A US citizen can file an immigrant visa petition for his or her brothers and sisters to immigrate to the U.S.

If you have an EAD you are allowed to work in the U.S. and working will not violate your status except in the case of students on OPT/CPT who may...

He can file a response and provide information to show that he has maintained his lawful status in the U.S., or he can leave and notify them he left.

OPLA often files it with the court on the day of the hearing so he will in fact need to show up or risk getting an absentia order of removal.

No, Customs and Border Protection checks people's immigration status, and they can do so in airports even for domestic flights.

No, you are not likely to face any difficult returning to the U.S. after visiting Turkey, based on the fact that you were born in Iran.

There is no n ew law or new executive order prohibiting permanent residents of the U.S. from leaving the country.

If your priority date is current and you have a pending application for extension of status, you should be eligible to file for adjustment of status.

If your wife does not have any pending I-485, then there may not be any basis for an application for an EAD or advance parole.

Since a J1 is admitted to the US. for duration of status, one does not normally file any application for extension of J1 status.