Recent content by sotiredofwaiting

There is for mistake: 5 years.

Please take a look here, bona fide residence is not the only option, there is also the physical presence test. http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/international/article/0,,id=97130,00.html

The US tax your worldwide income. You can either exclude up to I think 94,000 of foreign income (and then pay the tax on the remaining part at the rate that would apply if you didn't exclude anything) or you can deduct foreign taxes paid. The state taxes are a bigger problem. Some will not tax...

And at night go have fun at Brix ( a bar at Grand Hyatt on Scotts Rd)

That's what people are saying, but has anybody actually heard about a case when this happened?

http://watchglennbeck.com/video/2010/May/Glenn-Beck-Show-May-6-2010-legal-immigrants-time-to-be-heard/

But they put this appendix in the adjudicator's manual for a reason. I'm obviously not a lawyer, but don't the government agencies have the job of interpreting the statues? They figured that the situation of a person who came for one day during the one-year absence shouldn't be different from...

What about the following? It would imply that the 4-year rule applies to shorter trips as well Appendix 74-13 of adjudicator`s manual The following is the text of a letter from the Chief of the Naturalization and Special Projects Branch of the Office of Adjudications dated September 23, 1993...

This thread seems too pessimistic. Look here: http://forums.immigration.com/showthread.php?304704-Citizenship-and-back-to-back-trips-out-of-the-US

You can use it if your I-140 has been approved.

A copy of I-140 approval should be all you need. I'm not sure though if you can still use old PD if the I-140 is revoked.

Yes, you can study while working full-time on H1

You have no choice?

A couple of years ago, when my coworker was quitting just 2 or 3 months after he got his green card and I tried to warn him against doing it, he forwarded me an opinion of a lawyer. The guy was saying that it is only the company that has obligations regarding the job offer the LC was based on...

I was asking because I just returned from a 14-month stay abroad (which I had done because of personal reasons), and at some point I said to myself scr*w it, it's not worth it, I'm going back to the US. That included quitting my job