Stay with voluntary departure or file motion to re-open and reconsider?
If he took voluntary departure, and three months have passed since the hearing, he will not be able to adjust and he must leave the U.S. There is...
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If he took voluntary departure, and three months have passed since the hearing, he will not be able to adjust and he must leave the U.S. There is...
yes, you can file a petition for write of mandamus.
Yes.
You can file for an H1b on April 1st. You should not request to extend an H4 and change to H1b at the same time as they are inconsistent.
You can change status from F2 to H1b, as long as the f2 is good until October 1, 2013.
About 12 years. If he is not in status he must leave the US for 10 years.
You do not lose your status by getting married nor by applying for adjustment.
If they are adjustment eligible they can file an I-130 petition for alien relative and request adjustment at the immigration court.
He may be subject to removal based on either a crime involving moral turpitude or even a crime of violence.
Unless you have a criminal record, fraud, prior deportation, there are no consequences.