US Immigration from Brazil

Hello everyone! I hope this message finds everyone well. Little background info: My wife and I (both US citizens) are looking to file for green card for her parents. They currently have tourist visas and are here in the US visiting us for a month and their current tourist visas are good for another 3 plus years. Our question is:

1) Should i wait for them to return to Brasil then file the form I-130?

2) Once i file for their Green card, Can tell travel back and forth to the USA with their tourist visa without impaction our petition for their green card? I seen somewhere that if one is currently waiting for one's petition to be approved, they cant leave their country before they have a decision on their case because it would be considered "abandoning the case"...... (this is the main/most important question for us)

3) Do i file a form i-130 for each of her parents or can i do them all together? Or which is better/safer?

Thank you for your time!

Jonathas & Laila

Hello, everyone! My friend came to the USA with her husband and two kids. Her husband is an engineer and came with a work visa from Mexico, but now he is thinking he may lose this job and will have to go back to Mexico. The problem is that she just got a job as an ESL teacher at the school district, and she does not want to go back to Mexico yet. Is there a way for her to get a work visa for herself and stay in the country? How does that work?

I asked my CPA, the following question, but he wasn't 100 % sure . My fiance arrived 8/22 and we go married in 10/22. We filed the I-485 in 11/22. On my 2022 tax return, I filed "married filing separately". Im a little concerned that the IRS may look for a tax return on my spouse, and of course there isn't one since we are STILL waiting on his work authorization. I hope this doesn't affect the AOS. Just being cautious

Hi! I was looking at my consulate feedback and reviews here on VJ while I prepare myself for my interview.

I noticed that when I filter the reviews to only see "poor" reviews, many of them have no stars given and no feedback given. Wouldn't this pull the embassy/consulate rating down? When in fact the user really didn't give any rating or feedback at all, even though he took time to submit a review?

I understand the user had to select the 0 star when he submitted it, so it was a conscious choice, but it's honestly not helpful for other users. Maybe as a solution, whenever a user selects zero, then a written feedback of at least 100 characters is required? That way it will help people to actually think/pay attention to their review before submitting it, and not just submitting anything that is not helpful at all.

Or maybe would including a requirement of minimum of one star for the review to be submitted be an option? Maybe this would be a big change on the whole rating and it may and not be possible. You know better than me.

Just throwing ideas here and wondering if this is possible seeing the website is going through so many changes too. I just feel frustrated many users gave the embassy 0 stars with no explanation whatsoever about what was so bad about it.

Also, if I may add, Rio de Janeiro has a terrible typo on this page: https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Brazil&cty=Rio De Janereiro
It's not Janereiro. It's Janeiro.

Hello everyone,

I am new here and as the title says I am applying for both of these forms and 2 more (I-130 and I-864). I came to the US with a student visa and after I graduated I filed for the Optional Practical Training (OPT) and I was able to work in the US for a year. My OPT has expired and I need to file the I-765 again to be able to work legally, now that I am married. So, I am thinking if I should renew my permission or if I should make a new one. I believe I should apply for a new one because I need to get a job and not just to get another OPT.

I would really appreciate a feedback! Thank you in advance!