Immigration Forum / USA / December 2005

Hello. Has anyone used or knows Immigration attorney Valerie May of
Pittsburgh? Is she any good? with NIWs? Expensive? Responsive?

I am working on H1b in US, with I-485 pending. My brother who is in
India, has got I20 from a very reputed college in New York for Master
of Science degree. Can he show my sponsorship letter in the F1 visa
interview? I will send a letter saying that I will encourage him to go

At the time of Visa interview, officer gave me form 221(g) and asked to
me get a document from my employer about - “PLEASE PROVIDE THE LIST OF
ALL STARTING DATES FOR EMPLOYEE WHOS H1B’S WERE SUBMITTED”.
Rest all documents were perfect.

I have done alot of research in visas and such, and I truly need direct
answers now.  I went to Charlotte, N.C. last month, and the jobs are
plentiful, and since I left, friends down there applied to jobs available
forme, and so many potential employers called.  Under NAFTA/TN I ...

Hi, not sure if this is the best forum, but hopefully someone will know.
I'm a UKC (on green card) with USC spouse, and 3 kids. We're all in the
UK at the moment, and I need to go back to the UK with my daughter for a
couple of weeks before returning to the UK.

I am going through a process for getting my widowed mother immigrated to the
US.  She is currently in the US on a visitor visa and I had filed her I-130
application soon after she came to the US on this trip.  After receiving
approval of her case, I filed for her AOS (I-485) along ...

If one has applied for green card while on H1-B, and labor
certification is pending for a year or more, one can apply for 1-year
extensions on H1. I am on such a 7th year H1, labor still pending. I
wanted to know how easy or hard it is to change jobs at this time. I

I have applied for Labor Certification in 2001 and later changed it to
RIR. My employer posted the required ads and all, and the case was
transferred to the Philadelphia Processing Center about a year ago.
So far, I haven't heard a thing, and my lawyer says that they don't

Had a quick question about h1 transfer . Not sure abt how many pay
stubs are required for h1 transfer , can anyone provide info on the
same. have been hearing different stories on the numbr of paystubs
required.

I came into the US on a H1. Was issued a I-94 on entry. Then when I did
a visa transfer, the lawyer preparing the I-129 wrote in a completely
wrong I-94 number (not one or two digit typo, the I-94 entered is
somebody else's!). This goof up was over 2 years ago. My I-94 issued on

When submitting the N-400 application should I submit the application fee
and biometrics fee as one combined payment or two separate payments (i.e two
separate checks)
Thanks in advance for your responses.

I am looking for an HB1 visa in IT field.
If I get a sponsor and HB1, how much time is needed to get the hb1 visa
status?
thank you

Hello --
I need your opinion on getting the GC:
(this might be a long question, so I'd appreciate the time you'd spend
reading this)

I have two friends that want to move to the US from Estonia to work for a
year and check it out.  Can someone please tell me the best way to advise
them to go about this?   I can get them work here in the states once they
get here if that will help.

I sent my wife's and my N400 application to Vermont on Dec. 12.  Both
applications were in the same envelope and each had a check for the fees
attached.
The check for my application has been cancelled on Dec. 22.  Nothing so far