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Does USCIS require spouses being sponsored for Permanent Residency to leave the United States?
The difference is that they entered the US illegally (i.e. without being admitted or paroled).
To become a US permanent resident (i.e. to get a green card), one must either go through Adjustment of ...
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Does USCIS accept divorce from Iran if you have dual citizenship
You should talk to an attorney. Generally, you don't need to get divorced in a separate process in every country you've lived in, but for the divorce to be valid the court/authority granting it must ...
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Will a print out from TurboTax satisfy the I-864 (or I-864ez)?
from your quote:
or photocopies of your Federal individual income tax returns for the three most recent years
If you filed through turbo tax - then you can print out a "photocopy" of your ...
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Can I send two-sided copies to USCIS?
No
From USCIS: Form Filing Tips
Send single-sided copies of your supporting documentation.
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Can B1B2 Visitor Visa Holder marry a person who has been waiting for her asylum interview in USA but already got her work permit and SSN
Can I go to the USA with my B1B2 visa and marry her within a week and come back to Canada, will this be legal ??
Technically there's no special type of visa for this situation (the fiancee visa, K, ...
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For the purposes of USCIS I-864, what proves you're a US Citizen?
Your US birth certificate if you were born in the US, consular report if you're US citizen by birth but was born outside the US, copy of your naturalization certificate or citizenship certificate if ...
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Why does USCIS.gov still say "respond with evidence" online when I mailed it in?
In my case the evidence was received. I can't explain why the website said
Review the notice we sent and respond with the requested evidence by
But they had the evidence sitting in their office. ...
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Why does USCIS.gov still say "respond with evidence" online when I mailed it in?
The most likely explanation is that it is sitting in a pile somewhere waiting for your case officer to get to it. The USCIS officers work on hundreds of cases concurrently, so once an RFE is issued, ...
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How to check if evidence mailed to the USCIS field office was received?
What I ended up doing was going to my House of Representative's office. For me that's Congressman Al Green. You have to fill out their intake paperwork, and after I did that they placed a call to an ...
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Where to file H4 petition?
You should follow the instructions for the status you are changing to (in this case, H4). So you can either file I-539 online or mail it to the Phoenix Lockbox.
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Does USCIS accept divorce from Iran if you have dual citizenship
Here are some BIA precedents regarding the effect of the location of the divorce on the validity of divorce for immigration: Matter of Dagamac, Matter of Levine, Matter of Moncayo, Matter of Ma. The ...
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Does USCIS require spouses being sponsored for Permanent Residency to leave the United States?
The problem is inadmissibility. Inadmissible individuals have to either have a waiver, or spend a period of several years (up to 10) outside the US until the ban expires.
This applies to undocumented ...
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request early appointment for asylee - United States
If say a person applies for asylum and the wait period for getting the first appointment with USCIS where they decide whether to push you to the court system takes too much time, can you request to ...
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How to check if evidence mailed to the USCIS field office was received?
How can I check that the evidence was received. Does the field office have a phone number that is not the general 1-800 number?
The field offices don't have direct numbers, but in the RFE you may ...
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Do I need to file for a B2 visa if I lost my job while on H1B for me and/or spouse?
Do I need to file for a B2 visa if I lost my job while on H1B for me and/or spouse?
You don't need to file for a visa, you need to file for a change of status. Use form I-539. Note: this is different ...
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When concurrently filing an I-485 and I-130 does uscis.gov show an update?
Not thus far
I've received I-797C's for my I-485, I-765, and I-131. None of these I-797C's show as having been sent nor is there any other indicator of progress on my USCIS account I used to file my I-...
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What are the requirements to translate documents?
Anyone who certifies that they know both languages well enough can translate. See 8 CFR 103.2(b)(3).
(3) Translations. Any document containing foreign language submitted to USCIS shall be accompanied ...
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Filing I-765 with I-485: do I pay the I-765 fee too?
That's not the link to the I-765 instructions. I-765 instructions are here.
What you linked to might be a version of the I-765 instructions that were supposed to be used with the August 2020 fee ...
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Where do you physically mail the I-485 for concurrent filings?
There is not one address
The instructions are on this page Direct Filing Addresses for Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status
, specifically here,
A spouse, parent, ...
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H-1B renewal: 240 days rule implications
This page talks about extending the H1b status beyond the statutory limit of maximum of 6 years. This is only available for people who have a pending I-140 petition or AOS pending for more than a year....
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What does the date exclusion for i-693 cover?
we are temporarily waiving the requirement that the civil surgeon’s signature be dated no more than 60 days before you file Form I-485.
Highlighted it for you. They're referring to the date of filing ...
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When concurrently filing, should in include a copy of documents previously filed?
For the I-485, you only include the documents listed as required in the I-485 instructions. Since you are filing I-485 separately from I-130, you need to include a copy of the I-130 receipt, because ...
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For the purposes of USCIS I-864, what proves you're a US Citizen?
The I-864 page checklist, as well as the I-864 instructions section "Checklist", clarify that proof of US citizen, US national, or permanent resident status is only needed for an I-864 that ...
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