Immigration Forum / USA / April 2007

I'm currently on a J1 program (as a Research Scholar) who is going to
end next September. My idea is to look for a job within a company
during these last months. Unfortunately I know that the overall
situation about H1B visas is critical. I have the option to extend my

I am on Green card and i have been living in usa since 2.5 years. I went
to my home counrty for 5 months on vaction so i went there and i have to
go through Immigration over there too and they forgot to put entry stamp
in passport. So after 5 months when i was coming back from home ...

I am in the process of applying for a k-1 visa, I will almost certainly
be denied my initial application as I have had 2 cautions for possesion
of cannabis.
I will then apply for a waiver via I-601.

Illegal Mexicans are teaming up with corrupt business people to screw
the
American worker.
http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/mexico.html

Hello everybody!,
 I am subject to the J-1 2 year home country rule. However, I didn't
receive funding from the US, the mexican government or any
international organization; and also I did not come here for graduate

is it possible to change from a B2 visa to a B1 visa?
I am doing some observing research (unpaid) for my Master Thesis in
the USA.At the border I received a B2 visa, but the institution where
im doing my Master Thesis told me that normaly observing stuff came

I need to include my surname in my passport.As of now the field is
blank.
Is it mandatory that the surname should be present for visa processing?
It would be great if somebody can pass any information in this regards.

I applied for H1B for FY 2008 quota. I recently received a 'REF
notice' from Vermont Service Center.
It says:
"According to the record, your OPT expires on July 04, 2007 and your

She is a 15 years old girl born in USA, but she has been away from the
country for many years, they left US when she was 2 y/o.
Her parents are not US citisens and all the family is living in Mexico
right now.

Stories related to this at http://Muvy.org

Hi guys, found the site via google - had a look around for several hours
and got myself familiar with a bunch of visa questions I had.... That
being said, I still have one or two... Hoping someone wiser and more
experience than I can cook up an answer....

Is a J1 to F1/M1/ or B2 transfer possible while on grace period?
I was planning on adjusting my Au Pair fiancée from a J1 (Without the
2 Year Home Requirement) to permanent resident alien by the time she
would have had completed her Au Pair program. She would have completed

My husband and I are preparing to file the I-751 as my conditional
residence is up in mid-July.  According to the instructions, you have to
show a joint mortgage or lease agreement.  My husband bought his house
before he met me and we have never got around to putting my name on it.

I'm freaking out and need some help!!
I started living in the US when I was in 10th grade, and now, after
graduating from highschool, college, obtaining H1-B visa, and applying for
the green card for 5 years, I finally received a good news from my lawyer

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