Immigration Forum / USA / October 2006

I recently applied to change status from L1-B to L1-A and we received
notification this week that its been approved.
That's the good news.
Bad news is this totally complicates a trip we had planned to the UK at

My mom's case for F4 visa is now in usembassy islamabad. My brother is
above 21 but applying CSPA and US Patriot Act 424 (45 days benefit) he
is eligible for the visa. The NVC removed his name when they sent the
case to embassy even after taking the visa fees. When the embassy sent

Hi,does anyone know how many questions they actually ask you during the
test? I know that there are like a hundred questions which you have to learn
the answers to,but how many do they actually ask? Is it just a few at
random,or do they want you to answer them all?

My wife and I arrived here on a tourist visa and I got an unexpected
offer from a company who subsequently filed a change of status to H1b.
However, my h1b visa has not yet been processed as of today(Processing
is quite slow these days).

I applied for US citizenship over two years ago.  I have gotten
fingerprints, etc. but the haven't heard anything about the oath.  We
have called INS many times but they were completely un-helpful.  We
also wrote to our senator in Maryland and they were un-helpful also. We

I've searched the site and boards and found some really excellent
information, and following Elvira's helpful repsonse in a different
forum I've found this one.
It is possible that in the near future I will be offered a job to

I recently received B1 visa (6 month validity) to travel to Atlanta to
attend a traning 5-10 November 2006. Training dates also mention under
annontation on visa.
I would like to travel first to New York City for around 5 days, to meet

I am a British citizen living in the US with a green card.  I married
US citizen, did a trip abroad, came back and changed my name to my ne
marital name so was issued a new passport.  The new passport ha
nothing in it as I haven't travelled with it yet.  I need to do a tri

Sorry, just one more thread. Has anyone been married on the VWP? I read
this on the Embassy website:
"If the fiancé(e) of a U.S. citizen intends traveling to the United
States to marry and take up indefinite residence after marriage, he or

This is a 10 year relationship with no intention of marriage or changing
citizenship for either party.  We both own property in our respective
countries and receive military pensions from our respective governments.
For the last several years, three months are spent in the US and 3

I am divorcing my american husband and moving back to Canada. My
question is. I have a son who wants to remain in the USA and can live
with his friends family until he turns 18 in a few months. Can he
legally stay here or does he have to move back to Canada with me when I

I'm a DOP, lighting camera operator with 10 years experience.  I'd
like to find out whether it is possible for me to work in the US.
Where do I start?
I've read Pulaski's guide and USCIS website but I'm still not sure about

I recently entered the US on my H1-B visa (obtained at the Embassy in
London) and have the white I-94 card stapled in my passport.
I hope to be able to return to the UK at the end of the month and was
wondering if this is ok to do so? It is also likely that I won't have my

To everyone who responded to my earlier 2 questions, you guys are
wrong. We finally talked with an immigration officer at USCIS. My
wife's mother and 18 year old brother can get their GC together. The
brother gets a GC as a dependent of his mother.

ughhhhhh, I did the stupidest thing.
I've been putting off signing my Naturalization Certificate because I
wanted to be careful with it. However, I signed it yesterday and now
realized that I did it wrongly. I signed my usual signature which