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On 5/8/2023 at 9:29 PM, nastra30 said:

Yes. But always remember entry is at discretion of CBP.

Yes, of course. 

10 hours ago, SalishSea said:

They can visit (subject to CBP admission, just like any visitor), they cannot adjust status and stay.

 

Visiting does not impact their petition for an immigrant visa, BUT, they need to be very, very careful about never being out of status or overstaying, because if so, they will not be able to immigrate.

Right we are very meticulous about never being out of status. They visit, for like 2-3 weeks at a time maybe once every 6-12 months.

I was wondering more about the reverse. The fact that they have a pending immigrant visa application making them unable to visit in the short term because they have a very distant 'intent to immigrate'.

Complex question but here goes:
 

I am a naturalized US Citizen originally born in India. I got my US Citizenship in 2016.

My sibling and their spouse both born in India are now naturalized Canadian citizens. They can visit me because Canadian citizens are allowed to visit the US without visa.

I am hoping to have them move closer to me some day and for that want to file a family fourth preference green card petition. For Indian born individuals this seems like it will take 20 years and that's ok.

My question is: can they continue to visit me while this application waits in the queue for the PD to become current? Does visiting for short periods of time jeopardize the green card application?

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

5 years = 3 * 365 + 2 * 366 = 1827 days.  

50 percent of 1827 is 913.5.  Half days don’t count. So half of 1827 is 914. 
 

You must have a total of at least 914 days of physical presence in the USA since the later of these two dates:

 

* the “resident since” date is on your green card 

 

* April 28, 2017

 

If have 914 or more days then your physical presence is sufficient.  
 

Based on your OP you might be able to file now.  There are other criteria.  You should visit https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/learn-about-citizenship/naturalization-eligibility to determine your eligibility to file today.  

 

oh ok. it was kinda confusing and i thought u needed 5 x 365 - 90 days at least as a PR before you can even apply.

they have 1827 - 90 - 150 = 1587 days at least. (and all other criteria is met)

My green card was issued in June 2017.

Currently within 90 days of 5 year anniversary of becoming an LPR.

I have spent a total of 150 days over the last 5 years outside the country. This is broken into about 6 total trips, none of which have lasted more than 50 days.

Do i file now or wait for 150 days?

(asking for a friend)

marriage certificates usually have the maiden name because they are issued while ur still unmarried as a license to get married.

shouldnt be a problem as long as wife has passport with updated name and some other document like birth certificate with maiden name.

Difficult for me to feel bad for folks who cannot distinguish between 'earliar this day' and 'later this day'.

9 hours ago, azblk said:

There has been a lot of horror stories about people who rescheduled their interviews. The USCIS is a big unwieldy bureaucracy that does not like changes.

its much worse when you miss the interview because your wife literally went into delivery the day of the interview.

rescheduling is annoying but its less risky imo.

the immigrants own income can be included if it is legitimate.

I included my h1-b income since my USC wife did not even have a job at the time.

1 - the earliest you can apply for citizenship is 90 days before the 3rd anniversary of the issue date on your green card.

2 - only us citizens can petition for their parents.

we can keep guessing but will never really know.

Op,

If you would like concrete answers, please provide a lot more details such as what kind of visa is he on in the US.

just meet in a third country? UAE should be easy.

i have done this for both parents so i have some experience.

my parents came to see my newborn and decided to immigrate when they spent some time with the child. you can file concurrently anytime and its probably best to do it before the i94 expires. the burden of proof for parents is fairly low - just make sure you definitely did not have immigration intent prior to using the b2 (for example, not having a return ticket).

only do this if she actually plans to immigrate - more than half year in every year needs to be lived in the US to maintain status.

only do this if you can afford private health insurance for her because most employer health insurance and public health insurance will not pay for her.

1 hour ago, charmander said:

Only tip I can give is travel time, coming from north I got stuck on I-93. With no other altearnative, I had to park the car at assembly row, take orange line to Haymarket, and barely walked in the JFK building on time. I recommend doing that if you're also coming from north, parking is cheap at assembly. Give yourself enough time to get there. Good luck with your interview.

 

 

+1

if you must drive, the government center garage is a good place to park, but also quite expensive. i think like $40.

https://goo.gl/maps/bJBWxwX1H7T2

i had my n400 interview at boston. nothing outside the 100 questions is asked. the english sentences read and written are very basic.

just do the 100 questions in a couple of days before the interview. use flash cards except for maybe the governor and house of representatives questions.

regarding marriage evidence i wasn;t really asked that much because my file was nice and well endowed. carrying the same as i-751 + an extra years worth of similar documentation is good enough.

20 hours ago, USAUSA said:

I'm a USC. I'm about 7 mths pregnant.

as a US citizen you have access to whatever benefits the government provides. Please use them to the fullest extent to take care of yourself and your child. It has no bearing on your husbands citizenship.

you should call a tier 2. the affidavit of support is a very binary thing. either u have the means or you don't. 6 months of paystubs with that income should be fine.

show them this if they dont accept it:

https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/i-9-central-questions-answers/faq/may-i-accept-expired-document-form-i-9

GC + Extension letter  = List A perm resident card.

i did not have an interview. although, this was a couple of years ago.

ive sent my cpr, roc, citizenship and 2 parents lpr via usps and never had any issue.

open a service request.
https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Intro.do

On 8/6/2017 at 1:14 AM, comedancing said:

Hello everyone, I would like to share with you that we just received the text message from USCIS confirming that my mother's interview is schedule for Sept. 8th. That's 259 days after we filed.

 

We are excited but do have a couple of questions - maybe some of you can help us with:

 

1) I filed my parents's GCs applications together, but only my mother is being scheduled for interview. Any idea what's happening with my father's GC possibly? Prior to this, they've been on the same schedule for the previous steps.

 

2) My parents don't speak English, can I as a sponsor also be the interview translator? Or, do I need to bring someone else to translate at the interview? Would bringing my dad's friend to the interview as a translator work?  

 

Thank you all!!! 

in the case of parents since there is no bonafide-ness to be proven, it is ok for you to be the interpreter as the sponsor. that being said, take a look at https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume7-PartA-Chapter5.html

they could disqualify you from being an interpreter based on your bias at getting your parents case approved. if you wanted to be super safe, take someone else. that being said, even your fathers friend wants to get his gc approved so im not sure how they enforce that bar. i think you should be fine by yourself if the case is straightforward. maybe someone with experience in the matter will comment.

been through this.

you have to get fairly expensive insurance to deal with this situation because you cannot get medicare (assuming she is old enough) or public benefits.

typical insurance for this kind of case will be 2k+ per month.

even regular visits to oncologists and drug upkeep will run in the 10s - 100s of thousands per year if you dont have insurance. make sure you know what you are getting into.

17 minutes ago, Shawn119 said:

Hi, thanks for the reply and look like you may have missed to read the P.S section. We are working towards it. But hypothetical situation, let's say someone gets his/her citizenship through a legit marriage using 3 year rule and due to unfortunately reasons, files for divorce soon after the ceremony with no lies or fraud involved, could this affect the citizenship ?

this is somewhat subjective. not revealing the truth can be considered lying.

when you use the 3-year rule, you are basically attesting that your marriage is ongoing. if you already know its over, then can you really attest to that?