There is no set amount of time. Keep following up. Contact your senator or congressman's office if no response within one year.

There is no U.S. immigration law that prohibits a person outside of the U.S. from working for a U.S. employer.

Your pending application for an immigrant visa could make it hard to prove that you have an intent to return to your foreign residence.

Your U.S. citizen child is welcome to live anywhere in the U.S. that he wants. You may want to arrange a guardianship. To attend public school a...

You may need a new medical or new security clearances. You can certainly as the U.S. consular office to reissue the visa, understanding it may or...

There are provisions in the regulations to allow you to file for an extension late due to exceptional circumstances. Otherwise, the consequence is...

The U.S. has no rules against a person working outside of the U.S., so yes, if you get an H4 and an EAD you do not need to live in the U.S. and you...

It seems to me that you could argue that you did not engage in employment by receiving a cash prize.

If your U visa is based on being a unmarried child of a U visa applicant, then getting married can affect your eligibility.

Regarding the reason for extending the stay, you do have to have a reason, which you will have to articulate and prove. Regarding the return...