If you leave for over 365 days, there is a presumption of abandonment. One would need to know a lot more facts but assuming you lived outside of...

There may indeed be questions about your ties to your home country for the J1 visa purposes. There is no harm trying if you have no other options.

If the section asks about information about your last travel to the U.S., then you should provide the passport number you used when you last were...

If you are eligible for a work permit because you have a pending application for adjustment of status, whether it is employment or family based, in...

It is real. You can sponsor refugees abroad to come to the U.S. Check the Department of State website.

If she gets a visitor's visa she can be admitted up to six months at a time. She can also file to extend her stay.

While there is no rule against it, it is highly unlikely a consular officer would agree to issue you such a visa.

Yes, you could provide an I-864 from a joint sponsor at the interview overseas for the immigrant visa application.

You can buy a home and take a job in the U.S. and come back to it every five months, and stay in the U.S. for a month. Or you can just file for a...

It seems to me that renewing your passport should not be a basis to deny your application for asylum.