Immigration Forum / USA / March 2007

just curious in case there is a fine point or it matters in printing all 10
pages on 5 sheets (both sides) and submitting it as such?
didn't want to get caught on a technicality :)

I recently married 4 months ago and we are doing the green card
process through marriage.
The lawyer says we have to collect documents that show we are really
together and living together and

My wife finished her PhD this year, and is going to work at a college in
Boston. Not clear yet what visa this will be on, I guess a J-1.
I run my own business (in the UK), which is essentially a computer
consultancy. I want to visit on the visa waiver and (this is the key

What happens if someone with a Green Card, who has been away for four
years, uses it to come back in to the US? Do the people at the port of
entry really check if this person has lived in the US all this time?
Anyone had any experience?

So when a person applies for an SSN and receives the card, the first
thing they are told is to "not give this number out to anyone". One of
my co-workers has family that recently landed in the US on a Visa, and
recently received an SSN and verified this.

I am on F1 visa in the US, my wife is on F2, she is pregnant, will
deliver the baby in 4 months, my question to all of you is: will they
baby become a US citizen? If yes, what about the mother (my wife) can
she change her status to other types? Will she get any benefits from the

This has probably been answered elsewhere, but I've been reading for hours
and don't have a definitive answer... if someone can help it would be much
appreciated!
My baby is 3 weeks old and 3 months from now we need to go to the US for a

My apologies if I am posting to a wrong group.
My wife holds GC card in USA and holds Indian citizenship. She had to
go to India couple of weeks due to some family emergency. Her passport
is expiring in the last week of March. She is due back in the first

Does anybody know how to apply for an H4 visa holder work permit?
I know it is possible for an H4 to apply for work permit but don't
know how and where that person should go.
Thanks

If you are fed up with illegal immigration, and against the lunatic
idea of an amnesty, Mitt Romney may be the only choice in 2008.
Doesn't anyone remember the amnesty of the 1980s? The one that ended
up INCREASING illegal immigration?

I have heard and read that for Iranian nationals, they do extended
background checks before I485 gets approved and this might take an
extra year or two. Is this true? Does anyone have info on this?
I am Canadian but I was born in Iran. If the above is true, does it

Oh Me God !
Here is an email I received from the US embassy of London - in my attempt to
get an quick update on a visa application I received this email.
I thought you would enjoy it :

I have a good friend in the US (she is a citizen) who has a very
successful wedding planning/officiating business. She is relocating to
LV and there is a possibility that I could invest in the business and
keep the AZ end running.

Has anyone had exerience with an SB-1 Visa, also known as returning
resident visa, for green card holders who have been out the US for
over a year.

Has anyone ever obtained an H1 visa from a county or government job. I
am pursuing a job with riverside county california and i am wondering
if anyone has had a similar experience....