File for I-131 and mark that you wish a reentry permit to return to the U.S. after temporary foreign travel.

Your mother does not need to withdraw her U visa application but if she adjusts status, she cannot get the U visa, and of course any derivative...

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Generally to get a visa on one's passport one must apply for the visa outside of the U.S. and return to the U.S. with that visa.

I agree that if you had a pending asylum application , you did not accrue unlawful presence so long as that application was pending.

Try your Secretary of State for a State ID or contact your government to issue you a passport. Those should be adequate identification.

What to do depends on the reasons USCIS gave for denying your application. You can try filing again, or you can renew the application at the...

If you never admitted guilt and there was no finding of guilt then you have no conviction and no bar to an H1b.

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Very likely you may be found inadmissible due to alcoholism and may need to wait a year to get the visa, unless they recommend a waiver.

You can check your alien number with the Immigration Court online to see if you have any case pending. Go to: https://acis.eoir.justice.gov/en/

If he is in deferred action status, ICE should withdraw the ICE hold. They can be notified to do so.