Immigration Forum / USA / August 2005

two questions, what are the odds of winning the gc lottery? give it to
me straight. (given that they issue more winning results then are
actually accepted etc). Is your odds of winning ever effected by your
countries quota? (ie do the quotas ever come into play?)

I have received my primary application back from Kentucky
Consular Center.
I am required to provide an address I intend to live in in the US
"if known".

Can someone share the content or thoughts presented in this release.
http://www.aila.org/content/default.aspx?docid=17243
Your help is appreciated.
Thanks you.

 I am currently on a H1 and will be getting married in Dec of this
year, the consulate at Mumbai requires a marriage certificate to be
presented before getting an appointment date, this is rather absurd as
this rules out the possibility of getting my fiancee back with me to

I wonder if anyone can shed some light on this for me!
I have a vague plan in mind, and am wondering how feasible it will be;
what'll be the best way to go about it.
I'm a British citizen, and currently part of my income comes from

Was wondering if anyone could help me out with this question:
My American wife is sponsoring me for my Green Card and we are currently
living in Oklahoma. We were instructed to send our application to the
Chicago lockbox facility. However, I am not sure if I entered the

I'm asking this question on behalf of a colleague for whom English is not his first language.
He's Canadian and his visa to the US is set to expire at the end of the month. He has a valid study permit until the end of October, '06,
and we wants to renew (extend) his visa.
Two ...

I am a recent F1 student grad and I got married to my Fiance who is a
US citizen about 1 month ago.  I filled the following documents after I
got married:
I-765 - c(9)

My partner recently got transferred to New York with work on a
permanent basis.
We lived together for four years in the UK when I decided to go
travelling in New Zealand. We kept in contact throughout the year I was

Hello Gurus!
When would be technically OK to transfer my H1 to a company that is
filing my I140/I485/I765.....
also is there a safer side situation to transfer i.e transfer first and

My wife is here on a k3 visa which expires next summer 2006. Do I need
to file the I-131 if she travels out of the country?
The instructions for the I-131 says A I-485 needs to be filed and is
pending with CIS, so it means if somone is here on a k3 visa and does

I am planning to process perm and then rest of GC process.  Recently I
have checked my credit report which i did not for years. I found that
there is public records of 1999.  and some other debt.  Do i need to
worry about my Gc prcoess or what should i do?

I'm new on the board and am hoping to get some help re: advanc
parole.
I have a Multiple Entry AP and have used it once to go across Mexico-U
border. Took me 3 hrs to get thru immigration but they stamped it, giv

I would like to adopt my brother's child. Guess from reading the
previous posts, I've to file form I-130 (It will be done
through an immigration lawyer). What I want to know is the
2 years of custody requirement. What is this and how is it

I am in the US on a student F1 visa received from my university, from
which I just graduated.
A few weeks ago I had to renew my Italian passport, and I have now my
new passport and the old password with a big "CANCELLED" writing on it.