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I had an I 94 expiration about six years ago when I was on H 1B. The I 94 expired because my passport had expired. I renewed my passport within 30 days, and on the 35th day I traveled to my home country and re entered the U.S., so the total gap was 41 days. I received my green card three years ago, and I will be eligible to apply for citizenship under the five year rule. I want to know if that past I 94 issue could affect my naturalization application.

Hi everyone,

I am applying for a U.S. visa from Ethiopia because I am going to attend a short training in the U.S. I want to make sure I complete all the forms correctly and follow the proper process.

I would really appreciate any guidance or advice from people familiar with U.S. visa procedures. Thank you so much!

I have been in the US on H1B for over 10 years. In 2023, I had a change of location with the same employer. While the payroll reflected the change end of Nov'23 and I made the move to the new city around this time while submitting the AR-11 (and making USPS change), the immigration team at my employers' were informed late and the H1B amendment for change of location was finally approved end of Dec'23. There is a 1 month gap between my move to the new city and the H1B amendment's start validity. Since Dec'23 the status has remained compliant with no issues associated with a renewal and a transfer. I realized the one month discrepancy as I was preparing my application for AOS I-485 where I have to provide specific dates associated with my last and current residence, where my current residence shows Nov'23 as last date in my previous location but my job history shows dec'23 as last date in my previous location based on I-797 records.

Any advises or thoughts on how to tackle this situation and its impact on AOS as well as future H1B petitions/ current H1B status if flagged during AOS.

I submitted my two police certificates as listed on travel.state.gov for Montenegro which include a criminal and misdemeanor report. Also written on the state site was a notice that a basic court document was also to be submitted for immigrant purposes. I uploaded all 3 and NVC got back to me saying the document is invalid and when i responded and asked why they just referred me to the site. Does anyone have any experience with this? I know there is a pause on Montenegro but asking for the future.

I would like to apply for my N400 in February. This is what is on the Document Checklist that is confusing to me:

4. Documents referring to you and your spouse:

a. Tax returns, bank accounts, leases, mortgages, or birth certificates of children;

or b. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)-certified copies of the income tax forms that you both filed for the past 3 years;

or c. An IRS tax return transcript for the last 3 years.

I have read some posts regarding this and many say that you have to send them a tax return transcript or certified copies. But in front of parts b and c, I see the word "or".

So does this mean I have a choice of tax returns, OR, certified copies, OR a tax return transcript.

As well, I want to apply now, before our tax filing. Does anyone think this is not a great idea and to wait until we filed. (I just don't want to wait another month because I have the funds now)

Oh, and one last question: If I file online is that quicker and also, I guess I send all supporting documents in PDF's. (I have always filed with hard copies for everything in the past.)

I was hoping to gain my citizenship this year since it is the 250 Birthday.

Thanks in advance!