Immigration Forum / USA / September 2006

Hope someone here can help me with this question.
A couple years ago I brought my fiancee here from the Philippines on a
k-1 VISA. We married and she received a conditional 2 year green card.
It expired a couple months back, but we filed a few days short of the

According to the USCIS website, a person can file their I-485
concurrently with their I-140 only if there are Visa's available for
their particular country of origin.
Currently my application is employment based, third preference from the

I need advice on the following issue. I am holding an Indian Passport
My name is  AAA BBB CCC
In the H1 petition the name came like CCC, BBB AAA
but the name in my passport is like Surname: BBB CCC

i filed i-751 jointly in feb2004, i got divorced in june 2004 and the
application has been pending until last week. they denied the
application and the immigration officer told me to refile, is the
refiling useful or the case is hopless, if the refile goes through can

Hi.  My greencard expires soon and and so I understand that I will be
given a biometrics appointment upon filing an I-90.  My permanent
address is in Ohio but can I arrange to have my biometrics done in
another state out west?  I'm out west job searching and don't have the

I am an Indian(holding Indian Passport)presently located in Frankfurt.I
applied and I was issued a J1 visa by US councellate on 31st August
2006.Now due to some personal reasons my plans have changed and I dont
want to go to US on this J1 visa.

I need to go to Canada for a couple of days.  I am towards the end of
my Ph.D. program, expiry date on I-20 is Oct 15'th and I plan to travel
Sept 28'th-29'th.    I will have my OPT card and job offer letter in
hand and would not have defended my thesis (October 5'th is the defense

I'm a Jew currently residing in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Between
Septmeber 20th, 2005 and July 18, 2006 I was employed at the Hilton
Hotel as a houseman, under Italian ownership. Although I didn't hear
any direct anti-Semitic slants I was shunned by most of my co-workers,

I changed my company while i am on h1 visa, and mywife is on h4 visa.
So i changed to new comp[any in august and the old company cancelled my
h1.
Now, i applied for h1 & h4 through new company.

I need someone's help...
I have been in the US for over 5 years, and i was most recently working under OPT for the last year. My opt expired in July of this year.. I have been dating my finance for over a year and we are planning to get married later on this year. what should i ...

Can anyone answer this question for me regards overstays.
My son overstayed in the USA to be with his American Girlfriend(now
split up).
He stayed 1 year in total. This was back in 2002. Last year whilst

I just got my LCA approved and I will be filing for the I-140 soon.
(yeepee!)
I searched the news groups but most of the information is outdated.
My qustion is once my I-140 is approved -- what is the current

September 2006.
I have been on Employment Authorization Card, from my Green Card
process, since October 2005 and  I have an extended one too valid until
October 2007.

I've many queries as:
1. How to transfer H4 visa to H1B?
2. When can I transfer as H4 visa holder is in USA?
3. what is the total cost?

I am an American. I married an Egyptian man in Egypt in April of this year.
I came back to US filed the I-130 ($190), got recipt back for it. Then
someone told me to file the fiance one too ($170) i did got recipt back.
Today I got I-797 for the I-130 said it has been approved ...