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    Is there any way to keep my Green Card?

    Hi everyone, I'm a foreign born Canadian Citizen who obtained US permanent residence through my father when I was a child, who received it through work. We then moved from the US back to our home country (not Canada) when I was 9. In the span of a few years, my dad had his residency status...
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    Former Green card holder applying for B visa

    Hi I voluntarily abandoned my green card last year due to family reasons and never relocated to the US. I have now applied for a B1/2 visa as an ESTA was denied. My appointment at the consulate isn’t till October however I’d like to apply to the DV lottery in October as well. Will applying...
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    Does Law firm offices in Hongkong qualify for N-470?

    Hi all, I am looking to accept an offer to work in the HongKong office of a US law firm headquartered in NY. I'd like to retain my naturalization eligibility through N-470. The N-470 is only eligible for persons working for [among other categories]: An American firm or corporation (or a...
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    GC - stay outside US for more than 1 year (COVID)

    My mom (81) went to visit my sis in India in Oct, 2019. She was supposed to come back in Mar 2020 and we had booked air tickets etc, but due to Covid, flight cancellations and risk factors due to her age, she is still in India. Is there any chance/way USCIS will not make her GC invalid after 1...
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    U.S. Citizenship and a Drug Citation

    I live in Texas. Back in January I was given a class C misdemeanor for drug paraphernalia(a weed pipe) and being in the park after hours. I hired an attorney to try and get the case dismissed, and it's still pending. I became a legal resident at 16 with my mom through VAWA due to some family...
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    Was given Section 216 Notice at immigration interview, then I got RFE with deadline on the 2yrs mark. Will I get conditional GC?

    Wife (UScitizen) and I entered lovely marriage, however, we've grown apart to the point that she wants to walk away and not work on it anymore, she's acting highly emotionally, not rationally, she's no longer reliable, it's a painful, frustrating situation. AOS-interview took place almost 23...
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    How to regain permanent resident status if abandon it

    My mother, permanent resident (green card holder) is now about 80 years old. She may have abandon her green card because in 2010 she left the US and did not come back after that, because of health reasons. At that time, she was not eligible for Medicare and because of pre-existing health...
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