Ok, all this talk is making me nervious now. My situation is something like this.
I was working as a cook for a company that ended up sponsoring me for a greencard. I was also working for another firm part time doing some consulting engineering work at the same time. This was back in 1997. Now i didn't get my I-485 approved until 8th January of 2001.
During this whole process i remember that the employer had to put an add in the Washington times and the Washington post for this position, also he placed a notice at the place of work, a clubhouse. He had to also document all the resume's he got if any and what happened in the interview if there were any. All this information was supplied to the INS (USCIS now) or the labour department.
I had my fingure prints taken twice in the process. I had two RFE's asking for pay stubs and a letter from the employer stating that am still employed there and that future prospects are good etc etc.
I also paid an extra $1,000, i believe that was a penelty at that time that one could pay if they had overstayed there visa.
Anyway, each year from Januray 1st to Januray 31st the club would be closed, except in 2001. It was closed for an extra month and a half due to clubhouse renovations.
I kept on working for the engineering firm from January 6th 2001, and they asked me to join them full time. So i started working for them fulltime since the club was closed and i needed the extra cash.
When the club finely opened in April 2001, i worked about 20 hours a week because it had just opened up and fulltime work just wasn't there yet at the time.
Then in late May i made up my mind to quit the club and just work for the engineering firm as i was also getting ready to get married and didn't have time for two full time jobs. Plus the fact that i was not given a pay raise at the clubhouse since i joined them in September 1997. I guess techanicaly i still stayed about six months after my I-485 approval even though my pay does not reflect that because of the reason's given above.
So my question is, since i just filed for my citizenship and am getting a little worried reading all these different posts in this forum;
1) Will having two different jobs in two different fields at the same time, cause me any problems?
2) The fact that i didn't make that much money during Januray 1st two May 31st of 2001 give me any problems, even though the pay was what was stated on the forms supplied to labour and INS (USCIS now) departments?
I did work for this employer during the whole process. I am just worried with this "intent and future employment" thing that, not working full time after approval, even though no fault of my own. Of course then not making the required amount for those six months cause any problems?
What i mean is, if i was making for example $2,000 a month and for six month i should have made $12,000. But i only made say $3,000. Is this going to be a problem?
I would really appriciate it if someone can answer this, or if someone has been thru similar kind of situation that can share there exprieance. Thank you.
Regards
HRH
I was working as a cook for a company that ended up sponsoring me for a greencard. I was also working for another firm part time doing some consulting engineering work at the same time. This was back in 1997. Now i didn't get my I-485 approved until 8th January of 2001.
During this whole process i remember that the employer had to put an add in the Washington times and the Washington post for this position, also he placed a notice at the place of work, a clubhouse. He had to also document all the resume's he got if any and what happened in the interview if there were any. All this information was supplied to the INS (USCIS now) or the labour department.
I had my fingure prints taken twice in the process. I had two RFE's asking for pay stubs and a letter from the employer stating that am still employed there and that future prospects are good etc etc.
I also paid an extra $1,000, i believe that was a penelty at that time that one could pay if they had overstayed there visa.
Anyway, each year from Januray 1st to Januray 31st the club would be closed, except in 2001. It was closed for an extra month and a half due to clubhouse renovations.
I kept on working for the engineering firm from January 6th 2001, and they asked me to join them full time. So i started working for them fulltime since the club was closed and i needed the extra cash.
When the club finely opened in April 2001, i worked about 20 hours a week because it had just opened up and fulltime work just wasn't there yet at the time.
Then in late May i made up my mind to quit the club and just work for the engineering firm as i was also getting ready to get married and didn't have time for two full time jobs. Plus the fact that i was not given a pay raise at the clubhouse since i joined them in September 1997. I guess techanicaly i still stayed about six months after my I-485 approval even though my pay does not reflect that because of the reason's given above.
So my question is, since i just filed for my citizenship and am getting a little worried reading all these different posts in this forum;
1) Will having two different jobs in two different fields at the same time, cause me any problems?
2) The fact that i didn't make that much money during Januray 1st two May 31st of 2001 give me any problems, even though the pay was what was stated on the forms supplied to labour and INS (USCIS now) departments?
I did work for this employer during the whole process. I am just worried with this "intent and future employment" thing that, not working full time after approval, even though no fault of my own. Of course then not making the required amount for those six months cause any problems?
What i mean is, if i was making for example $2,000 a month and for six month i should have made $12,000. But i only made say $3,000. Is this going to be a problem?
I would really appriciate it if someone can answer this, or if someone has been thru similar kind of situation that can share there exprieance. Thank you.
Regards
HRH