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If you spent more than 365 days from priority date and still in I-485 stage, AC 21 gives the benefit of indefinite extension of H-1B status in one-year increment after 6 years. For this advantage, you has to maintain H-1B status without any violations. If I-485 is denied, you can continue and...

Please see http://www.greencardapply.com/rfe.htm and http://www.greencardapply.com/rfe/rfe_package_ea.htm

For EB-3 petition, you should have a SINGLE bachelor's degree, and USCIS will not accept the combination of education, training, or experience, if it is not mentioned in the PERM Labor Certification. What you need is to prove that you have a "foreign degree equivalent" to US bachelor's...

1) If you do not have a single bachelor’s degree, you may still have problem for the "equivalent to a USA bachelor’s degree" this time again. Please see http://www.greencardapply.com/news/news07/news07_0515.htm 2) Yes, you can file for I-140 again. But it is better to file PERM again to...

You can mention the postdoctoral fellowships in your EB1-EA petition. But USCIS adjudicators have repeatly said that postdoctoral fellowships are NOT the "lesser nationally or internationally recognized prizes", and NOT major international and national awards and prizes for EB1-EA. USCIS said...

If your I-140 based on the EB1-OR is denied, then the I-485 is also denied with it together. You can not transfer this I-485 to your EB2, because USCIS said that the I-485 is transferable only if that I-140 (EB1-OR in your case) is approved first. http://www.greencardapply.com/i485.htm

It is better for you not to change to Full time student before the Green Card approval. Since you filed I-140 application in NIW and EB1-Extraordinary ability, so you should "continue" to work in the same or similar field that indicated in the Form I-140 and in the US national interest. Now...

Do you have other related experience, such as your previous work, or graduate study, so it can be used as "equivalent or combined" experience? See also http://www.greencardapply.com/i140/i140_eligibility.htm

For the I-485 petition's portability to another employer, your I-140 has to be approved first, and the I-485 has to be pending for more than 180 days. Also, you need to in a new job that in the same or similar field for the Green Card to be portable to the new employer. Please see...

US embassy should issue you and your son the visa, even your husband do not have job temporaryly. You should apply for K-3 visa to get into US. To be qualified for applying a K-3 visa, the following requirements must be met (NO employment requirement!): 1) The alien spouse must be outside...

You filed the I-129f petition, is that for K-1 visa application? If you want to get married in US, you can file K-1 visa for her to get into US to marry in 90 days. See http://www.greencardfamily.com/k1visa/k1visa_requirement.htm

ACE67: It looks like you wife is not US citizen and you do not have a baby at this time, so you can NOT apply for J1 waiver based on the "exceptional hardship". To apply for exceptional hardship J1 waiver, you need to prove that if returning to your home country would impose “exceptional...

J1 waiver is total different from F-1 visa renew. J1 waiver is total different from F-1 visa renew. You need to apply for F-1 visa renew after or before the J1 waiver application. Also see: http://www.greencardapply.com/news/news08/news08_0507.htm

it should be OK Multiple employers require multiple H-1B petitions. But in your case, if there is only one employer A, not multiple employers, it should be OK. (also see http://www.greencardapply.com/h1b/h1b_limit.htm)

Federal Means-tested Public Benefits - Federal agencies administering benefit programs have determined that Federal means-tested public benefits include: 1) Food Stamps, 2) Medicaid, 3) Supplemental Security Income (SSI), 4) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and 5) State...

The appeal may take long time, it is better to start all over again with a new PERM EB-3. For PERM application, the employer must establish that the job requirements in the labor certification application, and the employer must also establish that their job requirements in the application are...

Currently, you must submit the RFE reqursted information with 42 days from the date of USCIS' RFE letter. Failure to do so with in 42 days will result in denial of your petition. Some RFE questions may be difficult, youn should work with your layer,and it should part of his job. For...

As a J1 visa holder before and subjected to 2yr HRR, you should not change to H visa. It may be USICS' mistake or USCIS did not know your were subjected to 2yr HRR. Without J1 waiver approval, your I-485 will be rejected. For J1 waiver application with form DS-3035, the most usful reason is...

The best reason for your J1 waiver may be the "No Objection" The best reason for your J1 waiver may be the "No Objection" The home residency requirement for a J-1 holder may be waived if the alien's home country's government can issue a "no objection" letter to the U.S. Department of State...

Yes, You really have to meet your Fiancee in person. This is required by USCIS and the US comgress passed "International Marriage Broker Regulation Act" (see http://www.greencardfamily.com/news/news2008/news2008_1105.htm)