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for Asylee25 Asylee25, Those are just examples of the proof you can present to INS. What about your electric bill? Pay stubs? Anything else that can prove you’re living or working or going to school in USA? Also, living in this country you should know it is a good idea to ask for a...

for Asylee22 The instruction doesn’t say that you have to be here continuously for an entire year. It says that you have to be physically present in the United States in asylee status for at least a total of one year prior to filing the Form I-485. So - take way the time you been absent and...

Curiosa, we already had numerous discussions on this board about renewing national passports and going back to the Home Country. Please use Search to find topics of your interest.

ign82, if you show them your I-94 that has an expiration date on it – you’ll get a drivers license valid for one year only! Bring your asylum letter and a receipt of filed I-485 instead. Below is information I copied for you from the Florida DMV website, hope it helps. Non-United States...

That’s exactly right, what Alex_e38 advised. I live in Florida too. My friend showed her EAD and got DL that expires on the same day as EAD (in less then a year!) I showed my I-94 as an evidence of legal presence in USA and got DL valid for 6 years.

The instruction to the I-485 is easy to follow. You don’t need a lawyer for that. I filed I-485 twice (once for myself and once for my child) Make sure you file your application and all supporting evidence in the following order: • fingerprint fee • I-485 filing fee • I-485, Application...

Congratulations Irina! All the best to you and your family! Hope your son gets his approval soon and all of this will be over for good.

Got my SS card yesterday! Yesterday my new, unrestricted, SS card came in a mail. It took them one full month to issue it. I applied on September 25, called back SS office with an inquiry on October 18. On October 19 they finally send me a receipt saying I’ll get my card in two weeks. I...

Thank you, Karina and Cider_or! To Minsk: you can certainly try your luck in the GC lottery. http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants_types_diversity3.html I don’t know anything about the $1,000 you mentioned.

Does a reentry permit look like a passport?

The medical exam for asylees WAS NOT waived it is only waived for refuges. If you just take your time to read an instruction to I-485, you’ll find the following information on a page 2: B. Individuals applying for adjustment of status through the local INS office and asylees applying...

Some people on this board expressed an idea to go ahead and apply for the GC trough an employer or a spouse. And I am thinking - what if a person – asylee, really gets his GC through another source, then what document he or she will use to travel? The refugee travel document is issued only...

Mine EAD also expires in June 2005. I won’t renew it this time. I have a I-94 with the stamp “Asylum granted. Employment authorized” and it is enough proof that I can work legally. I think those new, 5 years EAD’s, work best for new asylees, who are looking for a job, and for people who...

Hmmmm… you know, I got my SS back in 1999 and now trying to change it to unrestricted one. But my son, who is derivative, came here after approved I-730. He came here as an asylee and I applied for his SS in 2002. He got unrestricted one! First I thought it was because he is a child and...

Me too! About two weeks ago I went to my local SS office. Showed them my old SS (with INS restriction) and said I want to replace it with a new unrestricted one. I even tried to show then a memo about ssylees eligibility, but the woman wasn’t interested. She took my application, my old SS...

In addition to what Wantmygcnow just said When a derivative asylee (child or a spouse) loses their derivative status because of divorce, marriage or death of the principal applicant, they can re-submit Form I-589, Application for Asylum nunc pro tunc, requesting change of status from derivative...

I am going to file Form I-589 for myself nunc pro tunc. If anybody has or had an experience with that, please respond.

My story My husband applied for an asylum in 1992, got an interview and the approval in 1998, SIX YEARS LATER. I, just like your friends wife, stayed in a home country with a kid. Waited for almost two years, and then came over in 1994 on a visitor’s visa. I decided to stayed here after...

Travel back home could be risky 1) Call your Home country embassy and ask if they will stamp you a visa in RTD. Some countries over there (Russia, Nepal for example) won’t put any visas in RTD. 2) Yes, you can go home on your expired passport. Or – they might issue you a “certificate to...

Employment authorization, if you have one. And, just in case, take there your most recent I-94. It should say “ Asylum status granted indefinitely. Employment authorized.”