Marriage to US Citizen
I am on H2b visa and married to an American. Should I go ahead and start filing my paper work or should I wait on till my contract is up with the company I am currently working for?
I see no reason to wait.
I am on H2b visa and married to an American. Should I go ahead and start filing my paper work or should I wait on till my contract is up with the company I am currently working for?
I see no reason to wait.
I am a U.S citizen,I got married in U.S.A., my oldest son was born there,and I have 2 more sons that were born abroad and are citizens too, my husband had a green card, but he had drug trafficking problems almost 15 years ago, something like conspiracy, thats why we are living outside the U.S., if we want to go back, can something be done about this so the whole family can live there again? Can he get like a pardon and get a green card again, or there is no way this can be done?
Because you are a US Citizen, there could be waivers available for offenses committed by spouse. You may want to check first with the US consulate in the country where you are living.
I am a citizen of U.S. and had send the support documents. When my mother in law went for an interview they denied the visa because she stayed legally with the extension of three months in 1999 . After that she came to visit us in 2004 she went back by six months. At that time she got 10 years visa in 1998 multiple. My question is can they deny the visa without seeing the support documents.
They can do a lot of things, and often do, even things that are unreasonable. If you feel the decision is in error, contact the consulate through your Congressman.
I married a US citizen on may of 2009 and we were going to have a baby but we lost it a month ago. I entered the US illegally when I was 3 years old I am now 21 yrs old. A few years ago my moms employer filled an I-140 for her and all her children including myself were on the application. I want to know if that would benefit me in anyway?
May be Section 245(i) can help. Call and check with your mom's lawyer. Also explore the fact that you are married to a US citizen.
I am exploring my options to file a new H1B and would be great if you could provide any suggestions or insights on my current situation.
My details are -
1) I have my I140 approved in 2013 with an Employer (XXX IT Services Inc) and had multiple successful H1B extensions until 2017.
2) My latest.H1B had an I-94 expiry date of May 30, 2017. The extension was timely filed on May 16, 2017.
3) The work location changed in October 2017 and an Amendment was filed when my above H1B extension petition was still pending.
4) Amendment Petition was upgraded to premium service in December 2017.
5) I continued to work for it until September 2019 as no decision was made by USCIS on my amended petition.
6) I exited the USA in October 2019 to join my wife and kids who were stuck in India for all these years.
7) In the middle of the year 2020, administrative processing was lifted on my petition and an RFE was issued. However, as I was already out of the USA, no response was given.
At this point, I came to know that my Employer (XXX IT Services Inc) got into a visa fraud and money laundering case and served a jail sentence as well by 2020. Employees weren't made aware of it at all. Probably that's the reason for not hearing this long.
My questions are-
(A) Will USCIS consider my stay between May 2017 and October 2019 as unauthorized, will there be a 10-year bar on me?
(B) Can I apply for a waiver of inadmissibility on the grounds of an administrative processing hold on my last petition and I left before the decision was taken?
(C) Will my employer's visa fraud case impact my H1B approval in the future?
Visa fraud by an employer typically doesn't affect individuals if they aren't involved. As long as you were not complicit, your stay shouldn't be considered unauthorized, and there's no 10-year bar. Future H-1B approvals might have delays, but if you weren't implicated, there should be minimal impact on your immigration status.