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Anna, in my opinion, there are two things you can do: 1) call USCIS cust. service and talk to an IO (use the trick that people on this forum discovered to get through the cust. service rep.) and explain your situation. 2) Find a professional translator just in case. Not sure if anybody would...

Baba, your friend has no situation. He's fine. F-1 visa in his passport is used only for the reentry purposes; it can be one time or multiple reentry visa. When his old I-20 expired he had 60 days of grace period to decide what to do next; transfer or leave the country. If he transfered and got...

Here you go :) Glad I could help. Just prep you mom for this interview. I don't think there are going to be any difficulties with it. By emergency they probably mean something like a case where your mother would speak a dialect type of language for which you couldn't find a translator. That's...

Bobsmith is right. You'll need to give a very good explanation. You will also need the letter from SS indicating your status with them. When I filed my N-400, I had the same issue. The SS website sucks big time. When I put my social in there, it showed that I was not registered. I wrote them a...

One last thought. I think an IO would want to question your mother's intent. I mean, when she got the visa back home, she had to prove she had no intentions to immigrate once here. She entered on a visitor visa and now she wants to stay. I remember when my mother went to get a US visitor visa in...

Anna, I have heard of a similar case long time ago. The difference was that USCIS was more specific and told the person that he could bring a professional translator; meaning a professional with an appropriate occupational license. I agree with pat2ondo; they might not let you serve as a...

Really??? So, you are saying that, technically, I could come up with some fake document, have Joe Blow (which is a translator by night) translate it and self-certify it. Then I make a copy of that fake document and send it to USCIS. You think that will work? Come on! I am not talking about the...

No offense, LucyMo, but are you making these statements based on some veritable facts or you are just making assumptions based on your Russian experience???:confused: I know what USCIS requires. The point I was making was that in some other countries the rules are different. In my country a...

Brguy, sorry to tell you, but the answer to both of your questions is most likely no. Your son cannot petion for you unless he is older than 21 y.o. A GC cannot petion for their brothers or sisters. Here is an exctract from I-130 (the petion form): 2. If you are a lawful permanent resident...

Hey, hey, hey...LucyMo, in different countries is different with certification of a certain document. In the country I'm from, there is no certification of a translated document. What you do is you notarize it.

I'm with you jupiter07. I've learned here that if uncle sam asks you for what it says on a form, then that's what you give him or, perhaps soon to be her:D

To my knowledge, USCIS requires all translations to be certified/notirized. I am sending a notarized translation of my wife's birth certificate. My understanding is that you can send a notarized copy (translation).

I am working in Adobe too and it yelled at me when I put DOS, but I ignored it and it worked. Sorry about the school question; I was not aware of your studies level. Sometime people go to school just to maintain their F-1 status. Hope you get your EAD soon.

Albertr, I think this is the reason of why they do not distribute the CDs anymore: "September 2 - USCIS will begin administering a new naturalization test on October 1, 2008. USCIS has issued a revised list of civics questions and answers. Applicants and organizations should use the list dated...

So, do you think I could put DOS there and send a copy of the I-20, which would indicate the expiration date? I read all the instructions associated with completing the I-485 and there is nothing about this issue. I know it really doesn't make a big difference since she's filing as a spouse of a...

Thanks Atlanta_Brother. The problem is that they are saying to put the expiration date indicated on the I-94. Also, even though the I-20 has an expiration date, that is not the date when one becomes out of status. They give the F-1 student 60 days grace period, which effectively prolongs the...

Hi guys, Just a quick question. I searched the forum and couldn't find the right answer. On the form I-485 they want the expiration date of the I-94. My wife's I-94 says DOS. She's an F-1. Her new I-20 expires in 6 months. What do I indicate as an expiration date? I put DOS, but not sure if it...

I am in the process of sending the I-130 for my wife. Indeed, the form is expired and a new one is not available. How about I write a note with huge letters saying "Please do not reject this form on the basis of expiration as it is the most updated one from the USCIS website" and attach it to...

You are more than welcome Atlanta_Brother. To answer your last question, I think that the presence of your attorney might not create as much of a negative impact as it might prompt the IO to ask more in depth questions. I think the sole factor that the attorney can't say much at all during the...

You got me. Hey...your business is your business. I can write memoirs here all day long. In the end, you are the one who is going to that interview. Good for you that he is not "charging" for the interview. I guess, if your case is so "straight forward", it really does not make a big difference...