-94 expires on July 30/2005.  I have filed for I-94
extension for another 6 months on July 25/2005 and its my first
extension.
My queries are :

My mother has a visitor visa to the US. She was visiting us for alomost
8 months (6mo + 2 mo extension) and left on June 30, 2005 to India
which is her home country. I would like her to visit us again in mid
August time frame. I am wondering if there will be any problem at the

Is it true that when u ask to change your name on your N400, your Oath
Ceremony will automatically take place at a Court House? If anyone has
been through it, tell us about your experience... thanks :-)

I had some relatives come the US recently on immigrant visas.  I
noticed that they got a stamp that shows the date of arrival and their
entry status.
But... they didn't get a stamp that says "Processed for I-551".

If the N-400 is filed 90 days before one's 5 years of GC are done,
does CIS even look at it? Do they wait until the 90 days are over, to
process it?

What's the timeline for N-400 in Boston these days? I received notice
that the INS received the paperwork in May, and I had fingerprints done
last week.
What's next? And how long does it take?

My wife and I are being sponsored by our daughter for an immigrant Visa.
The case is now at the consulate in London.  We have not yet received
any paper work from the embassy.  We had hoped to go on a family
vacation in the US on the 21 September (hoping that the visa would be

I'd really appreciate any advice people may have on re-entry permits
to the US.
My daughter has one more year of High School in the US, and has applied
to do a GAP year in NZ with a British organisation. She holds a British

Do answer this question even if it has been asked for a 100th time.
Does a B1 visa valid for 10 years draw suspicion of 'intent' when the
holder applies for F1 visa? Would the consulate reject your F1
application if you worked for a company like GE?

Hello experts,
I would like to get some opinion regarding after GC.
I have been working for company A for 4 years and got GC approval 1 months
ago, but my wife and children still pending to get I-485 appproval from