Recent content by SlowJedi

I have an existing company overseas, and am planning to set up a wholy-owned subsidiary in the US that will deal with buying distressed real estate and investing into construction projects here. I'm from a "E-2 Treaty" eligible county, so E-2 doesn't work, I don't have 500K to qualify for EB-5...

I sent a question regarding any appeals on this decision in Stump v. Stump to Charles Wheeler, Esq., the author of this write up above, here's his response (by the way, responded immediatelly and professionally! I like it in attorneys) CW: There was no appeal in the case. Several other...

Summary Judgment Order in Stump Ms. Stump applied a similar approach by filing for divorce in state court, bringing a separate action in federal court to enforce the affidavit, and moving for summary judgment on liability. The sponsor claimed that there were factual disputes barring summary...

Don't judge others by your own faults, guys OK, Johny & AZ, I appreciate your responses, although too negative for my taste. I know this guy for 7 years very closely, and I can vouch for his character. He and the girl were dating long-term for over a year, he kept flying back and forth to...

Not that easy! Well, apparently it's not that easy, as you'd think, guys. It's like the Hotel California: "you can get here any time you like, but you can never leave" when it comes to the sponsor. First off, the INS says that you can't withdraw I-130, they flat out refusing to do it. If...

Hey, immigration experts, need your urgent input, if you please! A friend of mine got himself into a pickle. Met a girl, romance and all, brought her here on fiance visa, they get married, two-three months later honeymoon is over, they realize it was a mistake. So, they he files for divorce...

EB-5 related questions: What are the examples of businesses/commercial enterprises that would qualify for EB-5 greencard? Can a real estate development project that will be four years in duration qualify? Can a construction company or property management qualify? Are only W-2 employees...

Thanks for everybody's responses, very helpful!! I made an InfoPass appt for mid-September. Should I try to resolve it with those guys at Infopass appt, or should I just send everything to the requesting center and see what they say? Do they even pay attention to what the local guys at the...

Then I don't get it completely, I attached a bunch of 1099's from last year (since I haven't finished the entire 1040 yet), which amounted to about 20 times over 125% powerty level, and they still said this wasn't enough??? I didn't know I had to go off gross income, I was going off the line 32...

Just got a RFE for my wife's case, I'm at a loss here, can somebody help? They are asking for two items here: (21) I'm self-employed, they want copies of my last year 1040. I submitted 2004 and 2003 taxes with I-864, and enclosed a copy of the extension for 2005 taxes, which are not due...

I just became a naturalized USC, now we applied for my wife's AOS. Any ideas what's the earliest that we can apply for her SSN? We didn't apply for the EAD since she's a housewife and doesn't need one, but we need the SSN to get her a driver's license. I just got the receipts back for 130 and...

We did both, but like Suzy said, the warning shot was a waste of time, they didn't even respond to that. However, I would still do it, just in case. Don't give them 60 days like we did, give them 30 days, if eventually you end up in front of the judge, it'll look good on your side that you tried...

No need, we dismissed the case, since it's resolved. And that's the whole reason for the things to start moving faster. If the government ends up in court over their own delay, they might end up paying your legal expenses, and they really don't want to do it. Therefore, they try to resolve...

As Suzi stated, WOM stands for Writ of Mandamus. I did use a law firm (that I found thru this forum, THANK YOU). It cost me all and all about $4500 in additional legal costs, but I should have paid it earlier and be done with it. I would not do it myself, even though I have two Masters, I prefer...

Well, I finally got sworn in today and became a citizen. I filed a WOM in March of this year after waiting for 18 months for the name check, 60 days was over in the end of May and we were supposed to have a preliminary meeting with the judge in two weeks. All of a sudden things started...