Can Student Visa Holders Apply for a Green Card?
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My mom's green card interview
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My mom came in for a visit in Dec 2009, I applied for I-130 in Feb-10 for her and got approved, then she left to Canada to visit a friend and came back in May, I applied for an adjustment of status in June, and she has her interview this week. Does the fact that she reentered in June with the intent to apply for permanent residency because of the I-130 approval we got lead to denying her application.
If USCIS so wishes, they can certainly make an issue of it. But they tend to be much more tolerant of cases of immediate family like parents and spouse.
AOS applicants applying for H-1 visa
Here is a commonly encountered situation for AOS applicants (I-485 pending) from our clients-only extranet: