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You can file I-539 to apply for extension if you do not want to leave USA. Or you can leave USA and re-enter with a valid B1/B2 visa. With the UN document a short time re-enter should not be a problem. http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-539.pdf

J-1 usually has 30 days grace period.

You can go to the Visa bulletin to check your priority date: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/approved/checkdate.html

If you want to be together, plan 1 seems better. I-765 usually takes 3 months.

Make an INFOPASS online first , and talk with the USCIS officer, showing the reasons why you want to get FP done ASAP. Especially in the afternoon if they've finished all the appointments, they will let you walk-in and do it.

You can call USCIS to check what's going on, or you can submit an e-Request on USCIS website. Also you can make an INFOPASS online, and if lucky enough you can get FP done by walking in.

If UK is not your legal permanent residence, check your nationality.

No. If she petitions for you now, the current waiting time for F2A is more than one year. During the waiting time you have to maintain your status by yourself, like going to school as an F-1 student, or go to work as an H-1b.

If your I-130 is approved, you will receive an approval letter. And then the case will transfer to NVC, then get a new case number. And then wait...... Currently the waiting time for F-4 is about more than 10 years.

Probably the date on the letter from NVC.

You have to file I-864 for your wife as a sponsor, and your sister will file I-864, too, as a joint sponsor. She will add you and your wife to her family members. I-864 requires to attach tax returns.

It depends on your nationality, if UK is not your legal permanent residence. What kind of status when you were in UK?

USCIS has the whole records of all your I-20, if you can fill your I-765 with correct numbers (like date or anything), it would not be a big issue. You need to attach your recent I-20(s) to the I-765.

If your employer finds a new sponsor for your new J-1, you have to apply for another J-1 waiver before you can apply for H-1b on April 1. I guess time is not enough.

You should not touch J-1 again if you want to get H-1b. F-1 is better.