Questions tagged [immigration]
Questions about immigration rules and procedures.
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Cerebral palsy and IELTS
I'm suffering from Cerebral palsy and I want to participate in IELTS exam, but as I have certain problems like: missing the lines while reading, being slow in writing and having spasm attacks during ...
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How can an ID card holder get a document certifying having legally entered Georgia?
A Latvian guy I know entered Georgia yesterday on his ID Card, having been accepted for a study program at Tbilisi state University.
However, to get a residence permit, the public service hall states ...
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What's the maximum time to leave once student status expires
If a non-citizen of the US has been able to live in the country for some time under a student visa, and their educational program ends, how long do they have to leave the country (e.g. before forced ...
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I have an approved H1B petition, but my employer has stopped hiring. Can I get it transferred to a new employer?
My 2017 H1B petition is approved with a validity of one year. It is valid until Oct 2017. But my H1B sponsor has stopped hiring and so I didn't go for stamping yet.
I have a L1B and current working in ...
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How can I find out if I ever filed an I-485 (a step in the green card process)?
I am a Canadian citizen. Years ago, I was working in the US for a large company on an H1B visa, and the company strongly encouraged me to go through the Green Card process. Some steps were completed, ...
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EU spouse with extended passport refused visa
I would like to exercise my right according to Directive/2004/38/EC to permanently move to Portugal with my wife.
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Get a green card without living in the US?
I am aware of the diversity visa program, and though I am eligible to participate, it is, after all, a lottery... not a sure thing. I am looking for other options that are less of a gamble.
I work ...
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Do I need to be employed at the moment of AOS interview for my employment-based EB1?
I just received a notice from USCIS for my employment-based EB1b green card interview, set for mid-April. I already left my previous job, and am currently unemployed, searching for another job.
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Residence permit expires while travelling
I live and work in Austria. I need to travel from Austria to England for a meeting (and come back). However, my Austrian residence permit will expire during my stay in England. I will apply for an ...
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Fulfilling J1-visa two-year residence, when you are no longer a citizen of "home country"
I received J1-visa and was marked as a subject to two-year home-country physical presence rule. At that time I was still a citizen of Kazakhstan.
I moved to Europe (Czech Republic) immediately after ...
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UK Ancestry Visa - arrived 3 months after visa started - do I need to extend visa to apply to settle?
I am South African and have been in the UK on an ancestry visa for the last few years. However, I arrived in the UK three months after my visa started.
This means that when my visa ends, I will not ...
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How can I move to the UK with my child and non-EU/EEA wife?
I am a British citizen working in Iraq and want to move to the UK with my non-EU/EEA wife and my child. Right now, she is a refugee in Germany and has a 1-year residence permit and, with her, is my 16-...
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Refusal of EEA Family Permit
My wife is a British Citizen and I am South African and have been living and working (permanent placements) in Ireland for roughly 2 years.
My wife was asked about an internal move within her ...
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Under which clause can I get back Australian Visa application fee if SkillSelect or ASC calculated my points wrong?
I have applied for Australian visa 189 first assessing agency is ACS (Australian Computer Society) which assessed me as suitable for migration
Then I have submitted all the paperwork (IELTS, ACS ...
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Do i have British Citizenship by Descent if parents were born in a British overseas territory? [closed]
This has been confusing me for years. My mom and dad were not born in the UK, but both got British Citizenship within a British overseas Territory. I was also born outside of the UK, in 1986 and have ...
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Australian spousal VISA refused, grounds to appeal? [closed]
I'm from the UK and my wife is Australian. I applied for a spousal VISA in 2009 which was granted (provisionally). We lived in Australia for about a year before returning to the UK.
We then visited ...
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QSW (Quebec Skilled Workers) program area of training points [closed]
I applied for the QSW (Quebec Skilled Workers) program last May 2014. Based on my previous assessment, I am eligible for the program. I got my file number last August 2014. Unfortunately, the Quebec ...
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How to help my mother in law migrate - no lawyer wanted!
I asked here: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253625/site-to-ask-about-visas-immigration-asylum-seeking and was recommended to ask here on this site.
Basically me and my wife are both US ...
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Do British citizens need a visa to stay in Italy more than 3 months with boyfriend/girlfriend?
I recently moved to Italy for work (I am an EU citizen). My British girlfriend joined me but is unsure if she needs a visa after her 3 months stay is over.
As a British citizen, can she stay more than ...
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Entering the UK with a valid EEA Family Permit about to expire
I am a Turkish citizen married to an EU (Estonian) citizen, with whom I recently moved to the UK. I am currently based in the UK and holding an EEA Family Member Permit, which will expire by 5th of ...
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I want to get my Mexican fiance permanent residency in the United States with drug conviction
I am a US citizen who met my Mexican born fiance in Texas 15 years ago. He was deported from the US 13 years ago after serving time in prison for a marijuana charge. He was told that he could reapply ...
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Can I go as a Skilled Migrant to NZ?
I am 29, unmarried, having 6+ Years of experience as a Software Engineer in India.
How can I get a job in NZ before I apply for visa under 'Skilled Migrant' category?
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Visa refusal for australia
I'm from Punjab, and applied for a student with spouse visa for Australia in subclass 573. My visa got rejected with:
Your visa rejection is due to 573.224(a) migration regulation 1994.
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What Countries Offer Citizenship Based on Ethnicity and How Does One Prove Ethnicity?
In a similar vein as my citizenship by blood question -
What countries' (if any) nationality laws exist that will allow citizenship by ethnicity for people whose bloodline may not have current ...
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Can a US greencard winner re-enter alone or can extend of family members visa enter time after 6 month is over?
As a greencard winner(diversity visa 2018) family father, all members got visas but 6 months time is over for my family members except me.
Let me explain details.
I bought fly tickets to all of us. I ...
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Does taking the special requirements IELTS damage a Canada immigration case?
I'm a non-native English speaker applying for immigration to Canada. I'm required to the take general IELTS test. It costs $210 in my country. I suffer from cerebral palsy, my writing speed is slow, ...
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For US immigrant visa, does the chest X-Ray actually expire even once you have the visa?
My wife's green card application is on hold, waiting on my I-864 (US taxes.. bah! Don't open a Limited in the UK if you're a US citizen unless you're ok with paying $1200 to have your personal US ...
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Citizen sibling and parents with Green Card. How long?
My sibling has US citizenship and my parents just got their green cards. I'm over 21 and from a small country in eastern Europe currently residing in the US on a student visa. If my sibling and ...
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Should a potential green card applicant change their name before starting the green card process?
My wife is a Brazilian citizen (I am a US citizen), and we wanted to begin the process of applying for a green card for permanent residency in the US. Right now, she is an F-1 student visa with 1-year ...
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Does the April 22, 2020 Executive Order suspending the entry of immigrants affect existing green card holders?
I am a Green Card holder since 07/28/2019 and I am outside USA now , will I get effected or ban from entry because of President recent executive order to ban the immigration for 60 days?
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Will applying a US diversity lottery (Green Card) program affect my future visa requests?
Will applying a US diversity lottery (Green Card) program affect my future visa requests, especially if I am going to apply for a J1 internship visa next year?
I am going to apply for green card but ...
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Moving to Japan from the US with a visa: How do I prepare for the immigration officer?
I'm asking this question largely as a safety net, in case there's something I'm not seeing that's going under the radar.
I got a job recently in Japan, and I received a visa to be able to work there. ...
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What do I need to go back to US to immigrate or study?
I am German and now I live in Europe. I entered United States on December 5th of 2013 under the Visa Waiver Program/ESTA that allows you to remain in the US for 3 months as a tourist. I overstayed, ...
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H1B visa marrying a US citizen: can stay in US and work?
I've been living and working in the US for 1 1/2 years, on an H1-B visa. My employer is a State University (I teach and do research). The visa expires in late June this year.
While in the US, I fell ...
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EEA Family permit application... please help
My wife is filling our her EEa FP and on the EEA National page there is this question "what is your permanent residential address and contact details" my question is who's address do we put there the ...
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Will my US overstay affect my chances of getting a UK Work Visa
I overstayed my student visa in the US by a couple of years. Now I have a job offer in the UK and will be applying for a Tier 2 work visa. Will my US overstay affect my chances of getting the UK visa?
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Consequences of informing bank about leaving country
I left USA in 2019, but did not inform Bank of America about this. I am currently in Canada, continue to operate my BoA account for payments, and have substantial balance in the bank account in US.
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F4 visa was granted but my nephews aged out. What can we do?
I applied for the US F4 visa (Family Preference Immigrant Visa) 13 years ago for my sister and her family. Her case was approved in 2009. After that, we didn't hear anything for years until, finally, ...
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Eligibility requirement for "New Brunswick PNP"
This link provides detailed eligibility requirements for the various categories of the NBPNP.
I have a question from below para:
Candidates are assigned a score based on the information provided, ...
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Can I get a working visa in Australia/New Zealand without a degree?
I have Italian citizenship and I would like to go work in Australia or New Zealand for an undefinite amount of time.
I don't have a bachelor's degree, would it be enough for me to get a job offer as ...
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Can father send me the amount of proof of funds required for immigration?
I want to immigrate to Canada. My father is willing to give (not borrow but give) money required for it. Will it be ok to take money from him?
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Does 'Front End Developer' or 'Marketing Developer' come under "Developer Programmer" category in skilled worker occupation?
I am working as a Front End Developer at a Canadian company from Pakistan. They are registered in Pakistan too. I want to move to Australia and I found that for skilled worker immigration, the worker ...
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We are applying for Canadian Express entry. How to I (the spouse) apply for jobs whilst waiting for PR?
We have signed up for Canadian Express Entry. My wife is the lead applicant as she has the most points. I am named as the spouse.
We both have over 7.5 in each of our IELTS tests.
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Is it possible to be a white African American?
I'm just wondering if I as white South African would to move to the US would I have any right to call myself an African American?
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Will my US immigration time duration effects, if my parents come back to pakistan
My parents have been living in US since 2 years and they are green card holder, but not have citizenship now. I have applied for US immigration on base of my father who is currently doing job there ...
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Expat returning to the UK with German husband who is retired
I have been living in Germany for over 30 years with my German husband. We were married in the UK. My husband has a German pension. What happens with our health care when we return? I have not paid ...
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Form I-130 Beneficiary entry information
I am a green card holder and filing form I-130 for my wife. My wife came to US on student visa (F1) and got her H1B approved. I am stuck at question 46 regarding beneficiary entry information. ...
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Relocating to the UK with spouse
My mother- and father-in-law are permanently relocating to the UK. My father in law is a British citizen, and has resided in the US for the past 20+ years. My mother in law is a US citizen.
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Evidence to bring to the second immigration interview after a 10 year ban?
During my most recent interview last year I was told I was on a 10 year ban because I overstayed my visa by a year and half and was over 18 years old. Even though I told the consular officer that my ...
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US G-4 visa spouse rules
I've been trying to find the precise text of the laws relating to G and A visas. There's apparently a law that you can't apply for any other non-immigrant visa than a G or A if you're eligible to ...
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