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Dear Friends: SITUATION: I'm a US Citizen and recently got married to a lady in India; after the marriage I left her abroad where she is waiting for her Immigrant Visa petition to process. I'm submitting an Immigrant Visa petition for her; the idea is for her to get her Immigrant Visa via...

Dear friends: With your help and guidance I recently became a US Citizen! I'm glad and very thankful to you all, particularly to the likes of Bobsmyth, JackoLantern, Triple Citizen and The Real Canadian. As you may recall, I had questions about US citizenship and marriage: SITUATION: As...

Providing PO Box in Part 4B) ("Care Of" Mailing Address) of N400 Dear Friends: SITUATION: In Part 4B) of the N400 we're requested to provide a "Care Of" Mailing Address. There is one field for "Care Of" and another field for the Mailing Address. QUESTIONS: 1. I was thinking of...

Hello all: SITUATION: I obtained my Green Card in June 2005 (through my employer). I believe I should be eligible to become a citizen by June 2010. I moved to a new state on Feb 1st 2010. I plan to apply for citizenship around May 5th '10, 3+ months after being a resident in my district...

Dear Friends: I'm preparing to fill out the N-400, in advance. I've been in the US on a GC for over 4.5 years now, and hope to send in my N-400 by the end of March/early April. I have some questions pertaining to Part 10 "Additional Questions" of the N-400. SITUATION: Since coming to...

Dear Friends: SITUATION: I had a question about hunting for jobs in the U.S. Federal government, as well as State, County, and Municipality government departments and agencies. I am a green card holder scheduled to become a citizen next year in June 2010. I just graduated with my MBA and...

Dear All: I had a question about the N-400 citizenship form. SITUATION: In Part 6A. ("Information About Your Residence and Employment"), it asks "Where have you lived during the last five years. Begin with where you live now and then list every place you lived for the last five...

Dear friends, I'm a GC holder with one more year left till I get citizenship, and I had a question in that regard: SITUATION: I obtained my Green Card in June 2005. I believe I should be eligible to become a citizen by June 2010. I have been continuously living in the US since I obtained...

Hi all: I have a Green Card, and a Re-entry Permit. If I want to fly to Puerto Rico and stay there for a weekend, what paperwork or other things do I need to enter Puerto Rico, and to re-enter the USA when returning to the USA? Thanks for your help. Vivek

Hello all: I got my GC. I want to get married. My understanding is that if I get married to a girl from India who does not have a visa to the US, then it will take 3-4 years for me to obtain a GC for her. So how can I have my wife from India come to this country and live with me (I don't...

Dear Friends: I am scheduled to have a biometrics apptmt in San Jose, CA next week, for my GC that got stolen from my mail in Idaho. Any best practices/lessons learned/tips you would suggest I consider in order to make the appointment process/post-appointment process as smooth as possible? Does...

Replacement GC Biometrics appointment in San Jose Dear Friends: I am scheduled to have a biometrics apptmt in San Jose, CA next week, for my GC that got stolen from my mail in Idaho. Any best practices/lessons learned/tips you would suggest I consider in order to make the appointment...

Hello all: I e-filed an I-90 Jan 05 2006, got notice of receipt dated Jan 05 2006 with receipt number MSC XXXX... However, when I called the USCIS Customer center number at the bottom, their automated system says they have nor record of my application in their system. Any ideas why this would...

Dear Friends: I received my re-entry permit, and at the back of the document in the section titled "Information on Income Tax Laws for Holders of This Travel Document", it says the following: "Section 6851(d) of Title 26, United States Code provides as follows: 'No alien shall depart from...

Hello all: I have obtained my re-entry permit, and I have the following questions relating to it: 1) I have obtained Permanent Residence status. I have not as yet received my GC because it got stolen from the mail. My Immigrant Visa in my passport is going to expire in June. If l leave...

My fellow immigrants: I got my PR status through Consular Processing in June. Thereafter, I received a notice saying I would be getting my physical GC in the mail, but the GC got lost in the mail, hence was never received. I do not know if there is something wrong with my address (where I...

Dear friends: I know that if a Permanent Resident is abroad for an extended period of time (e.g. returning once every 6 months), it is advised that they file US taxes (although this is by no means a gurantee that the permanent residence will be retained and unharmed). Can you please advise...

Gurus: 2 questions: 1) I want to use a reentry permit for multiple reentry into the US. Is the reentry permit valid by default for one trip or more than one trip? Or does this need to be indicated explicitly somewhere on form I-131 (application for reentry permit...

1) Could someone please tell me how long it takes to obtain a re-entry permit (i-131) to re-enter the US as a permanent resident once one has applied? 2) Also, how can a permanent resident enter and leave the country without a physical green card after the i-551 in the passport, valid for...

(1) Does a Green Card allow admission to the US after travel exceeding no more than 6 months or no more than 1 year? (2) This following question assumes that the answer to question 1 above is 6 months: I have heard that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) expects aliens...