i485

Hello All forum members and helpful admins Would like to get your expert opinion on the following: My daughter (US citizen) filed I-130 for me in June, 2023 and it was approved in August 2024. I am now in US in B2 visa. We plan to submit I-485. Should we add I-864 (Affidavit of Support)...

Background: I am on student visa and filing for AOS after being married to USC for 2 months. I am also filing i765 EAD. Few questions I have before submitting application via mail. I am not doing online i130 1. Should I include all the i20s that were issued to beneficiary? 2. Are 2 photographs...

I’m considering moving back from USA to India. I’m interviewing with companies in India and they want me to start working remotely from the USA before I physically move to India in a few months. I’m trying to figure out if I can legally work for an Indian company while I’m still in the US. I’m...

I am on H1-B visa and my wife is on H4 Visa, stamped in our passport, validity till Jan 2026. We got our EAD after our I485 approval. I am using my H1-B visa for my Job and My wife started working after getting EAD and using EAD(from I485) for job. Does it mean. She lost her H4 visa and...

I & spouse are on H1B visa with different employers and are soon to max out. Spouse’s green card process has already started and are about to file the PERM. My H1B will max out in Jan 2025. My country of birth is Bahrain and her’s is India. I’m about to start a new job and they would start my...

Hi, I filed extension of stay (on B2) 45 days before I-94 ends. Then, around 10 days before my I-94 ends, my US citizen immediate relative filed I-130 and I filed I-485, which is called concurrent filing. I-130 already approved. Now, I received intent to deny I-539, and need to answer it in 30...

Hello, I am filing for a I-485 application based on recent approval of my EB1A I-140 petition. In the past, I went out of status for about 60 days, due to loss of employment (This incident happened prior to USCIS allowing 60 day grace period). I left the US, applied for a new H1B based on new...

I am currently working with Company A. Company A initiated my I-485 on Aug 30, 2021, USCIS Receipt Date (Sep 10, 2021). I got an offer from a different company, Company B on May 17th, 2022 (More than 6 months after AOS receipt Date) Company B intended to file an H1B transfer and I-485J for AC21...

My Current Situation: My Priority date on I140 from my current employer is 7/5/2018 and I have a new job offer from a different employer. New employer has a policy to file my GC (new PERM and newI140 ) after 1 year from joining date. Suppose I join the new company in May 2022 they will start my...

Is there any risk getting i485 approval / GC through employer in Employer Vendor Client model ? I'm in 5th year of H1b, I found one consultancy who is ready to sponsor GC on day 1. As I fall into ROW quota so after approval of I140 I will be able file I485. Do you see any risks of getting GC in...

EB3 to EB2 was downgraded as amendment. Amended box was marked. Can I now interfile? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My EB3 was downgraded to EB2 in Oct 2020 and the attorney marked the amended box ( "To amend a previously...

Hello everyone, I’m a DV 2022 winner my case number is in 17k I’m from Asia (Jordan) married with 4 kids now but one was born recently (all 4 kids are U.S citizens). I’m currently in the U.S on a student visa F1. My wife and the kids are in Jordan (for work purposes). My wife has a valid...

Hi. I have little complex situation, and could not resolved. I am planning to sponsor parents for GC, but they live in San Francisco with my brother. The issue is only processing time, and travel while pending cases. few questions are as : 1. Can I petition parents from Nashville, bundle...

Hi, I am on H1B currently and I would love to hear about experiences and advice on the best course of action for Laid-off with i1485 pending less than 180 days and i140 approved. What are my options? How safe or unsafe am I?

I understand that an I-485 is needed. Just wondering if the entire process of submitting I-485 for an asylum-based green card is any different from employment-based. If, for example, my asylum was approved on 8/1/2020, then when is the earliest date I can mail out my I-485? Any tutorial on that...

Hello Rajeev Sir, I am on H1B . My I-140 PD date is Sept 2010.I joined the company X . I have been with this company X for last 9+ years. I filed my I485 in Oct 2020 on EB2 and receipt date is October 30 2020 with company X. I got terminated from company X on Feb 2021 second week. I see my...

Hello, I am an asylee and currently have an i485 pending. I’m required to do a nunc pro tunc interview since my dad became citizen prior to sending in the i485. When he became a citizen I was 13 I didn’t have my green card but would I still be able to get my citizenship through my dad using...

I am waiting for a nunc pro tunc interview and I’m a bit worried. I got my asylum through my dad who seeked asylum from a country different than the one I was born in/came from. He became a citizen in 2009 and didn’t submit for my i485 until 2014. I was still under 18 at the time but due to him...

Hi, I received a message that all documents are reviewed and accepted and we will get a notification when my interview is scheduled. However, we were intending to still add a joint sponsor, just to be safe. Is it okay to still add a joint sponsor to my online account after receiving the message...

Hello everyone, need a help with the issue. I’m on STEM OPT and recently got laid off from my employer. I have only 70 unemployment days left. My wife is LPR. We applied for I-130(priority date-02/09/20) and I-485 for me since F2A category is current. Both cases are in with pending status. Q...