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The DoS recommends using your US passport even in the country(s) where you also have a citizenship if the latter allows it. This way the US government can offer you a much better protection than if you enter such a country with its passport. Because I only had my US passport, I traveled to the country of my other citizenship on it. I had previously inquired about the option at their embassy and they confirmed that it was okay to do so.     

Congrats! There is the added benefit of never having to deal with USCIS again. 

Congratulations!   Thank you for your contributions to this  country! 🇺🇸

Just wanna thank VJ for all the help with my journey. I joined when I filed the AOS but the journey had been a lot longer. F1 (many years) --> OPT --> H1B (many years) --> EB2-NIW --> the Oath
 
VJ has played a big role in the journey.
 
Even with the coveted GC in hand, I always fantasized about celebrating the Fourth properly. Now I can. I wish happy Fourth to everyone who can share my pleasure now, and to everyone who is still waiting! 

She qualifies for U4U, just a question of filing and waiting.

If you have other qualifications, on top of the absolute minimal formal education, theoretically you can get it approved.
 
So, let's see, do you have any citations in peer-reviewed journals? If so, do the citations reflect significant advancements in your field? Any patents to your name? Have you designed any methods that were used productively by others in your field? Have you judged the work of others in your field (including reviewing research papers)? Have you been invited to serve in high positions in organizations or societies in your field?
 
These are potential credentials that you may present if you choose to reapply.

The 245(k) allows them for the last ditch effort for another 180 days, past the I-94 validity. But, given their credentials, they should depart before running out of status.

i have a deep untrust for lawyers in US . They will wag their tail for anything. they want to make money and have nothing to lose even if your case gets denied. i have seen a dime in dozen law firms who dont give a penny about applicant  when their cases get denied. They are like puffff its in the contract we are not responsible..
 

USCIS thinks you dont qualify EB2-NIW.  so reapplying with the same credentials is throwing your money in vegas. They already denied what makes them approve the next time without any further qualification. clearly an Architect with Bachelors degree does not qualify for NIW.  To be honest your qualifications are not what NIW gets approved .
 
Most folks who apply for NIW either have PHD and publications in hand at research level or have accolades at national/international level. 
 
You can try but the odds are minute . get a job and ask your employer to file in Eb-2 regular or Eb-3 

They got a lawyer who charged them for an unwinnable case. Sad.

Technically you failed to meet the prong 2, but from the look of it, all three are weakly challenged by your attorney. 
 
The NIW is a long shot if your highest degree is below the PhD, MD, or similar level. You don't even seem to have a masters degree, so that's that.
 
You need to demonstrate that your work has been used to advance your field. Just being good at what you do won't cut it.
 
Your current area of concentration doesn't seem to be consistent with your experience, which is a big issue with the NIW applications.
 
The best lawyer in town is Victoria Chen. She won't take your case though, but do try!
 

Probably. But that's hard to know, which is the point of the exploration component. Add some randomness within the tolerance of your system and the robustness will increase.

Technically you failed to meet the prong 2, but from the look of it, all three are weakly challenged by your attorney. 
 
The NIW is a long shot if your highest degree is below the PhD, MD, or similar level. You don't even seem to have a masters degree, so that's that.
 
You need to demonstrate that your work has been used to advance your field. Just being good at what you do won't cut it.
 
Your current area of concentration doesn't seem to be consistent with your experience, which is a big issue with the NIW applications.
 
The best lawyer in town is Victoria Chen. She won't take your case though, but do try!
 

Technically you failed to meet the prong 2, but from the look of it, all three are weakly challenged by your attorney. 
 
The NIW is a long shot if your highest degree is below the PhD, MD, or similar level. You don't even seem to have a masters degree, so that's that.
 
You need to demonstrate that your work has been used to advance your field. Just being good at what you do won't cut it.
 
Your current area of concentration doesn't seem to be consistent with your experience, which is a big issue with the NIW applications.
 
The best lawyer in town is Victoria Chen. She won't take your case though, but do try!
 

While a strong economy is key to a strong society, it's not necessarily the only aspect that matters. The right of US citizens to sponsor their spouses and parents is a part of their right of pursuit of happiness. Family-based immigration is just that - family-based. The DV lottery insures that the door remains ajar for immigrants from less represented countries, and its economic value can be disputed, but given that it requires a minimal education and/or experience, and that it probably mostly attracts the young, I suspect that it's beneficial. 
 
I say this as someone who took the F1 --> H1B --> EB2-NIW path, and who most likely will never sponsor an immigrant. But as (now) a citizen, I'd like to retain that right. 
 
That said, I absolutely agree that limitations on EB categories should be abolished and that these categories be given higher priority. 

Yes. U.S. needs younger immigrants.
 
I largely agree.
 
Yes
 
I think it is inevitable. UK / Ireland, India / Nepal, Australia / NZ all provide freedom of movement, and the analogies are apt (freedom of movement between relatively high populous and low populous countries), but it will not do anything to address the U.S.’s aging population problem. 

Thank you for your sharing.
 
Yes, it was a bad decision and I learnt it the hard way - I’m remorseful ever since.
 
I’m now trying to put my life back together if that’s still possible.

I don't know specifically for L1A visas, but in the case of H1B, only the visa is revoked, not the status in the US. So I don't think they need a new approval, just a new visa stamp if they travel. 
Bring the documents showing that the charges have not been filed by the DA. This may help with avoiding the Panel, but those decisions are probably discretionary. 
The BAC of 0.03 is still significant even if not illegal for the type of the vehicle and in the state you were driving. It's beyond me why would anyone, especially a non-citizen, have a single beer before driving. I don't mean ethically - no judging - I mean from the perspective of legal jeopardy that one could be facing as a consequence. It's just a really bad idea.   

I don't know specifically for L1A visas, but in the case of H1B, only the visa is revoked, not the status in the US. So I don't think they need a new approval, just a new visa stamp if they travel. 
Bring the documents showing that the charges have not been filed by the DA. This may help with avoiding the Panel, but those decisions are probably discretionary. 
The BAC of 0.03 is still significant even if not illegal for the type of the vehicle and in the state you were driving. It's beyond me why would anyone, especially a non-citizen, have a single beer before driving. I don't mean ethically - no judging - I mean from the perspective of legal jeopardy that one could be facing as a consequence. It's just a really bad idea.   

The idealistic part of me agrees that the word should adopt the EU style freedom of movement, based on the logic you presented. In the poorer EU member-states the flow of migration has often reversed (people moving back to the original countries and those born in richer countries seeking unexplored business niches). The process is guided by a kind of law of diffusion: a tendency to make systems equal after removing the barrier between them. 
But the EU didn't just open the borders. It took decades for prospective members to meet the strict criteria, and, importantly, they had to be willing to trade some of their sovereignty for the greater good of the Union. I don't see Canada doing this with the US (relatively similar economies and political systems), let alone Mexico, much less the rest of the world.

Generalized statements such DV lottery winners are not highly educated is one of the reasons why folks who have no understanding of the DV process or have closely monitored it make the uninformed and sometimes biased opinions they have about DV selectees.
 
Yes, the DV educational requirement is a successful completion of HS, and yes there are some selectees who never advanced beyond that level educationally. However, for every one or two selectee with just a HS diploma, there are  on average four selectees with at least a bachelor’s degree, not to talk of those with graduate study degrees (with some having multiple such degrees), and some with Ph.D degrees (or going through Ph.D studies at the time of being selected). These are not arbitrary numbers, they are factual numbers based on other forums with active DV sections that I monitor, one of which I’ve been a part of as a moderator for the past 12+ years or so. 

Then there should be no issues at all. They can't travel directly from Russia to the EU though. 

For an LPR traveling to the US, the green card is the sole travel document. CBP and TSA allows LPRs to book air tickets in their passport names. That plus the fact airport security and immigration exit controls outside the U.S.  want names on boarding passes to match that on passports, is why we recommend booking in the name on the passport.
 
Present your GC and only your GC to U.S. CBP.  If the CBP officer demands a passport too, while that is illegal, shrug it off, and go with it.
 

While a strong economy is key to a strong society, it's not necessarily the only aspect that matters. The right of US citizens to sponsor their spouses and parents is a part of their right of pursuit of happiness. Family-based immigration is just that - family-based. The DV lottery insures that the door remains ajar for immigrants from less represented countries, and its economic value can be disputed, but given that it requires a minimal education and/or experience, and that it probably mostly attracts the young, I suspect that it's beneficial. 
 
I say this as someone who took the F1 --> H1B --> EB2-NIW path, and who most likely will never sponsor an immigrant. But as (now) a citizen, I'd like to retain that right. 
 
That said, I absolutely agree that limitations on EB categories should be abolished and that these categories be given higher priority. 

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