Immigration Forum / USA / July 2009

I am expecting to become a U.S citizen soon and will be sponsoring my father
to join me in U.S. We all are Pakistani citizens but my father in law was
born in India and no longer has the Indian birth certificate. Given the
political relations between Pakistan and India, it is ...

I went thru interview for Naturalization about 8 months back and
passed the test and the interview.
I was told the decision will be mailed in 2 weeks.
I have been enquiring every month and have been told everytime that my

I live in Canada and have received US permanent residence,
however I have not relocated to the US yet, and it's been over a year.
I have read somewhere that after a year of absence from US you lose
your status.

I'm a Green Card Holder and may have to file for unemployment benefits
soon.  I'm wondering if getting unemployment benefits will hurt my
changes to become a US Citizen?
Thanks

    Hi, once the spousal I130 is approved, what's next?  The I485
and that's it?  Or something else too?  What's the current wait for a
I485 (non china/india/high traffic area)?
    Thanks!

Hello. To make a long story short I'll skip the details and ask
the most basic question. A US born man goes to Vietnam and marries a
woman he has known there for years..He comes back to the US and goes
thru the process of sponsoring her and she arrives in the US and is