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Based on the research my wife and I did, adopting a child from another country (not just one's native country) is impossible unless at least one of the two adoptive parents is a US citizen. As Verma reported, if the adoptive parents are permamnent residents, then an adoptive child needs to have...

Absolutely incorrect! The I-94 becomes invalid as soon as the underlying basis for admission is invalidated (losing a job which forms the basis of the H1B or failing to enrol in school that forms the basis of an F-1 etc). Whether or not such illegal presence can be later detected and punished...

CG, You should not have any problems re-entering if you just show your passports, which I assume, have the I-551 stamps -- that you have already recd the plastic cards ought not to be obvious to the officer at the POE. As far as the driver's license is concerned, visit the FL DMV's webpage...

Folks, I need some advice from those that may have been in the following situation. After we recd our GC (October 2004), we have now been approved for Canadian PR which we originally applied for in 2003. The Canadians want us to send our PP on which they will put an immigrant visa stamp. If we...

srbose, I don't mean to make fun of your predicament, but are you saying that you sought protective custody from the police? That's different from an "arrest" -- I am surprised you did not clarify that with the cop and let the word "arrest" be associated with your record. Hope it works out.

Did you send the "letter to the local immigration office" by registered/certified mail? If so, then definitely send proof of that in your reply to the NOID. Also, search the web for INS memos related to the rule that parolees were not required to appear for SR. I came across one such doc, but I...

Chinabee, The FP notice usually says that you have 3 months from the notice date to complete your FP -- it is only after the 3 months that your I-485 is considered abandoned. So you are late but not too late. Get it done ASAP!

I did mine manually on 27 July 2004 and my online status was updated as FP results recd on August 12 2004 -- so, about 16/17 days in my case. Hope that helps.

kailashr, I'm pretty sure that if and when I apply for citizenship, I'll be asked to fill out my GC approval date on a bunch of official forms and, even if CIS does not double check the info, I personally won't have the ba##s to knowingly fill out wrong info on those forms. So much for CIS's...

Recd my plastic card yesterday. In it, the "Permanent Resident since" date is specified as my I-140 RD (01/02/2001), although the card expiry date is correctly specified as 10/20/2014. Has anyone had this experience and is this an error that needs to be corrected?

RTN, Why didn't your wife correct the zip code at the time she filled out the rest of the form? Also, when I got my PP stamped (Oct 12, Charlotte), I wasn't asked to fill out the I-89 form. The officer took my index finger FP and made me sign on a blank form -- I assumed that she herself was...

This ought not to be a problem for your return after travelling abroad. If you haven't been issued an RFE to prove lawful status throughout, then that's not yet part of USCIS finding while adjudicating your I-485. Even if you had such an outstanding RFE, I doubt that the POE officer would see...

Thanks H-S, for the clarification. Will wait for the appt date.

HS, I have the same question (Charlotte Office) -- currently, I have an appt for 10/12/04 but would like to get my PP stamped sooner. Let me know if you learn anything.

Hi, I'm hoping that some of the recent Charlotte stampees (??) are around to answer the following questions. Thanks in advance. 1) Is courtesy copy enough or is the original copy that goes to the lawyer essential? 2) Is the Woodlawn Green address correct? 3) The approval notice says...

ADDTX, Congrats. After my own approval, I felt that your approval was only days away (our ND, FP dates are nearly identical) -- but didn't want to jinx it by saying so prematurely. Hope your spouse's approval comes soon.

congrats.

congrats! Seems like TSC is approving 2002 cases that were FP'd recently. The pace of reported approvals in this forum seems to have picked up sharply in the last couple of days -- watch out all those who got FP'd recently.

lonwait98, How long does your lawyer say it'll take for the case to be reopened? When you arrive at the POE, the officer will check to make sure that your I-485 is pending -- I don't think you should try to return before you know for sure that the case has been reopened. It appears that...