School policy

Visit the International Student Affairs office and/or the DSO.

International student who applied for reinstatement

Background clearances can take up several weeks, if not months.

Employer abuse on J1 visa student

You may want to discuss this with a labor and employment attorney.

Cap-exempt H1B

You would only be exempt if you were not eligible fro a full six-years of H-1B status at this point.

Does OPT extension application as a follow up to H1b application have any adverse effect on H1b approval?

If the H-1B change of status is approved, the OPT extension will become moot. Aside from that, there is not necessarily a conflict between the two...

The USCIS may take issue with such a marginal enterprise's need for an H-1B professional employee at $67K/year and its ability to actually pay that...

Processing times for I-129/ K1 visas.

It is generally taking approximately 6 months for approvals of fiancee visa petitions. Follow up with the Service Center.

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I have a GC and am applying for N-400 in 6 months (4 years and 9 months). I just married someone and she has a daughter.

If your step-daughter was under the age of 19 at the time of the marriage it may possible for her to seek adjustment of status or an immigrant visa...

I-140 is approved. priority date is current. Came to US 2007. I'm out of status since 2010.

A new employer may be able to petition you and recapture your priority date, however, you may be ineligible to adjust status or seek an immigrant...

Hello, as a Libyan student in the US. Can I apply for an asylum here in the USA?

It is possible to seek asylum in the US while in the US as a nonimmigrant from another country.