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According to the guidelines of Temple University, the official advisory opinion letter should suffice if you wish to change to H-1B status: https://isss.temple.edu/faculty-staff-and-researchers/helpful-information/changing-status-j-1-scholar-h-1b-worker

You will NOT lose your U.S. citizenship because you reside abroad. As a U.S. citizen, you have the right to live anywhere you'd like for as long as you'd like, without ever visiting the U.S. again. In terms of taxes, you still must file a US federal tax return and pay US taxes on your worldwide...

Many, if not most, of the applicants to EB2-NIW are scientists with many publications and/or patents. To qualify, you must show: 1. Your proposed work has both substantial merit and national importance. 2. That it would be in the national interest of the U.S. to grant you a waiver of the normal...

If the entry/exit days were not in the U.S., USCIS will count it as 11 days. IMHO, if you're fulfilling the 2YHRR, it's always better to have a few days "spare" above the required 730.

Were you abroad for over 6 months in the past 5 years? If not, you need neither rent payments nor paystubs. I brought to the interview my tax transcripts and rental contracts (as I bought a home later, I also brought a couple of recent mortgage statements), and even those documents were kind of...

The OP stated that he obtained her/his GC in 2015. Supplement J became a requirement only in the beginning of 2017. But as some of you mentioned, there are several unknown details in this story, which might complicate the situation.

If you indeed returned to India in July 2018, and remained there physically for more than 730 days, then you already served your home residency requirement, and do not need any letter from the Indian government. You need to show that you spent the time in your country (not just outside the...

You should familiarize yourself with the waiver process, and what bases can you claim to request a waiver. In general, if your visa was funded (even in part) by the U.S. government, the waiver will be the most difficult to obtain. If your home country has a skills list and your profession is one...

Susie - this is mostly state dependent. Prior to the pandemic, in some states/counties the U.S. District Court has the exclusive authority to administer the oath (that was the case in my county), and then there was no same-day oath, regardless of a name change or not. COVID-19 changed...

To Aomelche - I'm in AZ. One way to try and assess whether you can have a same-day oath is to look at the oath schedule of the U.S. District Court in your area. In AZ, they noted that applicants who do not have a name change will be able to take the oath at a USCIS facility. If the latter, you...

Regarding question #3: the order is up to you. In my opinion, DMV is the lowest priority. I've applied first for a U.S. passport & passport card. Updating the SSA is currently somewhat tricky, as their offices are closed, and in order to update your citizenship status, they ask you to send an...

Thank you for the best wishes. I must admit that I wanted a more formal oath ceremony, with all the bells and whistles. Considering what's going on right now, however, I'm grateful that I had the option to do a same-day oath.

You don't have to spend the two years in one consecutive stay (as I wrote you above). However, until you do not complete 730 days of physical residence in your home country, you are not eligible to receive H, L, or immigration visas.

Last week I attended a naturalization interview, and less than an hour later I took the oath. That concludes my immigration journey of well over a decade. My case had another wrinkle, since I was one of the "lucky winners" of DV-2012: back then (May 2011), about 22,000 applicants logged on and...

Yes, I applied online in the last week of May, and my interview will take place later this week. I'm in Tucson (AZ).