Immigration Forum / USA / March 2008

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Checked
https://www.visapro.com/California-Service-Center.asp
but there were no N400 times listed. My aunt has filed for
naturalization in July, '07. The finger prints were taken. Still

  I am on H1B visa and I married Green Card holder.My husband filed
I-130 and it is under process.It may take 2 more years for approval.I
am planning to change H1B to F1(Student Visa).My question is
1)Can I change H1B to F1 while Family based green card under process?

Looking over citizenship requirements on INS website (http://
tinyurl.com/y69toj), there's a following clause
- has been physically present in the United States for at least 30
months out of the previous five years (absences of more than six

I have already mailed off my I-129F petition, it was approved and sent
to the Visa center and my fiancé in England has already gotten the
packet of information for his Police Clearance, Medical Exam and
Interview information.

My neighbor lady was issued her green card in 1972, she is not sure if
she has to renew her IR-1 Green card or not.  And the answers from
googling this question are all contradictary.  Anyone have the CORRECT
answer with where it can be confirmed?

I have a friend who wants to travel to California for her sister's wedding.
Problem is, she doesn't have legal status or a driver's license.  She does
have a valid passport.  Can she travel with that alone?

My H1-B has a start date of May 1,2008 from an academic employer. But, due
to a family emergency I cannot start on that date. Is a change in start
date allowed by USCIS? I am afraid to approach my employer lest they may
refuse to take me after a few months. Can someone please ...

I'm curious about the consequences of overstaying US visa. A friend of
mine told me a rather longish sad story of someone who came to the US
on student visa with honest intentions to go to college. A year before
he should graduate, his monies ran out. He then got into a bad

I know it says on the website not to take bags and phones, but I know
that last summer at least they would actually allow you to do this.
Has anyone been recently and can confirm that I can still do this?
(Save me using a left luggage!).

I am a naturalized US citizen (originally from Germany).  I sponsored
my wife (also from Germany) for a greencard.  It looks like that we
have to go back to Germany for an extented period of time (i.e.
years).  How will this impact her greencard? Anything that we have to

I'm a UK citizen and permanent US resident but I'm considering a move
to a new country in the Summer.
I'm intending to relinquish my Green Card since I've no plans to live
in the US again and wondered:

I won the Green Card Lotery. On March 2 I and my husband entered the
USA and now we live in friends house. Now we want to go back to our
country. My questions are: Can we leave US before we get the Green
cards and how long can we stay outside US without problems to our

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