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    Getting married while girlfriend is on an F1 VISA

    The previous users basically has answered all the benefits of getting your girlfriend and getting GC ASAP. Hence, I will try to shed some light on the risks of not doing so. I was in a similar situation as you are and I ran into all sort of headache by delaying. So here are the risk 1.)...
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    F1-OPT to H1B. Do you have to leave the country?

    Hello, I'm posting this on behalf of my friend. She is currently waiting for her H1B petition to be approved. She is converting/applying for her H1B from her current F1-OPT status. Her F1-OPT expired back in 10/19/10 and she has stopped working since then. If I understand correctly, she...
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    F1 OPT to H1B

    Hello, I'm posting this on behalf of my friend. She is currently waiting for her H1B petition to be approved. She has not been out of status and she has stopped work in the mean time. Her F1-OPT expired back in 10/19/10, which means if I understand correctly, she has until 12/19/10 to...
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    180 days absence, please explain. Thanks

    Update on my situation Hello Friends, Thanks for all the advice, info and data posted. I truelly appreciate all of them. I'm finally back in the US. All the Officer ask was for how long I've been gone. I told him approx 5 months. He then stamped my passport with a Dept Homeland security...
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    180 days absence, please explain. Thanks

    Thank you My Friends, Thanks for all your replies and insights. All responses makes good sense (since one of you guys stayed at a holiday inn). l guess l'll haul my ass back to the states by end of this month after hanging out way too long in asia and europe. FYI, I left on Jan 28th and hope...
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    180 days absence, please explain. Thanks

    Hello my friends, It has been a long time since I last posted on this board. I recently check back and found that people here refers to the 180 days away from US to be the limits for Green card holders. I check the INS (UCIS or whatever they are called now) website and it still list 1 year as...
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    Does a US PR need an unexpired passport to go to Canada and coem back?

    WARNING!. You do Need passport Hello my friends, A word of warning!. You ARE REQUIRED to carry your passport with you when crossing the border. Eventhough, I was never ask to show it but my friend as ask to show his passport when we were coming back via Port Huron. Another case I 'ved heard...
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    Tax transcriots

    Question for Raju Raju, For benefit of others, I have a question. Doesn't the sailing permit issued by IRS would make your tax transcript redundant?. I thought the sole purpose of the "Sailing Permit" acts a a clearance certificate to certified that you are clean with IRS and that you...
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    IV Consular Processing and the Service Center I-824 Processing

    I agree with KD1403 and Chelsea. This might just be a rumour. TungFong
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    URGENT!! Do I need PCC for this stay???

    I don't think you need PCC Prosix, Like the other on this thread have said. If you only stayed 10 months, you don't really need PCC from Malaysia. Only needed when 12 months or more. BUT I would send an email to NVC to confirm it at least if the consular officer tries to be funny, you can...
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    AC I-140 for Third Country Nationals

    PCC from Malaysia Chelsea, It doesn;t really matters how you applied for PCC. I did the NY consulate route but then I ran into some personal problems and have to return home so I went to the Home ministry and did it. If you (or your family) go thru Home ministry it will be faster but like I...
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    AC I-140 for Third Country Nationals

    CP in Malaysia Hello Chelsea, I'm not awared of AC-140 in other countries or even in m'sia. BUT to answer the second part of your question, National Visa Center is definitely much more efficient than NSC. I had my GC in hand via CP a year ago and my friend who went the 485 route, whom...
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    URGENT!! Do I need PCC for this stay???

    Malaysian PCC Hello my friends, IF you do need to get a PCC from Malaysia, I STRONGLY suggest you do it WAY before hand as Malaysian authorithy is notorious for lonnnnggggggg processing time. Atleast this was my experience and a couple of others whom had to do it a year ago. Processing...
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    Threat Alert change to RED and Border Closing/Limited access.

    Hello my friends, Over the weekend I was at a party and almost everyone (which comprise of F1s, H1s and GC holders) in the party inform me that if the threat alert change to Red, INS will close the border to certain nationals from entering the country. These restrictions applies to Green Card...
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    SUCCESS!. CP at Malaysia

    My dear friends, Please allow me to first thank everyone who have helped me during my difficult times. I sincerely thank BAPA, SSURESH, RAVIKPK and other whom have traverse this path with me. I also like to thank LOCALMADRAS, IM9999, deepshikha, not forgeting Bapa and RavikPk for...
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    CP at Malaysia - certification of good conduct

    lunarrad : Hello my friend. I don't know if you know my current situation or not but I am forced to return to malaysia due to a family emergency. But I DID GOT my police report from the home ministry. I went there personally to collect it 2 weeks ago. I faxed a copy to the embassy and...
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    Tragedy at last stage of CP. PLEASE ADVISE.

    Thank you for all your assistant My dear friends, I sincerely thanks all those to reply namely Bapa, Localmadras and deepshikha. I dad once told me that "when you're in a foreign land, it's your friends that count". Once again you guy went all out to help me and I'm trully grateful...
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    Tragedy at last stage of CP. PLEASE ADVISE.

    My dear friends, Today is a dark day in my life as one of my family member passes away. I NEED ALL THE ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE. I'm currently waiting for an interview date from my embassy but I need to go home ASAP. I cannot contact my lawyer as she's on trail. I need to know :- 1.)...
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    CP at Malaysia - certification of good conduct

    Hi, Thanks for your post Lunnard. I think if they are not schedulling for your case, they will not schedule for my case too. My case was transfer on 9/10/02 and NY Consulate received my Certificate of Good Conduct apps on 8/10/02. So I guess we will be on the same boat. So have you...
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    CP at Malaysia - certification of good conduct

    Time to Interview Hello my friends, Does anyone knows what the time frame like from the day when your case is received by embassy to interview date?. Thanks in advance. TungFong
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