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It depends on the personal situation of the person. I.e if parents and siblings stay behind chances of approval are better I guess things really change when the person becomes of legal age. Then one has to show a stable a job and lots of property being left behind which young people typically...

Hi flamboyant, I hope you are inviting your relative out of compassion, not compulsion :-) but if its the latter you better stop before things get out of control. As for the I-485, nobody is going to correlate your invitations with the I-485, so its impossible to affect your I-485 in any...

to achal Regarding the status verification, the interviewing lady looked at all my I-20s and H1-B approval notices to make sure that I didn't have any gaps in the status during my stay in the US

I-824; taxes Achal and WaitingQ, As for taxes we had brought tax forms for the last five years but they never asked for them. They didn't even look at what my salaries were either. But then, my case was a national interest waiver with no labor certification, its possible that if a labor were...

I-824 Guys, Call or email your respective consulates and ask them if they require I-824 filing or not. This is the best way to find out. If I remember correctly Mumbai requires it per the posting on the web site. Also there is a Dept of State memo to the consulates, which can be found on...

Achal, The US consulate in Bulgaria didn't require I-824 at all, not even filing it, so I don't have personal experience with it. However, from all my readings, I felt reasonably comfortable to file I-824 if the consulate required it. There are two schools thought: one is that filing of...

Kjkool, I don't know about Islamadabad. Due to the sheer number of Indians the procedures at Mumbai etc are relatively well known. But for most countries its best to write or call the consulate directly and ask if they do it and what are the requirements. They appear to vary widely from...

Yes, I am from Bulgaria. Typically you can do the consular processing only in your home country and even then, if there is more than one consulate, at the consulate holding jurisdiction over your place of residence. I think that exceptions are possible only if you've resided at a third country...

Hi everyone, After waiting in the I-485 queue for more than six months and no hopes for quick adjudication I lost patience and decided to try consular processing. This post probably belongs to the consular processing forum, but I want to share my experience with all the NSC I-485 waiters...

never heard of such a RFE Never heard of such a RFE and I thought nothing could surprise me. But if they are making you that offer why not take it, it won't make any difference for the green card. If they don't ask for a new I-140 I guess they don't need it, sending one might confuse them...

proactively send documents Lincoln, I won't hurt sending documents in anticipation of a RFE, however its unlikely that it will help IMHO. 1) Since the green card is for future employment, any proof of employment or that the applicant is still working in the field of NIW/extraordinary...

I think this RFE is strange James, Pork Chop is wrong in saying that EB-11 or NIW petitions have to be filed by a sponsoring employer. They can be self-petitioned by the alien. Not only is labor certification not required, but a job offer is not required. Technically, one can be...

one option for your friend IPC302, The girl is potentially in trouble on two counts (although see comments below for each count) 1) violating her H1-B1 by not getting paid while on the bench 2) working without authorization at the store Assuming she really IS in trouble for those two...

I-485 indochina category Hi, You can see that from NSC processing times report for 7/15 which is published on attorney's websites such as murthy.com or visalaw.com Previously there used to be separate I-485 subcategories for asylum, refugees, and employment based, now the much faster...

I noticed that 7/15 processing times report from NSC has a new I-485 subcategory that didn't appear before: I-485 Indochina. The processing time for this subcategory is much faster than the other ones, it is in Jan. 2003 Does anyone know what this new subcategory means? Thanks

I asked the same question a few weeks ago and I received contradictory replies from posters in this forum and also at misc.immigration.usa Some people say that the AP must be APPROVED before leaving the US, while others that it is enough to have APPLIED for the AP before leaving the US...

No, I will not have a valid H-1B so I didn't mention it all. I understand I will need to have the AP, but when: before I leave the US or when I reenter? Thanks

Hi all, I have a pending I-485/AP and need to travel to Japan on business in Feb for a month and a half. Is AP approval required BEFORE leaving US or is it enough to have the AP filed BEFORE leaving provided the AP is approved at the time of reentry? The INS web site gives contradictory...