Apologise for long message. But I am sick to worrying..
I got an ref asking for school transcripts from Jan 1997 to 2001 I came to US on student visa in 1993. I didn't go to school for a year from 1996(June) to 1997(August). I joined new school from 1997 graduated from the new school, got F1-OPT and change of status to H1 approved and everything is clean from here. However I was not attending school from 1996 to 1997. My labor wasn't filled before April 2001 so I didn't qualified for 245(i). I did mention this to my lawyer. He said with the COS approval, there might not be a problem. And I truly beleived the out of status was forgiven. And filled AOS anyway. Now I realized I should have chosen CP- since out of status during F1 didn't really accrue any unlawful presence, I should have been OK for CP. I don't know why my lawyer didn't advise me to do CP. But that's past. Unfortunately, I didn't extend my h1 b- I worked using EAD, I still have 4 yers left. Now I am in a deep hole if AOS gets denied. What are my changces? I wanted to make best out of what I have. I already set up appointment with Shiela Murthy, And I will consult with other top attorneys too. I just don't trust my lawyer. Please share your suggestion.
I did travel to canada before applying 485. I entered using h1-b approval and I -94(that came with) and no problems, But I don't have h1 visa however, I have h1-b admitted stamp on my passport. Not sure if that's good enough to reset my past f1 violations.
I got an ref asking for school transcripts from Jan 1997 to 2001 I came to US on student visa in 1993. I didn't go to school for a year from 1996(June) to 1997(August). I joined new school from 1997 graduated from the new school, got F1-OPT and change of status to H1 approved and everything is clean from here. However I was not attending school from 1996 to 1997. My labor wasn't filled before April 2001 so I didn't qualified for 245(i). I did mention this to my lawyer. He said with the COS approval, there might not be a problem. And I truly beleived the out of status was forgiven. And filled AOS anyway. Now I realized I should have chosen CP- since out of status during F1 didn't really accrue any unlawful presence, I should have been OK for CP. I don't know why my lawyer didn't advise me to do CP. But that's past. Unfortunately, I didn't extend my h1 b- I worked using EAD, I still have 4 yers left. Now I am in a deep hole if AOS gets denied. What are my changces? I wanted to make best out of what I have. I already set up appointment with Shiela Murthy, And I will consult with other top attorneys too. I just don't trust my lawyer. Please share your suggestion.
I did travel to canada before applying 485. I entered using h1-b approval and I -94(that came with) and no problems, But I don't have h1 visa however, I have h1-b admitted stamp on my passport. Not sure if that's good enough to reset my past f1 violations.
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