You do not need anyone's permission to contact the school. They may or may not provide their own attorney to file the application.

Your status is already changed. If you want to continue in a different status, you would need to file another application for change of status.

Our office does them, and many others do too. While there has been fraud in EB5 cases, rarely is the attorney involved in any fraud.

There are many different things that would qualify one for a work permit. For example there are asylees, aliens with Temporary Protected Status,...

You may qualify for porting under the AC21 rules. If you are planning to change to a job that is not cap exempt, you may have issues.

You don't need to list any form to file the AR11. That is the form you must use.

You will not be able to get a new naturalization certificate.

If you are admitted into the U.S. on the H4, then you can go ahead and live wherever you choose. But if you are admitted on the H1b, you must show...

Most likely it was not a deportation order, but if you want to be sure, try doing a FOIA with CBP.

if your prior act of not disclosing relates to your eligibility for the green card, then it can negatively affect your naturalization.