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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 7th 2010, 3:27 am
Replies: 30
Views: 4,389
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Visa waiver, B2 VIsa for amateur athlete hellp!!!

The Port Director at Los Angeles International once told me that, nationwide, the expectation would be that 95% of nonimmigrants would get out of primary inspection, and only 5% would be sent to...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 6th 2010, 7:31 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 546
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: I-130...To File or Not to File...

Ian is correct on all counts.

I hear your concern about intent if your brother were to change to F-1. COULD such a COS be denied? Yes. A LOT depends on how one approaches this COS. If one is...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 5th 2010, 10:37 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,263
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: need to delay my L1

Michael is right. Getting insurance might be dicey, although recent health-care law changes may make things easier. At this point, these changes are NEW, so I would not count on any consistency of...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 5th 2010, 10:27 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 941
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: No Unlawful Prez -- OK to travel?

EXACTLY! "Hmmmmm!"

What? No easy answers? Why not? The facts are straight-forward enough, aren't they?

(I know: not talking about you, Meauxna. I'm having a rhetorical discussion with...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 5th 2010, 9:51 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 941
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: No Unlawful Prez -- OK to travel?

Now, if we could only FIND one!
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 5th 2010, 9:18 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 941
Posted By JCraigFong

No Unlawful Prez -- OK to travel?

Alien is H-1B.
Alien's wife is H-1B.

Alien's wife files Labor Cert based on her job.
In 2006, her Labor Cert is approved, so I-140 + Adjustment is filed for Wife and Alien.

In 2007, Alien...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 5th 2010, 6:52 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 4,661
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Returning LPR After 23 Months with Re Entry Permit

Susan, how good it is to see you posting!

--J
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 5th 2010, 6:46 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,263
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: need to delay my L1

You can use the visa to climb on board an airplane to come to the USA for as long as the visa is valid. However, if you wait a significant time past the approval date of your I-129 petition to make...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 5th 2010, 6:20 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 457
Posted By JCraigFong

USCIS will Increase its Fees on 23 Nov 2010

USCIS announced that it will increase fees for many of its applications and petitions as of 23 November 2010. Beware that a case filed with the wrong fee after the 23d November will be rejected. ...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 4th 2010, 7:38 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 11,811
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Denied entry to US previously on different country passport. but ESTA is approved

Certainly, in the times we live in, people with Muslim or Arabic names may have a particular problem crossing the US border. However, such "name hits" happen to others. I am always -- ALWAYS --...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 4th 2010, 5:10 am
Replies: 62
Views: 6,964
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: "Age-out" for 18 year old?

There are pros and cons to adjustment of status versus consular processing. Someone should review those with you. However, if brother is on F-1 status -- and likely to remain in status for the next...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 2nd 2010, 5:04 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,581
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Questioning At The Canada/US Border...

You know, Meauxna, I can't begin to tell you how often I get someone in my office who says, "my cousin's brother-in-law's boss' housekeeper irons the shirts of a guy who got his green card by...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 2nd 2010, 4:07 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 737
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Current L-1A holder - advice needed

Certainly if the company is willing and able to do so, if they file the I-140 and petition for you as an EB-1, then yes, you could try to get your LPR before the company goes south. Caution: if the...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 2nd 2010, 4:00 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,581
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Questioning At The Canada/US Border...

Discover has a point. We are talking about anecdotes. However, one value of a bulletin board like B.E. is the fact that when we aggregate enough anecdotes, we begin to see patterns.

Others might...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 2nd 2010, 5:30 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,581
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Questioning At The Canada/US Border...

After almost 30 years in the legal profession, I have learned that one will rarely lose a wager, betting that the US will get more conservative in its approach to immigration -- whether at the...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Oct 1st 2010, 9:51 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 737
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Current L-1A holder - advice needed

If you qualify for the H-1B, then yes, the US entity could do an H for you. For that matter, a completely separate, unrelated entity could do an H for you. A new I-129 would have to be filed, in...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 1st 2010, 9:40 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,581
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Questioning At The Canada/US Border...

Incidentally, I also had a conversation with a Congressman on the House subcommittee on immigration. There is discussion of doing away with the provisions which make Canadians visa-exempt -- for...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Oct 1st 2010, 9:34 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 3,581
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Questioning At The Canada/US Border...

I was up in Vancouver recently to have my regular meeting with USCBP officers up there. I was chatting with the assistant PD, and our exchange went something like this: "We're tightening up around...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Sep 28th 2010, 10:21 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 6,964
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: "Age-out" for 18 year old?

Newly-minted Lawful Permanent Residents and US citizens with their ink-still-wet Certificates of Naturalization can apply from the moment their IV is stamped, or from the moment the Natz Certificate...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Sep 28th 2010, 10:11 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,620
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: Visa status change

Meauxna is right: in MY day -- greybeard that I am -- a 20-page paper was a mere essay, or possibly a mid-term paper, if you had a lenient prof. Of course, where *I* went to school, they were...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Sep 28th 2010, 10:05 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 1,483
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: L1A - to marriage

Mazel tov on your upcoming marriage.

The advice you've been getting on this is spot on.

Let me add one wrinkle. If your company is willing to sponsor you for LPR, it might be worth thinking...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Sep 28th 2010, 9:22 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 21,880
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: E-2 Visa Denied Help What Can I Do ?

Fatbrit and I do not always see eye-to-eye on visa issues, but I am in full accord on this bit of advice.

I think you're going to need to get your money back out of escrow and (a) pony up a bit...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Sep 26th 2010, 1:55 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,582
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: E2 Financials

I see.

The marginality issue is really related to whether you have invested enough money to make a viable business, given your business plan and model. Certainly, your consolidated balance sheet...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Sep 23rd 2010, 3:09 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,582
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: E2 Financials

If you're using the LLC as merely a holding company for your interests in the two start-ups, you'd be best advised at the very least to demonstrate (a) your ownership interest in the holding company...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Sep 17th 2010, 9:22 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,148
Posted By JCraigFong

Re: L140 Approved - is that it???

No.

At least, not unless the I-485 Application for Adjustment of Status was filed concurrently with the I-140 petition. If the I-485 was filed concurrently, then let us HOPE that you will NOT be...
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