Immigration Forum / USA / March 2007

My 485 is pending and could be approved any minute based on the
processing times posted on USCIS website. My wife on H4 and I on H1
just arrived in US after getting married and I have sent the filled up
application for her to my company. The HR tells me that they will file

I just wanted to hear from anyone who has moved to the US as a single
individual, as this (if my visa gets approved!) is what I will be doing
in October. I've been reading bits of this site and a lot of them seem
to be about families or couples moving together, or to be together.

I called few Catholic churches and non-for-profit organizations to ask
if they can help an immigrant who is facing deportation, but most of
them will tell me they can't help. In this case this individual is
facing torture or death if he was to return to Africa where people

Dear Sir /Madam
I have a question and hope you can help me in this area,I came to US
about 6 months ago and I have H1 visa.I was arrested in New jersey
because of shoplifting of $66 tank, which was so accidentally 2 months

I have a question about H1b visa.
I am applying for a H1B visa this april through an employer. I am not
too happy with the pay ofered by this employer, still I am going with
him for now as I dont want to miss this year's cap.( Mine is a cap

We submitted our I485 based on F2A Category in November 2005.
All Fingerprints, Medicals and the I485 Interview was done in June 2006.
The immigration officer took the I94 Card also.
Since that time we have just been waiting and Immigration keeps on telling

We submitted our I485 based on F2A Category in November 2005.
All Fingerprints, Medicals and the I485 Interview was done in June 2006.
The immigration officer took the I94 Card also.
Since that time we have just been waiting and Immigration keeps on telling

I only filed mid feb and have my interview end of May :) but I don't
have my biometrics done until this friday, is this normal??
Loving the pace of this though :)

Thanks a lot for your reply.
I have one more question in my mind as for h-4 extension i have to get
it done from some port of entry.
While entering USA again can they ask me how is your I-94 expired or

I will be receiving my new I-20 from my graduate institution soon. My
undergraduate institution is different. My F-1 visa says my
undergraduate institution's name under 'Annotation' and expires next
year on May 2008. I plan on visiting India before starting at my

Hi there everyone!
I am sure you get asked this question all the time.. but could somebody
please enlighten me on a visa question.
Myself and my partner are currently in the process of applying for a

My parents have got their GC (finally). Does anyone know what is the
requirement now? How long do they have to stay in USA every year? Is
there any period they need to stay in order to keep their GC? or can
they come and go when they want?

Forgive me if this is listed on another thread but i've tried to read
through as many pages as I can and so far i haven't came across it.
It says we can file I-130 and I-485 concurrently.  However it says on
the instructions that I-130 is to be mailed to your service center

I am non-Australian passport holder and planning to file my H1b
this year.
But in November my Australian citizenship is going to approved and
planning to take Australian passport.