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    citizenship certificate

    You are on Court Probation if you have not been sent to a Probation Officer, and that still counts for an N-400. You need an attorney to do a legal analysis of the actual statute as codified under the state law to determine if the charge for which you were convicted meets the exception or...
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    citizenship certificate

    The 5 year bar won't kick in UNLESS the offense does NOT meet the exception, hence, OP needs a legal analysis from a lawyer.
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    Filing N400 for citezinship, but name misspelled on GreenCard

    INS ceased to exist on March 1, 2003, you are now dealing with 3 DHS agencies: ICE, CBP, and USCIS. This is within the authority of USCIS.
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    citizenship certificate

    8 CFR 316.10 (c) Proof of good moral character in certain cases— (1) Effect of probation or parole. An applicant who has been on probation, parole, or suspended sentence during all or part of the statutory period is not thereby precluded from establishing good moral character, but such...
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    urgent advise/suggestions requested regarding reentry permit

    This is one of the most ridiculous threads I have seen in quite a while. While it is true that you have been away a long time, you have a re-entry permit. You had a long period of residence in the U.S. prior to your long absence. While it is extremely likely that CBP will give you a hard upon...
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    Domestic Violence I NEED HELP PLEASE

    You need to provide your lawyer with more specific information about the actual state charge of conviction. For instance, in California, it would be CPC 243 (e) (1) [CPC = Cal. Penal Code], which states: When a battery is committed against a spouse, a person with whom the defendant is...
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    returning resident visa

    While a "parent" may sign for a child, that is where it ends. YOU cannot under any circumstances file "for your spouse". If you do it MUST be denied.
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    Are green card holders *expected* to apply for US citizenship at one point in the future?

    Another negative of not bothering to naturalize is that you will not be considered a protected individual for unfair immigration-related employment practices and/or discrimination purposes under OSC and OCAHO regulations per the provisions of IRCA. IRCA was one of the 1980s Legalization...
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    citizenship: 5 years after I-485 approval or after receiving green card or after I-551 stamp

    One more typical exception which may confuse folks is the fact that a Refugee who adjusts to LPR status is given the actual date of initial entry as their LPR date.
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    N-600 Question !

    http://www.slideshare.net/BigJoe5/district-court-usc-declaration-order-on-appeal There is a case working its way through the 3rd Circuit on this topic. DOS issued a passport in 1991. An N-600 was filed with INS and it sat around a very long time without resolution. He filed in 2001 after...
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    Purpose of N-470

    You should probably have started your own new thread for this but anyway, here goes..... Yes you disrupted your uninterrupted stautorily mandated one-year period BUT IF you have been in the U.S. since July 2011, a new full year has accumulated already (you posted in October 2012), therefore...
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    Parent's I-130/I-485 application and expiring I-94

    Is his EAD really a "Combo Card" with an annotation about advance parole or I-512*? *I-512 is the form number of an approved Advance Parole request.
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    USCIS' SAVE Program -- New Brochure 9-96-2012

    USCIS' SAVE Program -- New Brochure 9-26-2012 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 9:37 AM (4 hours ago) to XXXXX Do you have questions about the SAVE program? Are you a benefit applicant seeking more information on your status verification query? Are you a representative of a...
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    N-400 eligibility using time from previously abandoned green card

    No. You started over and have a new LPR date.
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    form, 1-130

    Moderators, please help. This thread is in the wrong place.
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    Stuck in namecheck

    You are living in the dark ages. That issue is a rare thing these days.
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    GC and SSN through PO BOX with an US address

    from: https://www.usps.com/manage/forward-mail.htm Get your mail even if you’re on the road, new to town, or between permanent addresses. Mail addressed to you at General Delivery will be held at the area’s main Post Office™ for up to 30 days. All you have to do is pick it up. General...
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    Sponsoring siblings

    1. You seem to be confusing issues, the I-130 is merely a check as to the claimed relationship between the USC petitioner and the alien relative. The income issue is irrelevant to the I-130 petition. The I-864 will not need to be submitted for over a decade. 2. An approved I-130 might be an...
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    Citizenship

    You did not qualify for the 5-year rule when you filed, so you need to either withdraw and re-apply or proceed based on marriage which is more paper intensive (for everyone---not just you). Your choice. The 5-year applicant can file 3 months early (4 yrs and 9 months--BUT add a week to that and...
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