Answer Yes, an H-4 dependent can stay in the U.S. while the H1B travels for routine personal or business travel. What is not allowed is what is referred to as "parking" dependent family members in the U.S. after the primary has left the country for good...
Answer When filing an I-485, it is important to be able to show that one has maintained status since last entering the U.S. People often include more of their immigration history than that, but the legal requirement is from the last entry. In employment-based I-485 cases,...
Answer If your priority date is current, you can file the I-485 application and apply for advance parole travel authorization at the same time. (This, of course, is assuming that the job offer is still valid, etc.) You must wait for the AP to be approved...
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on August 24, 2015 that the agency's older eFiling system is being decommissioned. This system, which the USCIS now refers to as the "legacy eFiling system," has been replaced by the more modern Electronic Immigration System (ELIS). This...
... My H1B petition has just been approved with an I-94 for H1B status. I would like to travel back home for a short vacation in the last week of August and come back to continue working on OPT before my status changes to H1B...
It has been announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intends to negotiate for an expansion of preclearance operations to ten additional overseas airports. Preclearance facilities, which are operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), are designed to improve U.S. security while simultaneously...
Answer There is not a specific limit to the amount of time a person with a pending I-485 can remain outside the U.S. But, the issue is how the individual is going to be able to return. If the applicant is relying on the AP document,...
Answer Yes, one could return in H1G status once the I-140 is approved, even if s/he is outside the U.S. This assumes that the priority date is not current. The AC21 H1B petition extension can be obtained even from outside the U.S. (20.Jul.2015)In frequent sessions of...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced that all visa-issuing embassies and consulates are fully functioning, as of June 26, 2015. This marks the end of a worldwide shutdown of visa issuance that began on June 9th. The DOS estimates that the accumulated backlog of visa...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) is making significant progress toward resolving the technical problems that were preventing visa issuance. As of this writing, 39 consular posts are reconnected to the biometric clearance system. The list of these consulates, which include Chennai, New Delhi and...
