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2026 (37)

• October 21st - Article: WHERE ARE WE WITH FORMS I-485, I-539 AND I-765? DHS ORDERED TO TAKE BIOMETRICS OF DETAINED. EXORBITANT FINES FOR FAILURE TO DEPART RULED UNLAWFUL.
• October 4th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on October 4, 2026: 1. Problems with dependent applicant can affect the principal applicant 2. Holding a valid F-1 visa increases the chances of returning to the U.S.
• September 27th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on September 27, 2026: 1. The adjudication on NIW application has become stricter lately, if you have remained outside the country for a long period of time 2. Can I apply for PERM and NIW at the same time?
• September 20th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on September 20, 2026: 1. F-1 application requires the applicant to have nonimmigrant intent 
• September 7th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on September 6, 2026: 1. Working for the company on EAD while simultaneously applying for a new H-1B would not create any risks for green card application
• September 2nd - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – 9/15/26 IS D/S RESTRICTIVE RULE DAY; 9/15/26 IS DAY 1 FOR D/S UNLAWFUL PRESENCE (THOSE NO LONGER IN STATUS); 9/18/26 IS PUBLIC CHARGE RESTRICTIVE RULE DAY; EXTRA CARE REQUIRED CHECKING OVER APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS BEFORE SUBMISSION; DORCAS RULING ALLOWS 39 BANNED COUNTRY ADJUDICATIONS FOR NOW.
• August 16th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on August 16, 2026: 1. Can a Ph.D. who went back to China without applying for OPT return to the U.S.?
• August 10th - Article: A Preliminary Assessment of the New Regulation/FAQs Affecting F-1 Students by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• August 2nd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on August 2, 2026: 1. When can I consider a mandamus action?
• July 31st - Article: CHASING AND KILLING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS FOR NOT EVEN A CRIME?
• July 26th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on July 26, 2026: 1. If there is an open priority date for your I-485, your status would be frozen, and you would not accrue unlawful presence during the pendency of the timely filed I-140 application
• July 19th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on July 19, 2026: 1. It has now been seven months since my I-485 interview without any news; what should I do? 2. I submitted I-485, but I’m very likely to be laid off soon. How can I delay things enough to hit the 180-day mark?
• July 15th - IMMIGRATION NEWS YOU CAN USE: UNDOCUMENTED FACING DOUBLE WHAMMY IN TEXAS; H-1B 60 DAY GRACE PERIOD CHANGE TO B VISA STATUS?; 4-2 CIRCUIT COURTS AGAINST MANDATORY DETENTION; MOSTLY IGNORED I-246 FORM FEE SET TO RISE OVER 200% AND NOW DEEMED REQUIRED BY BIA; DOL TRYING TO FINALIZE PROPOSED RULE DRAMATICALLY RAISING PREVAILING WAGES FOR PERM, H-1B, H-1B1 AND E-3 CASES.
• July 12th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on July 12, 2026: 1. There is risk in redoing PERM as the US job market must be tested again 2. Will my job duties change affect my I-485 submission?
• June 28th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 28, 2026: 1. The premium processing is technically only for the I-140 petition
• June 24th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 21, 2026: 1. Filing an I-485 may be viable as long as you have maintained legal nonimmigrant status 2. USCIS processing time for AP, 80% of cases exceeds a year
• June 14th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 14, 2026: 1. If you are traveling under advance parole, you are not required to have a H-1B stamp 2. Why did I not receive a receipt for my filed application?
• June 11th - Article: Trump Administration Getting Ready to Rip the Roof off of America After Midterms
• June 7th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 7, 2026: 1. If a PERM were to begin today, it might not be completed within 21 months 2. You would violate H-1B status if you worked with the EAD for another employer 3. An individual self-petitions for the NIW, the case can continue even the individual has changed jobs. 4. It has usually taken much time in the past for the agency to work on a returned case
• May 25th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on May 24, 2026: 1. You recently changed jobs, and you may wish to push the company to begin your PERM application as soon as possible 2. I submitted my I-485 application recently and was laid off today. What should I do now?
• May 10th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on May 10, 2026: 1. If the NIW was company-sponsored, losing your position may have more serious consequences
• May 3rd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on May 3, 2026: 1. Under the current rules of the $100,000 H-1B payment rule applicable to persons applying for H1B visas overseas 2. You can only file I-485 straightaway if both the job location and the legal entity are unchanged
• April 26th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on April 26, 2026: 1. Paying the premium processing fee does not guarantee that USCIS will actually reach the case within 15 business days 2. How can one successfully apply for an EB-1A visa?
• April 13th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on April 12, 2026: Someone would rarely ask for another EAD when he/she has one valid until 2030
• April 8th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – PREDICTION ON SECOND ROUND OF H-1B SELECTIONS; PREVAILING WAGES LEVEL I-LEVEL IV SET TO LEAP UNDER NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING; HABEAS CORPUS AND THE RIGHT TO BRING UP CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES TO AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE.
• April 5th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on April 5, 2026: If I am not selected in the H-1B lottery, can I apply for PERM?
• March 29th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on March 29, 2026 1. Labor certification applications can be restarted at any time. 2. The H-1B extension petition can only be filed within six months of its expiration date. 3. EB-1A and EB-1B can be submitted simultaneously if the contents of one do not contradict the other
• March 8th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on March 8, 2026 1. Under the new weighted wage rule, the chances of being selected are higher if you have a good wage offer 2. Received an RFE for the medical report  
• March 4th - Article: PERSONS ADMITTED TO U.S. AS REFUGEES DO NOT DESERVE THIS TREATMENT
• March 1st - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on March 1, 2026 1. The main benefit of switching from H-4 employment to H-1B is that you would not be dependent upon your spouse 2. EB-1A applications do not require Supplement J form 3. Incorrect occupation code in the State of Occupation Certificate (SOC) is not a basis to revoke an I-140 approval 4. Filing an NIW application is considered to have applied for an immigrant visa 
• February 22nd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on February 22, 2026 1. Can I transfer to Day 1 CPT when my H-1B expires? 2. The I-140 petition must be filed within 180 days of PERM approval.
• February 8th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on February 8, 2026 1. Whether adding a derivative beneficiary will slow down green card processing timeline？ 2. Being laid off does not necessarily invalidate an EB-1A visa.
• February 1st - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on February 1, 2026 1. USCIS is giving additional scrutiny to nationals of China who graduated from one of China’s “Seven National Defense Universities”.
• January 26th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on January 25, 2026 1. 1. If I-485 is denied and H-1B needs to change employer
• January 23rd - Article: H-1B SEASON UPON US – TIME TO BEGIN IF NOT ALREADY STARTED. USCIS STATISTICS ON PROJECTED LEVEL I AND LEVEL II WAGE SELECTION RATES LIKELY WRONG.
• January 18th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on January 18, 2026 1. USCIS expects to see the last 3 payslips to determine the start of the 60-day grace period 2. What to do if I haven’t received the filing receipt for over 1 month?
• January 11th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on January 11, 2026 1. A request for porting is conditioned upon the I-140 petition being approved and 180 days have passed 2. The criteria for NIW is that the person’s proposed endeavor has both substantial merit and national importance

2025 (36)

• December 28th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on December 28, 2025: 1. If you have already applied for an immigrant visa petition, it may prove difficult for an American consulate or embassy to issue you the F-1 visa
• December 21st - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on December 21, 2025 1. It’s difficult to apply for adjustment of status if the employee is no longer affiliated with his former company. 2. To change the priority date on your I-140 petition, please contact the USCIS
• December 15th - Article: SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF THE NOVEMBER 6, 2025, STATE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC CHARGE CABLE
• December 14th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on December 14, 2025 1. Chinese J holders are no longer subject to a two-year foreign residence requirement 2. Would applying for CPT negatively impact the I-485 approval?
• December 7th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on December 7, 2025： 1. A change of nationality generally will not affect green card processing
• December 4th - A Dual Star Shines in the Legal Community: Alan Lee Wins “Super Lawyer” for the 14th Time, While Arthur Lee Makes His Debut as a Rising Star
• November 23rd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on November 23, 2025： 1. Encouraging organizations to begin PERM labor certification applications at latest when H-1B holders have finished the first three years
• November 18th - ALAN LEE AND ARTHUR LEE HONORED WITH SELECTIONS AS TOP NYC LAWYERS IN IMMIGRATION LAW IN 2025
• November 16th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on November 16, 2025：1. EB-1A was approved, there are options for your spouse to maintain legal status 2. For H-1B extension, you can return to the US during the time that the extension is pending or after it has been approved if you have a valid H-1B visa
• November 4th - Article: EAD Automatic Extensions Abruptly Ended
• November 2nd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on November 2, 2025：1. In applying for the green card, you should disclose all nationalities. 2. You should obtain another position in the same or similar occupation prior to the adjudication of your I-485 application. 3. After activating the Combo EAD card, you would technically have no status if your I-485 application is denied.
• October 19th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on October 19, 2025：1. Where the job is lost during the I-485 process, USCIS allows job portability for a same or similar position 2. The company was sold, PERM will most likely have to be refiled 3. If your case is exceeding USCIS published processing times, you can check online 4. The NVC generally assigns the interview location to the consulate requested on the immigrant petition
• October 3rd - Article: A LOOK AT THE WEIGHTED SELECTION PROCESS FOR CAP H-1B VISAS
• September 1st - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on August 31, 2025：1. Can I apply for an O-1 visa to start working in the U.S. if my EB-1A is approved
• August 24th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on August 24, 2025： 1. I am self-employed during my OPT period. Will this affect my I-485?
• August 22nd - Article: Cap Registration H-1B Selection Process More Likely to Become Wage-Based Than Random Selection After OMB Passage of Proposed Rule
• August 17th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on August 17, 2025： 1. Under most circumstances, a new PERM filing must be made when the position changes 2. It is not necessary after extending the H-1B status for you to leave the US and obtain a visa in your passport
• August 3rd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on August 3, 2025：1. Filing fee payment was processed. You can email USCIS if no receipt after 30 calendar days 2. For EB-1B, interviewers will ask about employment
• July 20th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on July 20, 2025：1. You are applying for US immigration, which may be a bar to your utilizing the TN visa 2. Utilizing a start-up company for a green card may be a risk 3. Will using advance parole invalidate my H-1B? 4. One case should be withdrawn immediately when a green card is finally granted in either queue.
• July 18th - Article: IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – JULY 1, 2025, LEVEL I PREVAILING WAGE CHANGES FOR VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS; CHECKING TO SEE WHETHER THE NEW MEDICAL FORM IS BEING USED; ONLINE H-1B CAP FILING REMINDER; WARNING ON WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR IN NONIMMIGRANT VISA INTERVIEWS – MOST LIKELY APPLICABLE ALSO TO CBP AT PORTS OF ENTRY.
• July 13th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on July 13, 2025： 1. Promotion with a new job title may require redoing PERM 2. Your entry and stay would have to be consistent with your declared intent 3. NIW petition or O-1 visa? 4. The use of advance parole does not invalidate your H-1B status 5. USCIS often issues the I-693 (medical) RFE months early
• July 6th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on July 6, 2025：1. Security checks can vary in duration
• June 15th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 15, 2025：1. You cannot change status from an immigrant visa to nonimmigrant visa status in the US 2. You would face a 10-year bar for unlawful presence once you leave the country
• June 11th - Article: IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF – TRUMP AND CONGO; 12 COUNTRY TRAVEL BAN; PEOPLE/SITUATIONS THOUGHT SAFE/LESS RISKY MAY NOT BE ANY LONGER; AILA WARNING OF INCREASED ARRESTS AT USCIS/ICE INTERVIEWS AND IMMIGRATION COURT HEARINGS AROUND THE COUNTRY; FRAMED, VILIFIED UNJUSTLY BY DHS SECRETARY, YET STILL SITS IN DETENTION.
• June 8th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 8, 2025： 1. Bloggers with millions of followers do not meet EB-1 requirements 2. Recruitment must be completed within 180 days before submitting PERM 3. If you are laid off while doing consular processing after your date becomes current, the green card application will end 4. Re-entering the country with an H-1B is conducive to converting to H-4
• June 1st - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 1, 2025：1. I-485 is pending, we suggest not staying out of the US more than 90 days 2. Check the processing times of the office(s) having jurisdiction over your I-485
• May 18th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on May 18, 2025：1. Adjudication of an I-140 petition depends more upon the company’s situation 2. Questions may be asked at the I-485 adjudication regarding why you no longer work for company 3. I-485 may be strictly reviewed if you return to the company you left 4. I-140 processing time is less than 350 days at two service centers
• May 12th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on May 11, 2025：An F-1 applicant has to be able to demonstrate intention to depart after the studies are finished
• April 25th - Article: NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL OUTSIDE THE US NOT RECOMMENDED, ESPECIALLY FOR NONIMMIGRANTS.
• March 30th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on March 30, 2025：1. There are remedies for EB-1A rejections 2. Frequent EB-1A applications do not help approval rates 3. H-1B with 30 days left to apply for expedited processing 4. Contact the USCIS to check whether the I-485 is approved 5. Proof of non-immigrant intent is still required for I-140 applications under OPT 6. After I-140 is approved, you can enter the U.S. with an O-1 visa
• March 16th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on March 16, 2025：EB-1A approved, but may have problems coming to the US with a B visa
• March 10th - Article: TRUMP IMMIGRATION MOVES AGAINST THOSE WITH HOPE AND STATUS
• January 26th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on January 26, 2025：1. Regarding I-485J on porting 2. An I-485 application should be filed with full documentation, including form DS-2019 3. 80% of the EB-1A petitions submitted are taking 12-14 months to process
• January 25th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly January 19, 2025: 1. If the PERM position changes, there should be some coordination between your attorney and your employer. 2. Leaving your job before I-485 approved, your future N-400 application may face challenges 3. Standard processing for EB-1A I-140 petitions takes 13 -14 months. 4. NIW and O-1 can be submitted with premium processing at the same time
• January 16th - Article: H-1B MODERNIZATION RULE EFFECTIVE 1/17/25 – A LOOK AT COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
• January 5th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on January 5, 2025： 1. USCIS can take any action such as issuing notices for information or denial prior to the priority date becoming current 2. You are allowed to take the priority date with you if new employer successfully applies for a new labor certification and/or I-140 petition 3. A common reason for advance parole denial is if the applicant left the US prior to the time that the advance parole application was approved 4. Many factors are taken into account, and a $20,000 decrease is a factor to be looked at 5. On EB-1A case, a magazine is asking you for money in order to interview you is not something that most recognized magazines would do. 6. USCIS is asking for separate checks for each of the benefits that you are requesting

2024 (38)

• December 17th - Article: TO BRING OR NOT TO BRING AN INTERPRETER TO THE IMMIGRATION INTERVIEW IN USCIS OFFICES THAT USUALLY PROVIDE ONE.
• December 8th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on December 8, 2024: 1. USCIS will generally not deem your I-485 application abandoned if you depart the United States and return on a valid H-1B visa. 2. A Porting Determination
• December 1st - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on December 1, 2024: It is not advisable to file an H-1B transfer to a new position until after you have an I-485 application pending for at least 180 days
• November 8th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. SUPER LAWYER FOR 2024 IN NEW YORK METRO AREA
• November 3rd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on November 3, 2024： 1. Working while the I-765 application is pending is unlawful 2. A one-year extension can be requested where the labor certification application has been pending at least 365 days 3. Waiting quietly and hoping to get the green card without doing anything else when the company closes may cause problems down the road 4. When USCIS issued the green card by mistake, it is recommended that your attorney to take care of the situation
• October 27th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on October 27, 2024：1. To apply for EB-1A, 3 of the 10 criteria must be met
• October 15th - Article: SHIFTING DATES OF AGE BEING FROZEN AND REFROZEN UNDER THE CSPA AND THE CONSEQUENCES, PART 2.
• October 14th - Article: SHIFTING DATES OF AGE BEING FROZEN AND REFROZEN UNDER THE CSPA AND THE CONSEQUENCES, PART 1
• October 13th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on October 13, 2024: 1. Fing a premium processing for an EB-1 case where you are not sure about the merits of your EB-1 case is not advised 2. In filing the PERM application, you will not need to submit your resume for Department of Labor review 3. When the time for processing at the field office has passed, you may wish to speak to a USCIS contact center
• October 6th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on October 6, 2024: 1. If your priority date is current, it is best to file your I-485 ASAP 2. Before filing I-485 you should maintain legal status 3. If your I-485 case is past standard processing times, you may wish to contact USCIS 4. Going to school on a visitor visa bars a change of status application 5. It is best to wait until you have your H-1B approval before you leave the U.S. 6. H-1B has not submitted I-140, the spouse cannot work with H-4.
• September 29th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on September 29, 2024: 1. If the consular officer or USCIS finds you improperly shared technical knowledge, it may be a ground for denial of your visa or green card. 2. NVC may choose to wait on the fee bill until your priority date is about to become current
• September 18th - Article: MUCH EMPLOYMENT BASED (EB) VISA MOVEMENT IN OCTOBER 2024 VISA BULLETIN; USCIS WILL ACCEPT DATES FOR FILING CHART FOR EB ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS CASES.
• September 15th - Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on September 15, 2024： 1. If I-485 is current and past processing times, you can place a service request online 2. A request for reconsideration must come within 30 days of the denial 3. You may request a duplicate receipt on eRequest if you did not receive one 4.  You can use an approved EB-2’s priority date to apply for another employment based petition 5. A NIW petition may affect the renewal of F-1 to return to the United States
• September 8th - Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on September 8, 2024：1. After being fired and H-1B grace period is up, you can try to return to school to maintain nonimmigrant status 2. Although the new job salary is $20,000 less than before, those I-485 applicants with higher salaries will not be affected 3. Although your consulate office is listed in China, you may be able to have H-1B interview in Europe  
• September 1st - Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on September 1, 2024：1. If I-485 has been waiting for more than 180 days, you can submit I-485J to change companies. 2. I-140 application will not affect the issuance of H-1B by the consulate. 3. There is nothing that says that an individual cannot hold two full-time H-1B positions at the same time
• August 9th - Article: THE SECOND PRESIDENCY OF DONALD TRUMP – WHAT COMES NEXT?
• July 21st - Article: HANDLING OF §212 (D) (3) WAIVERS FOR DACA HOLDERS AND OTHER UNDOCUMENTED COLLEGE GRADUATES BY CONSULAR POSTS.
• July 14th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on July 14, 2024：1. Your EB-2 is nontransferable to a petition by your wife 2. Porting your Employment 3. For overseas immigrant case receipt, you can attempt to ask for assistance by emailing 4. You should stay with the employer for a period of time after obtaining permanent residence 
• July 7th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on July 7, 2024：Overseas immigration visa? Adjustment of status? Which is better?
• June 30th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 30, 2024 1. I-485 has been submitted before being layoff, can apply for form I-765 2.  Withdrawal I-485 by mistake, attorney should rectify the situation as quickly as possible 3. Consular officers do keep historical records 4. It is not unusual that a principal applicant’s case will be adjudicated prior to that of the dependent
• June 26th - Article: BEFORE FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE APPEARS, QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF JUNE 17, 2024, AFFECTING DACA HOLDERS AND OTHER UNDOCUMENTED UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE GRADUATES.
• June 16th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 16, 2024: 1. You may be able to switch to the new job after 180 days of concurrently filing your I-140/I-485 2. If you are uncertain about your ability to obtain a renewed H-1B visa at your home consulate, having Advance Parole as a contingency plan could help
• June 2nd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on June 2, 2024 : 1. After filing form I-485, you are not allowed to leave the US without advance parole 2. If you are not planning to immediately go to the US, don’t file EB-1A too early 3. B visa holders should be wary about submitting adjustment of status applications within 90 days of entering the US. 4. If it has been more than 30 days since you received the email, and you have not yet received your receipt notice, you can request online 5. For personal case inquiries, it is best to contact the USCIS Contact Center
• May 26th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on May 26, 2024: If you self-petition an I-140 EB-1A petition, you may designate your planned state of residence in the United States as your principal workplace
• May 21st - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – FORMAGEDDON STARTING ON JUNE 3, 2024; A BLAH FOR THE JUNE VISA BULLETIN; USCIS PUBLISHED PROCESSING TIMES A WASTE OF TIME FOR F-4 CASES?
• May 19th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on May 19, 2024: 1. If USCIS made a mistake on the SOC code, your best solution would be to directly contact USCIS 2. Can EB category I-485 use 245K to exempt family members from being out of status for 180 days?
• May 12th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on May 12, 2024 : 1. During your green card interview, it is a good idea to be forthcoming on the facts 2. If you take a position in the Thousand Talents Program, you assume the risk of jeopardizing your immigrant visa application 3. Is it considered fraud if submitting an I-485 application immediately after entering the country with a nonimmigrant visa?
• April 7th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on April 7, 2024 : 1. An individual cannot leave the US prior to the advance parole being approved if intending to return on advance parole 2. A prevailing wage determination is required to begin the case 3. It is not a necessity to contact USCIS to cancel the F-1 approval if you have an I-485 receipt 4. EB-3 would typically take 3-5 years to complete
• March 25th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE: THE ENDING OF THIS YEAR’S H-1B REGISTRATION– WHAT ARE YOUR ODDS? APRIL 1 –COMPLEX INTERTWINING OF NEW FEES AND FORMS FOR CERTAIN APPLICATIONS AND PETITIONS; APRIL VISA BULLETIN MOVEMENTS AND PROJECTIONS; AN UNWRITTEN RULE FOR CONSULAR PROCESSING; NEW WORRIES FOR CHINESE GRADUATE STUDENTS REENTERING US.
• March 24th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on March 24, 2024 : 1. USCIS would not expedite work authorization unless one of the five conditions exists 2. EB-1A denied, maybe wait until you have developed new circumstances that may strengthen your case before submitting a new petition 3. Whether to move forward now with NIW petition 4. The rescheduling of biometrics should not greatly affect the speed of your processing
• March 17th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on March 17, 2024 : 1. If you add the skill set yourself to an already-signed letter , then this is fraud, your application may be denied, and may face criminal penalties. 2. A J-1 requirement is an intent to return home at the end of the J-1 stay 3. The general rule of thumb with the Department of State is that if you cannot obtain a required document, you must submit a detailed written explanation
• March 10th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on March 10, 2024 : 1. EB-1 main applicant in the US under O-3 can submit I-485 once the I-140 priority date is current 2. To verify the applicant’s experience, the Immigration Bureau can call the previous employer. 3. It is more advantageous to submit NIW after obtaining a PhD
• February 12th - Article: H-1B REGISTRATION FINAL RULE OF FEBRUARY 2, 2024, AND MORE – GET READY!
• February 4th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on February 4, 2024 : 1. When the quota limit is reached, the visa bulletin dates do retrogress 2. Should Change Job Affect the Validity of an Approved NIW? 3. NIW Approved But PD not Current, May Come to the US With B1/B2 for a Meeting 4. My I-140 has been Approved for More Than 180 Days but Was Laid Off.  Will it Be Possible to Retain the Priority Date and Transfer to B-1 to Look For a Job? 5. Submit EB-1A and I-485 need Paystubs and Tax Returns
• January 31st - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE –MATTER OF STOCKWELL BROUGHT BACK TO BEGINNING STATE; ANOTHER BIA DECISION AFFIRMS RIGHTS OF CONDITIONAL RESIDENTS THROUGH MARRIAGE
• January 28th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on January 28, 2024 : 1. Applying EAD Encounters Two Situations 2. A Renewal of the H-1B Visa in Canada Should Not Be a Problem 3. For an Expiring Combo Card, You Can Make New Applications 4. Premium Processing Application lockbox Address 5. Mailing Address and Residential Address
• January 24th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – USCIS TAKES FIRST STEPS FOR H-1B CAP SEASON; POLICY MANUAL ON F-1 AND M-1 STUDENTS CLARIFIES POINTS OF LAW AND PROCEDURE.
• January 7th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on January 7, 2024 : 1. H-1B Transfer Petition Usually Takes About 2-4 Months. 2. You Cannot Work in the U.S. While Traveling in the U.S. and EB-3 is Waiting for Priority Date to Become Current. 3. Once 180 Days Elapse from the Filing of Your I-485, You May Port to a New Job in a Same or Similar Occupation.

2023 (48)

• December 15th - Article: BIG CHANGES IN JANUARY 2024 VISA BULLETIN – WHY NOW?
• December 10th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on December 10, 2023 : 1. All Evidence Should be Provided When Receiving RFE 2. Your EB-3 Priority Date Sometimes Can Be Used for Your EB-2 NIW 3. You May Leave the United States and Wait for Your Priority Date to Become Current While You Are Overseas
• December 3rd - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on December 3, 2023 : Re-entry Permit
• November 24th - Article: CLEAR BENEFICIAL CHANGES TO THE H-1B PROGRAM IN THE PROPOSAL
• November 21st - Article: PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EVIDENCE REQUIRED FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF H1B “SPECIALTY OCCUPATION”; CONTINUED RELIANCE ON OOH; EXPANDED AUTHORITY OF DHS TO COMPARE LCA POSITION WITH H1B PETITION, ETC. MEAN TIGHTENED ADJUDICATION STANDARDS.
• November 19th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on November 19, 2023 : Your spouse’s H-4 application becomes invalid as soon as you are approved as a permanent resident
• November 17th - Article: THE LITANY OF ABUSES DESCRIBED BY USCIS TO THE H-1B PROGRAM BESIDES TO THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM IN THE PROPOSED RULE ARE EYE-OPENING.
• November 14th - Article: THE NEW APPROACH TO THE H-1B REGISTRATION SYSTEM – WILL IT WORK?
• October 31st - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – EAD’S INCREASED TO FIVE YEARS FOR MANY CATEGORIES – QUESTION; KEEPING STRAIGHT UKRAINIAN AND VENEZUELAN TPS TIMETABLES; USCIS ADJUDICATING DEPENDENT NONIMMIGRANT APPLICATIONS ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH PRINCIPAL PETITIONS.
• October 29th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on October 29, 2023 : 1. Work normally with curtain working visa may be able to go to school part-time 2. I-485 has been submitted and can only allow to leave the US under advance parole, or H, L status 3. You have an unrevoked approved I-140, may be eligible for a 3 year H-1B extension/transfer 4. It has been more than 180 days since I-485 was submitted then you can change your job
• October 23rd - ALAN LEE, ESQ. SUPER LAWYER FOR 2023 IN NEW YORK METRO AREA
• October 16th - Article: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKER IMMIGRATION – PART 2 by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• October 15th - Alan Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on October 15, 2023 : 1. I have applied for the I-601 waiver of Communist Party membership and there should be no problem entering the country. 2. NIW processing time is usually about 12 months
• October 15th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on October 15, 2023 : 1. Company’s hiring freeze may affect PERM application 2. To apply for a PERM green card, the employer must be willing to hire full-time employees 3. To track for case processing times
• October 11th - Article: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WORKER IMMIGRATION – PART 1 by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• September 24th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on September 24, 2023: 1. I-140 has just been approved and I want to change jobs… 2. Apply for EB-1A on your own, not necessary need an employment letter
• September 20th - Article: OCTOBER VISA BULLETIN BRINGS MANY CHANGES TO EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES
• September 13th - Article: ANOTHER CALL FOR “BACK TO THE FUTURE” CHANGE OF POLICY FOR H-1B CAP SELECTIONS BY JANUARY 2024
• September 10th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on September 10, 2023: 1. To be eligible for an EB-2 NIW, your endeavor should be beneficial to the US 2. Should I do an appeal or file a motion after my EB-1A was denied? 3. The duration of an H-1B visa depends on several factors
• August 27th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on August 27, 2023: Arthur Lee, Esq. Article: Requests for further evidence for submitted “missing” documents relating to current guidance for paper filed applications. Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As: 1. The online query of PERM labor certification database is inaccurate 2. A showing of job applications in the United States is not normally required for an EB-1A petition.
• August 13th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on August 13, 2023 1. Applying for NIW must show you can advance the national interest 2. The filing of an I-140 petition may impact F-1 visa approval 3. USCIS may apply previously captured fingerprints to many new cases
• August 9th - Article: Requests for Further Evidence for Submitted “Missing” Documents Relating To Current Guidance for Paper Filed Applications by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• August 6th - Arthur Lee, Esq. Q&As published on the World Journal Weekly on August 6, 2023 1. Laid off H-1B employee, where the employer did not withdraw the approved H-1B, may be able to have a successful H-1B transfer 2. When the H-1B was not approved, the H-1B lottery spot could not be preserved
• July 30th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on July 30, 2023: Article: 1. Where are all the I-601A cases going? 2. Watch out for distance learning. Q&As: 1. After receiving your permanent residence card, you do not need I-131 or I-765 2. It is a common situation that combo cards are not adjudicated together for all members of the family
• July 28th - Article: CAN THE SCOTUS CASE, US V. HANSEN, HELP TO PROTECT ALIENS WHO MAY BE DEEMED INADMISSIBLE FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING?
• July 9th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on July 9, 2023 – 1. Get Your Green Card Faster with Cross-Chargeability 2. O-1 Visas Does not Have a Dual Intent Provision 3. PERM now Takes Approximately 9-10 Months for Analyst Reviews 4. Applying for EB-1B, Job Opportunities and I-140 Employers are Indispensable
• June 25th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on June 25, 2023 – 1. The time to begin a labor certification is 2 years prior to the 6-year expiration of H-1B 2. PERM application related skills depends on the employer’s requirement 3. PWD can be used for the same position and multiple people 4. EB-2 and EB-3 can apply at the same time 5. The old and new companies overlap for 1 month, you should answer truthfully
• June 22nd - IMMIGRATION NEWS YOU CAN USE –TO PHOTO OR NOT FOR N-400 FILINGS? WHERE ARE ALL THE I-601A CASES GOING? NEW VETTING CENTER FOR SPECIFIC AFFIRMATIVE ASYLUM CASES.
• June 14th - IMMIGRATION NEWS YOU CAN USE – JULY VISA BULLETIN AND USCIS CHART ACCEPTANCE QUICK SUMMARY; WATCH OUT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING; DOS ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING TIME BEING SHORTENED.
• June 11th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on June 11, 2023 – 1. Receiving the immigration letter does not mean that the I-485 will be approved 2. The status of the case does not reflect the processing status 3. Engineers worked in a China state owned enterprise usually do not affect immigration 4. Different immigration categories have different processing times
• June 4th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on June 4, 2023 – 1. To Apply EB-1A, You Must Show that Your Immigration Will be of Benefit to the US 2. Don’t Let I-485 Fall into a Black Hole Because of EB-1 3. EAD Processing Time is About 3.5 to 6 Months 4. Priority Date Could not be Transferred to Spouse 5. In Case of any Difficulty, Please Contact the Immigration Contact Center First
• May 21st - Article: Last Days to Start a Labor Certification Case.
• May 1st - Article: H-1B SELECTION PROCESS A TRAVESTY – TIME TO GO “BACK TO THE FUTURE”
• April 30th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 30, 2023 – 1. A question on prevailing wage determination (PWD) for a roving employee or one whose final work location has not been determined. 2. J-2 dependent who has EAD approved is generally allowed to work in the U.S. 3. H-1B holders who already have H-1B visas in the passports would continue to travel in and out using the visas.
• April 23rd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 23, 2023 – 1. RFE is Request for Further Evidence and NOID is Notice of Intent to Deny 2. An applicant for a B1/B2 visa must disclose past immigrant visa information
• April 21st - Article: MAY 2023 VISA BULLETIN MUSINGS ON FAMILY AND EMPLOYMENT BASED CATEGORIES
• April 16th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 16, 2023 – Check the Processing Times of Your Case Online
• April 2nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 2, 2023: Article: CSPA Vis-À-Vis USCIS Adjustment Chart Q&As: 1. Different immigration offices have different processing times 2. A I-140 visa petition is a preliminary petition and is not an application for immigration itself 3. One premium processing fee for one application
• March 26th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on March 26, 2023: Article: Predictions On Number of H-1B Registration Applications. Q&As: 1. Excusable overstay if married to a U.S. citizen 2. Renewal sponsorship by the same employer, approved I-140 can be reused 3. Priority Date is Not Shareable 4. PERM Denied  May Apply for Reconsideration
• March 22nd - Article: TRANSIT POLICY AT BORDER A HEAD SPINNER; LAST DAYS TO START A LABOR CERTIFICATION CASE.
• March 12th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on March 12, 2023 1. Dissatisfied with the anti-epidemic policies in China is not consistent with political asylum 2. Employers can sponsor PERMs for remote positions 3. It is difficult to obtain NIW, if papers are rarely cited 4. Immigrant Visa Denied But I-140 is Still Valid 5. Temporarily return to China to work remotely will not Hinder I-485 6. Is DS-2019 Important for My I-485 Application?
• March 8th - Article: PREDICTIONS ON NUMBER OF H-1B REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS; CSPA VIS-À-VIS USCIS ADJUSTMENT CHART.
• March 5th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on March 5, 2023 1. Change of Status from H-4 to F-1 Must has Spouse’s H-1 Documents 2. In Some Cases, Premium Processing Filing Fee Can be Waived 3. 3. Do not Rely on USCIS’ Unofficial Notices 4. Filing I-485 without J Supplementary Form is More Likely to be Rejected 5. STEM Graduates Can Stay in the United States for 3 Years with OPT
• February 19th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on February 19, 2023 1. Pass the US citizenship to children overseas 2. CSPA 3. I-485 filed in Nov 2022 with I-130 approved in June 2022, I 94 expiring in Jan 21st 2023. Option to travel outside US? 4. I want to bring my parent her in the US. Can my boyfriend be my joint sponsor? 5. Can I get a work permit while waiting for the extension of my B1/B2 visa and F1 application? 6. I applied for change of status in Dec 2022 and my current B2 visa expires in February. Does my application cover extension of stay?
• January 30th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – WHITE HOUSE EXPANDS AND RENEWS HONG KONG DEFERRED ENFORCED DEPARTURE PROGRAM; USCIS SETS SCHEDULE FOR H-1B CAP REGISTRATION PROGRAM; “FINAL” COVID-19 FLEXIBILITY DATES ADVANCED TO MARCH 23, 2023; USCIS ANNOUNCES NEW DATES FOR EXPANDED PREMIUM PROCESSING CLASSES OF CASES; TRUMP PUBLIC CHARGE RULE FINALLY KILLED BY SUPREME COURT?
• January 29th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on January 29, 2023 1. Biometrics appointment for I-131 still needed? 2. I-751 was submitted and fingerprints were taken. How long is the wait time?
• January 24th - Article: “2023 AND THE US DEMOGRAPHIC TIMEBOMB”
• January 22nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on January 22, 2023 1. Can I acquire any type of citizenship or permanent residency from my deceased US citizen father? 2. Sibling info on Green Card for parents 3. Can immigration officers look past inadmissibility? 4. Can I keep using my STEM OPT EAD even though I get my C9 EAD?

2022 (31)

• December 18th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on December 18, 2022 1. Can Shoplifting Affects a Citizenship? 2. What Will Happen to a Child’s (18 years old) Derivative Immigration Visa Status If His Principal Immigration (Parents) Do not Maintain Green Card? 3. Class 3 Misdemeanor – Speeding. Will it Affect my H-1B? 4. H-1B Visa
• December 14th - Article: “USCIS RECOMMENDATIONS ON FILING PAPER PETITIONS AND APPLICATIONS – WHAT WORKS AND WHAT NEEDS SOME THOUGHT.”
• December 6th - Arthur Lee, Esq. marries Ann Back
• December 4th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on December 4, 2022 1. How to return to the USA after abandoning LPR 2. How can my immigrant wife petition her sons to come to USA with us? 4. Should I apply for my green card or my citizenship after legal name change?
• November 10th - Article: SEACHANGE IN LINE FOR N-648 MEDICAL CERTIFICATION FOR DISABILITY EXCEPTIONS ADJUDICATIONS
• October 23rd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on October 23, 2022 1. I had worked on H1B visa  and I am considering moving back to US, Do I need to again sit in lottery? 2. I am considered an alien relative. Can I file for I-485 and I-765 at the same time once I get my I-130 form approved? 3. Can I expedite my DACA? 4. I hold a j1 visa for one year and work in a hotel as a chef. Can I convert the visa to H1 if the hotel gives me a work contract? 5. Can I re-enter the US with an arrest record on J-1 visa?
• October 16th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on October 16, 2022 1. How to expedite an asylum I – 485 Process for health care workers? Asylum based, Pending since 1.5 years. 2. I am in USA now on tourist visa up to July 27th, I got urgent work in India, can I go & come for 15 days? 3. What will I do when I was denied the petition for naturalization because I was not able to produce the document?  4. Can I travel between USA and Canada using AVR (each trip duration less than 30 days) multiple times while my visa appointment is scheduled? 5. Do I include children from a previous marriage who aren’t on my tax returns on my I-134? 6. Would it be a safe idea to stick with the current company? or I should switch to the new employer
• October 13th - Article: “Family-Based Preference Cases to Progress in FY-2023?”
• October 7th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – CONFUSION IN THE IMMIGRATION COURTS; NEW PUBLIC CHARGE RULE ON RESPONSIBILITY OF AFFIANTS GIVING I-864 SUPPORT; US – CANADA TAKING SEPARATE COVID PATHS
• October 5th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. SUPER LAWYER FOR 2022 IN NEW YORK METRO AREA
• October 1st - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on September 25, 2022 1. Can H1B in-person first interview at the US embassy in the home country be waived off? 2. Can a misdemeanor charge be withdrawn?
• September 4th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on September 4, 2022 1. I get my Green card under the F11 category, one of my accompany (son) is in “follow to join” status, can I get married if I already get my green card? 2. Will a new marriage affect my naturalization application? 3. Can I work more than one job with an H-1B? If so, what is the process to add another employer?
• August 28th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on August 28, 2022 1. I filled my I130 form on 11th sept 2019 and on 24 mar 2021 says we are actively reviewing. How long will this take as I have been waiting 2 years 2. Will a new marriage affect my naturalization application? 3. Petition I-140, E11 visa 4. Will the gap between F2 and H4 status affect my I-485 application? 5. Should I send my passport to USCIS when filing for TN visa extension with 1-129? 6. Can H-1B in-person first interview at the US embassy in the home country be waived off? New USCIS news came up in December 2021? 7. Can an illegal immigrant be eligible for H-1B or other immigration or work visa?
• August 23rd - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – USCIS PRONOUNCES FINALITY TO H-1B SELECTIONS; CONSULAR PRACTICE; HAPPINESS OR SADNESS WHEN IJ’S DISMISS CASES; LITTLE TO DO IN OFFICE WITH SEPTEMBER VISA CHARTS; NRC NEWS; ETA 9089 FILLING WHERE NO SUNDAY NEWSPAPER.
• August 15th - BIA Affirms IJ Grant on Certification on Crime, Overbroad Statute, and Second Circuit Changed Law In Our Case
• August 7th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on August 7, 2022 1. Can my parents leave and reenter the US on their current B2 visa while their I130 (filed while they were in the US) is pending? 2. Citizenship 3. Live in US while IR-1 visa application is in process 4. Caught for shoplifting when I’m on H1b and now I am applying for H1b visa.
• July 22nd - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – CONTACTING USCIS ON REJECTED AND NO RECEIPT CASES; 3/10 YEAR BARS CAN BE SATISFIED IN SOME CASES WHILE LIVING IN US: NYC CIS DISTRICT OFFICE POLICY CHANGES COMING; FLEXIBILITY PERIOD FOR RFE’S, RFI’S, NOID’S, ETC. LIKELY AT AN END; AUGUST VISA CHART SHOWS MULTIPLE FB AND FEW EB CHANGES.
• July 18th - Article: “DOYLE PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION MEMO SEEMINGLY HANGS IN THE BALANCE”
• June 20th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – SOME MOVEMENT ON JULY VISA BULLETIN; RENEWED GUIDANCE ON DISTANCE LEARNING; CHANGED LOCKBOX FOR SOME I-485 EB FILINGS; NVC CURRENT PROCESSING TIMES; USCIS SAYS “GO FISH”
• June 5th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on June 5, 2022 1. Do my H4 status wife need to file a form I-539? 2. U.S Citizenship 3. EB2-NIW Policy Alert Jan 21, 2022 4. Did not include green paper in new application 5. I-130 for brother 6. Do I need to apply for a visa? 7. How come my mom was denied a reentry visa?
• May 22nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on May 22, 2022 1. My H-1B 6-year period is ending on May 31, 2022. My home country is India. My employer is stating my green card process now 2. How long does it take usually for I-130 to get to the NVC stage? 3. I-751 filed jointly then divorce? 4. Will My Divorce Affect my Naturalization Application? 5. Pending I-485 (marriage base), maintaining F1 status, using EAD 6. Can An Illegal alien obtain a professional license such as for cosmetology?
• May 18th - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – DOYLE MEMORANDUM GIVES HOPE TO THOSE IN REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS; JUNE VISA CHART BIG EFFECTS; NEW 540 DAY EXTENSIONS FOR MANY EAD RENEWALS; MORE STATS ON H-1B SEASON; IMPROVEMENT ON USCIS PUBLISHED CASE PROCESSING TIMES?
• April 19th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 17, 2022 1. Can the spouse and beneficiary of a Green Card applicant apply for a J1 visa herself after the I-140 is approved but prior to completing the DS-260? 2. Employment Authorization Document 3. Pending I-130 & F1 4. How can I Change marital status with USCIS 5. My sister is a US citizen. Can she petition for me for adjustment of status? 6. Non-immigrant travel from Mexico back to US 7. How fast can I work with a tourist visa? 8. I am a citizen but my parents entered illegally if I join the army can they get their citizenship?
• April 15th - Recommendations to Improve H-1B Lottery System by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• April 1st - IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE: CAP H-1B SELECTION PROCESS ANNOUNCED COMPLETE; EB-5 REGIONAL CENTER REAUTHORIZATION/REFORM LAW TO BEGIN IN MAY; TITLE 42 NEWS INCLUDING UKRAINIANS; NO MORE PAPER I-94S AT THE BORDER; THE DEPARTURE OF EXPANDED EXPEDITED REMOVAL.
• March 22nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on March 20, 2022 1. Can I send my 12-year old daughter to school while waiting for adjustment of status? 2. Can I remove my husband from application for sibling immigration application? 3. N-400 4. Can J-1 visa holder marry a US citizen during the grace period? 5. H-1B to F1 visa 6. F-1 Student Visa 7. Do I need an I-601A waiver? 8. How to cancel N400 application or biometric? 9. Is form i-824 a must to get to the NVC?
• February 27th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on February 27, 2022 1. Do I Have to Stop Work if C9 EAD Expires Before Receiving Physical Green Card as I-485 is Approved? 2. Are Unintentional Mistakes on ETA 9089 Relevant to the Scope of N-400 Question 31? 3. My Son Does Not Have My Surname. How Do I Petition for Him? 4. How Long It Will Take to Invite My Brother to USA 5. I never filed taxes and NVC asks for affidavit of support. Can I find a joint sponsor? 6. Regarding H-1B Stamping 7. About Travel Document I-131
• February 14th - Article: “WILL K-3s COME BACK INTO VOGUE? WHY BASE PERM PREVAILING WAGE DETERMINATIONS ON ALTERNATIVE REQUIREMENTS NOW? WHY 10 YEAR LPR INSTEAD OF 2 YEAR CPR CARDS FOR THOSE MARRIED LESS THAN TWO YEARS? PHOTOS NEEDED AT NATURALIZATION OATH CEREMONIES? NEW FORMS FOR APRIL AND NEW USCIS LOCKBOX IN ELGIN, ILLINOIS.”
• January 30th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on January 30, 2022 1. Is there a list to find out if your person you want to bring back can come back? 2. How to apply a visa for my mother-in-law and father-in-law? 3. I’m on B2 visa currently here in USA. I have pending spouse visa application petitioned by my US citizen husband. Can I get EAD? 4. A Multiple filer? 5. Can I file Green Card while I am on TN visa in the US? 6. How can I sponsor my sick sister if I am a US Permanent Resident?
• January 19th - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – NEW H-1B CAP SEASON RAMPING UP; DROPBOX USE EXPANDED FOR US VISAS OVERSEAS; F, M and J VISA APPLICATIONS MADE EASIER; MFL TERMINATION LETTERS AND NVC NEED FOR QUALITY CONTROL; FLEXIBILITY EXTENDED FOR TIME TO RESPOND TO USCIS ACTIONS; VISA PROBLEMS WHERE APPLICANTS LEAVE US BEFORE DECISIONS ON EXTENSION/CHANGE OF STATUS REQUESTS.”
• January 9th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on January 2&9, 2022 1. Can I do part-time work like paid expert consulting (outside my employer) with an EAD+AP card related to my I-485 EB1-B green card application? 2. Stay and work on H1B while Max out nearing 3. Can I move to the US while I wait for my green card? 4. I am currently on h1 b visa and I’m married to US citizen I would like to resign my job due to personal reasons and I have not started the process for adjustment of status.

2021 (28)

• December 22nd - Article: “IS THERE A PLAN D? IF NOT, CAN OR WILL DEMOCRATS IGNORE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN TO OBTAIN IMMIGRATION RELIEF FOR MILLIONS?”
• December 5th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on December 5, 2021 1. Can I change from F-1 student to B-2 tourist and how long would it take to process? 2. While pending parents I-130 in US.  Can they travel out of US?
• November 23rd - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE: USCIS DOES THIRD ROUND OF H-1B PICKS FOR FIRST TIME; FILING ADDRESSES EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO; EAD CHANGES FOR H-4, L AND E DEPENDENTS; DECEMBER VISA CHART HOLDS A FEW BRIGHT SPOTS; NEW YORK DISTRICT OFFICE/CONTACT CENTER MEETING POINTS.”
• November 21st - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on November 21, 2021 1. Husband is waiting for visa interview on my petition I’ve cosponsor. Last year I was unemployed. What is the minimum value of income for tax return?
• October 19th - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – NATURALIZATION PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE; THE NOVEMBER RETROGRESSIVE VISA CHART; H-1B BY HIGHEST SALARY STILL BEING ADVOCATED BY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION; BAN ON TRAVEL FROM CANADA AND MEXICO ENDING IN STAGES; NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO PROTECT IMMIGRANTS.”
• October 3rd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on October 3, 2021 1. How to change a student visa to a tourist visa? 2. Can a mistake in form N-400 be fix in the interview? 3. What do I need to do to change my J-1 Au Pair Visa to marriage visa? 4. Can and should I apply for adjustment of status with an approved I-526 awaiting a consular interview while being in USA on a b1/b2 visa?
• September 16th - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – OCTOBER “SURPRISE” IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS DOS FAILS TO PARTNER WITH USCIS; PROOF OF COVID VACCINATION BEGINNING OCTOBER 1 APPEARS ONLY PROSPECTIVE; $3.5 TRILLION RECONCILIATION PACKAGE HAS HOPE FOR MANY UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS; MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST H-1B PROPOSED NATIONWIDE CLASS-ACTION SUIT SETTLEMENT; REPORTING TO ICE ERO TO BECOME SIMPLER.”
• September 8th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on September 5, 2021 1. Can an immigrant be household member if main source of income is abroad? 2. How long after getting married I can file immigrant paper for my spouse? 3. Fiancé Visa or Marriage Visa 4. Nationality changes in I-130 5. Do I have to pay international student (F1 visa) tuition for a four year university if my i-485 is approved (Adjustment of Status)
• August 25th - Article: “New Texas Preliminary Injunction Against Prosecutorial Discretion Focused on Detention Only; Visa Chart Largely Humdrum for September Except for Indians – Will There Be an October Surprise? H-1b Restrictions Continuing under Biden Administration; Multiple Reports on Dearth of F-1 Visa Interest Around the World; Congressional Research Service Report Shows in Absentia Rate for Hearings Only 17%.”
• August 23rd - Article “EAD Processing Times for Adjustment of Status Applicants Must Be Drastically Improved” by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• August 15th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on August 15, 2021 1. Can I apply for a work permit in USA while on a Visa Waiver Program? 2. Can I file I 485 while I-130 is pending? 3. Can I enter from Canada using B visa as my H-4 stamping is delayed in Canada? 4. Change of status from H-1B to B1 and after approval of I-140 change back to approved H-1B? 5. A Green card holder wants to apply F-2B for son – currently an international student. How long will it take for his green card?
• July 25th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on July 25, 2021 1. Can My Dad Come Back to the US? 2. H1-B 6-years Tenure 3. Should a Receipt # be Generated or Is It Enough If the Petition is Filed Within the 60 Days Window to be Considered in Status. 4. I am With a Pending Asylum Case. I Want to Withdraw Asylum and Go Back to My Country. 5. Can I Stay More Than 1 Year if My B2 Visa Extension Application (I-539) is Still In Review?
• July 13th - Article: “Immigration news that you can use-Preserving F-2B preference at the NVC or consulate; Immigration video interviews; New ground for denying China NIV applications; New policies on EAD’s, RFE’s, and expedites; Possible actions for I-601A cases stymied by Castro-Tum”
• June 6th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on June 6, 2021 1. Can I get an F-2 visa while my husband’s green card application is pending? 2. Do I need visa while my husband’s green card application is pending? 3. If a person already deported get the case vacated what are the chances for coming back and how long will the process takes 4. If I do consulting work (less than 10 hours per week) for foreign organizations while doing my PhD in the US on a F-1 visa does that violate any rules? 5. No name given on green card 6. If I get a learner permit, will it affect my N400 application process?
• June 1st - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – NEW STUDENTS FROM CHINA TO BE ADMITTED AND GUIDANCE FOR DISTANCE LEARNING, EOIR RE-OPENINGS, H-1B REGISTRATIONS FOR 2021 AN ALL-TIME HIGH, SSA NO MATCH LETTERS NIXED”, ENTREPRENEUR PAROLE PROGRAM RETURNS, EXPANDED BIOMETRIC RULE NIXED, BIDEN BACKUP PLAN FOR LEGALIZATION, TIPS IN DEALING WITH THE NVC”
• May 30th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on May 30, 2021 1. Filed a Form I-539 and the 240 days are almost up and no answer from USCIS? What to do now? 2. H-4 Visa Holder Will Age Out Soon 3. Renew Work Authorization While in Removal Proceedings
• May 22nd - News: “Our law firm gains remand of 1-212 prelude to I-601A as USCIS appellate body (AAO) examines in detail evidence given in application and appeal and decides that certain points relied upon in initial USCIS denial are not relevant.”
• May 11th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on May 9, 2021 1. I want to bring my minor sibling along with my parents. 2. I filed an I-130 for my daughter of above 21 of age. She is in the U.S. with a tourist visa. Can I go ahead to file work authorization and change of status for her? 3. Can I cancel form I-130? 4. Petition for my father after 10th year outside of USA, he stayed 14 years in the United States as an illegal 5. Can I apply for a student visa with a pending I-130?
• April 27th - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – CHANGE IN CASE FLOW PROCESSING BEFORE THE IMMIGRATION COURTS; SWORN STATEMENT SAMPLE WITHOUT NOTARY IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC; KEEPING F-2B CATEGORIZATION WHEN PETITIONER NATURALIZES; H-1B COMPUTER CASE TREATMENT THIS YEAR.”
• April 25th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 25, 2021 1. I applied for my brother immigration visa that takes 10 years to approve 2. Permanent Immigration 3. My husband filedI-130 for me and he got my names wrong. Would that affect our processing time? 4. Can my employer apply for H-1B visa and green card at the same time? 5. Is parent eligible to apply for SSN and thereby insurance?
• March 31st - Article: “IMMIGRATION NEWS THAT YOU CAN USE – PUBLIC CHARGE, VENEZUELA/BURMA TPS, AND INTERPRETERS”
• March 21st - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on March 21, 2021 1. Expired I-94 for Son on L-2 2. Mom Had Tried to Pass the Border Many Times & Was Caught Using Someone Else Name and Sent Back. Can She be Forgiven? 3. Filing for Green Card for My Parents and Brother 4. Husband Leaves the Sponsoring Company, What Will Happen to My Pending Status F-2?
• February 28th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on February 28, 2021 1. I filed I-539 extension for B2 visa on time, but so far I had only the 13 digits receipt. Should I leave? 2. My Son (Visa Waiver) in the US, (not married, 33 years old) , I am Permanent Resident Card holder Mom, may I process the I-130 and I-485 together? He is overstayed. 3. Reduced misdemeanor charge speeding 4. I applied I-130 form for my sister.  Can she apply the form I-485 also? 5. My husband owes child support. Will it affect my immigration petition?
• February 23rd - Article: “BIDEN PLAN FOR UNDOCUMENTED AND THOSE WITH REMOVAL ORDERS IS GENEROUS”
• January 25th - Article: “WHAT IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PLAN FOR H-1B SEASON?”
• January 17th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on January 17, 2021 1. My H-1 change of status got approved and I have a L-2 extension in progress. If my L-2 is denied will I maintain my H-1 status? 2. Applied for asylum after being in the U.S. over 1 years and used a fake social security number. 3. Can my husband file a petition for me if he did not file taxes for the last 4 years and he was gainfully employed? 4. Affidavit of Support (I-864 Form) 5. Steps for I-601A?
• January 12th - Article: “The Congressional Review Act and Freeze on Regulations Give Immigrants Hope for Relief ” by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• January 4th - Article “BIDEN TO DO LIST – TWO VERY IMPORTANT ITEMS”

2020 (51)

• December 20th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on December 20, 2020 1. What are the steps that I will have to do to become legalized under President-elect Biden’s promise to send a bill to Congress for 11 million undocumented immigrants? 2. I am from Hong Kong – do I belong to the China quota at this time? 3. On H-1B, married to a US citizen in another state, thinking of quitting job – will I be legal? 4. Sneaked into the US six months ago – what will happen if I get caught by Immigration?
• December 18th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 18, 2020 1. Can I use my green card & go out of the country if it has a small spelling error on my last name? 2. I have a problem with my student visa I had to get a new F1 visa and it’s been more than 2 months embassy still hasn’t replied. 3. Can I marry a U.S. citizen using my 30 days grace period?
• December 7th - Article “S386/HR1044 – Passed By Senate – Goes to Conference with Part That Must be Fixed”
• December 4th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 4, 2020 1. Naturalization: having home business (sole proprietorship). Form N-400 asks: are you employed? NO, YES. What is the right answer? 2. Under what circumstances should a US Green Card holder consider travel to Cuba? 3. If I get married during 90 day visa, does spouse have to go back to her home country and wait for immigration to make a decision or can she stay here?
• December 1st - Comment on USCIS proposed regulation, “Modification of Registration Requirement for Petitioners Seeking to File Cap Subject H-1B Petitions”, RIN 1615-AC61 – by Alan Lee, Esq.
• November 22nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on November 22, 2020 1. Why are our H-1B employees from China and India and their lawyers asking for so much paperwork during the past few weeks? 2. Received LCA in September, but H-1B petition not filed yet – am I in big danger because of new H-1B regulation? 3. My H-1B petition is pending – I am worried about the new regulation that would raise my wage by a lot and what the company will think about it. 4. My final asylum hearing date in the immigration court is coming up – can I postpone it?
• November 20th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 20, 2020 1. I-130 Denied Notice Was Never Received. Will I Get Same Priority Date If I File New I-130? 2. I got married recently with to an U.S. citizen but she refused to fill the form-130 and left while I was about to file for my paperwork. what can I do? 3. Can a traffic violation in which I was fined and I paid the fine. affect my naturalization application. 4. Currently a DACA Applicant (have been for 8 years) married to a US Citizen, am I allowed to broad a cruise ship to the Bahamas?
• November 13th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. CHOSEN 2020 SUPER LAWYER IN NEW YORK CITY
• November 6th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 6, 2020 1. What Can Happen During My Change of Status to B2 Period? 2. Consular Processing Parent of U.S. Citizen 3. Can I Renew My Green Card on a 5 Years Deferred Probation?
• October 27th - Article: “The U.S. Government Should Consider Excusing Some Violations of Voluntary Departure Orders During The Pandemic ” by Arthur Lee, Esq.
• October 19th - Article: “Interim Final Regulations (IFRs) on Wage Hikes by DOL and on H-1Bs by DHS and Some of the Flaws of Their Logic”
• October 16th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on October 16, 2020 1. Can I do Something on My Deportation? 2. I File I-130s For My Children and They Are Minors.  How Long Will the Process Take? 3. My Fiancé Was Granted Voluntary Departure.  When Can He Re-enter the United States?
• October 15th - Article: In Provisional I-212 Appeal Win, AAO in Non-Precedent Decision, In Re: 9072079 (AAO 9/24/20),Clarifies What Constitutes After-Acquired Equity, Correct Standard of Adjudication, and Rightful Consideration of Evidence.
• September 20th - Article: “WITH JUSTICE GINSBURG GONE, DREAMERS DESPERATELY NEED A POLITICAL SOLUTION”
• September 18th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on September 18, 2020 1. Overstay. 2. Mother Applies Married Daughter. 3. My Overseas Girlfriend is Pregnant but I have No Insurance.
• September 4th - Article: WHAT IS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOW, AND DONALD TRUMP – FRIEND TO IMMIGRANTS?
• September 4th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on September 4, 2020 1. How Can I Expedite Process to Obtain Green Card as a Spouse of U.S. Citizen? 2. Can I Change B-1 Visa into H-1B or Permanent Residency in USA? 3. If I Have a Green Card for 2 Years, Can I Divorce Before This Times Expire Without Losing it?
• August 30th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on August 30, 2020 1. Petitioning for My Parents in China.  How Difficult Will It Be for Them to Pass the Public charge Requirement? 2. What Will Happen to My Labor Certification Green Card Case Since I Was Born in Hong Kong and How Long Will it Take for Me to Immigrate? 3. Can I Apply for DACA Now That the Supreme Court Ruled That the Program Could Continue? 4. Can You Tell Me if It Will be Safe to Go Into USCIS Offices for Interviews When They Are Scheduled?
• August 21st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 21, 2020 1. Can I Request I-485 to be Joint? 2. If I Get Paid $12.50/hr with 40 Hours a Week, Is This Enough to Bring My Girlfriend to the USA from Philippines? 3. Can You Get Married in the US Even If You Are Still Legally Married in the Philippines? 
• August 14th - Article: Fort USA Arises In The Gloaming
• August 7th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 7, 2020 1. What is The Fastest Way to Move From F-1 to H-4/H4-EAD? 2. Asylum Denied and Placed in Removal Preceding. I Married a US Citizen and Had I-130 Interview. Can I Travel Abroad and Return Back? 3. If a Person Was Charged with Embezzlement and Served Jail Time Before Being Deported in 2008, Can He Return to the United States?
• July 24th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on July 24, 2020 1. Either I Can Apply for H4 EAD Now or Shift to F1 Visa from H4. Which is Better in Current Situation in USA? 2. If Someone Else Becomes an I-864 Sponsor, Can My Sponsorship Be Dissolved? 3. Can I Study While My I-485 is Pending?
• July 21st - Article: State Department Allowing Schengen Area, UK And Ireland F-1 And M-1 Students To Enter Despite Ban Under Presidential Proclamations 9993 And 9996; And Other Miscues Interpreting 6/22/20 Proclamation.
• July 10th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on July 10, 2020 1. How Do I Change Visa Type? 2. I Think My Husband Married Me to Get to the U.S. Because After He Got His Green Card His Actions Toward Me Has Changed. 3. What Kind of Visa Can I be Eligible If My Brother Has a US Green Card?
• June 27th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on June 26, 2020 1. Child with Documented Immigration 2. Can I Ask for Asylum? I am Illegal for Nearly 20 Years. 3. I Have DACA, Can I Apply for a Green Card?
• June 23rd - Article: Trump 6/22/20 Proclamation Suspending the Entry of Nonimmigrant Workers – Who is Affected and How.
• June 21st - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on June 21, 2020 1. The Trump Ban on Chinese Graduate and Postgraduate Students – Am I Affected? 2. Having a Tough Time Leaving the Country After Obtaining Voluntary Departure – How Can I Leave on Time to China? 3. What is the Notice of Filing and Why is my Lawyer Telling Me that She Cannot File my Labor Certification Application Because my Company is Closed and Cannot Post the Notice? 4. Besides the Ban on Chinese Graduate and Post graduate Students, What Other Bans are There by Pres. Trump on People from China?
• June 15th - Article: Why Donald Trump Is Stumbling Badly And How He Can Save Himself And The Nation
• June 12th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on June 12, 2020 1. My Married Sister is in the US Legally. How Long Will it Take If I Am a US Citizen to Sponsor Her? 2. I Submitted the I-130 in Nov 2019.  On April 2020 I Got a Notice to Provide More Evidence.  Does it Mean that my Previous Fee/Evidence is Lost? 3. I Signed an I-864 for My Husband As His Sole Sponsor a Year Ago.  Can I Apply for Medicaid Now?
• May 29th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on May 29, 2020 1. Effect of Divorce on Green Card? 2. Can I Travel on B1 (Initial Training) While L-1B Blanket Petition is on the Way? 3. Can I Send my Fiance Appeal Application With a Note that Say We Have Kids and I Am Pregnant?
• May 24th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on May 24, 2020 – Not Selected for H-1B Registration, What Should I Do Now?
• May 17th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on May 17, 2020 1. Filed I-485s for Self and Daughter in Early February, Mine Accepted, Daughter Rejected – What to Do? 2. Holding Green Card Status and Poor, What Chances to Sponsor My Other Children for Green Card?
• May 15th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on May 15, 2020 1. Would a Civil Case (Owing 2 Months Rent) Affect Me in the Future from Getting a Visa? 2. My OPT STEM Case is Processing Right Now. Am I Eligible to Work Right Now? 3. Would an Economics Degree + 1 Financial Accounting Course+ 1 Year Accounting Experience be Enough for a TN Visa Accountant Position?
• May 13th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on May 10, 2020 1. Thinking About Changing from L-1A to H-1B and Have I-140 EB-13 Approval Already. Should I?
• May 7th - Article：Recommendations for U.S.C.I.S. Reopening Offices During Covid-19
• May 1st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on May 1, 2020 1. Passport Application Needed Custody Papers 2. Wish to Change Status 3. Fiancé didn’t file Taxes, Will that be an Issue When I Sponsor Him for a Green Card?
• April 26th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 26, 2020 1. Selected for H-1B Registration, but I Do Not Know How Long the Job Will Last – How to Prepare? 2. In Light of the Changes for H-1B This Year, What Should We (The Company) Look Out For? 3. I have My I-601A Approved and Voluntary Departure Until July 1, 2020. When Should I Leave?
• April 17th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on April 17, 2020 1. How Long Immigration Take? 2. My Boyfriend Was Coming Over Here and Got Detained 3. How Do I Get My Spouse’s New Name Updated on Her H-4 Visa Approval Notice?
• April 16th - Article: The Importance of Setting the Record Straight on East Coast Infections – It’s the Europeans; Why not just excuse the LCA posting requirement during the Pandemic?
• April 5th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 5, 2020 1. F-1 student on OPT until April 5, 2020, may have a problem with timing for H-1B under new rules for employer registration. 2. New H-1B rule for employer registration gives more opportunities but also potential danger to those who will soon obtain US Masters degrees. 3. Sponsoring my sister and her daughter – one or two petitions? 4. Brother’s circumstances have changed since I started sponsoring almost 12 years ago – what to do? 5. Application to change status pending, can I travel across the country to Los Angeles and tour around?
• March 20th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on March 20, 2020 1. My H-1 to H-4 Conversion Denied 2. Can my cousin wait for her residence here if her stepdad is filling for her? Is her visa still be available during this process? 3. Was given a citation for shoplifting, case was dismissed. Does it affect applying for citizenship?
• March 19th - Article: REPEATEDLY CALLING IT A CHINESE VIRUS IS RACIST AND A DEFLECTION OF BLAME
• March 1st - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on March 1, 2020 1. What are the new H-1B procedures for this year? 2. How can I stay in US when my H-1B employer will be firing me? 3. J-1 exchange visitor – am I subject to two-year home residence requirement even though my paperwork says that I am not? 4. Do I do change of status to F-1 or go outside US and interview for F-1 visa at US consulate?
• February 28th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on February 23, 2020 1. H-1B petition was just denied – do I have any options other than to leave? 2. Permanent resident sponsoring new spouse. 3. Desperate to help out my husband who is illegal and has an order of deportation. 4. Having problems with wife who is sponsoring my daughter, her stepdaughter – is there any effect on the application? 5. Can my daughter emigrate with me to the States now that she is 25 years of age?
• February 20th - Article: Is Mr. Trump an Unstoppable Freight Train?
• February 10th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on February 7, 2020 1. I came back in with my California ID.  How can I now apply for my green card? Do I have to return home? 2. H-1B Extension filed on 1 day before I-94 expiry date. When should I apply for change of status from H1 to H4 to avoid out of status? 3. My husband had a misdemeanor for theft under $50 which has been dismissed. Will that affect his application to become a citizen?
• February 5th - Article: Coronavirus China Travel Ban Reveals Prejudice Against Parents And Six Nation Ban Hodgepodge Thinking
• January 31st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on January 31, 2020 1. Selective Services 2. What’s the Definition of Good Moral Character on Citizenship Application? 3. How can I calculate a household size when I used to be a K-1 visa holder?
• January 26th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on January 26, 2020 1. How Can I Get My OPT Expedited? 2. F-1 Visa Overstay for Three years. How Can I Fix My Status? 3. Domestic Violence Situation and I Am Applying for the Green Card. Will I Have A Problem at the Interview? 4. Getting Married to a Foreigner Who Is Here On a Visa Waiver.
• January 23rd - Article: Watch Out For The Public Charge Rule!
• January 3rd - Article: Intersection Of The RELIEF Act And FAIRNESS FOR HIGH SKILLED IMMIGRANTS ACT OF 2019

2019 (75)

• December 27th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 27, 2019 1. Renewing My Green Card That Has Been Expired for 2 Years. 2. What Does It Mean When My Immigration Application or Petition Is On Hold? 3. How Can I Fix My Boyfriend Papers?
• December 20th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 20, 2019 1. Can Immigration Officers Take an Adult Away With a Minor Being Present in a Vehicle? 2. U Non-immigration Status on An Incident That Happened 2 Years Back? 3. How Can I Apply Foreign Country’s Police Clearance?
• December 13th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 13, 2019 1. My wife Has a Permanent Resident Card But She got Detained in Crossing Back to the United States. 2. Someone Makes More Than $30,000 a Year and The Household Size Is 2.  Is This Person Above the 125% of The Poverty Guideline? 3. During Claiming Asylum Process I Can’t Get My Uni Papers in Saudi Arabia.  It Requires My Father’s Agreement.  Will USA Be Able to Get Me the Papers I Need?
• December 8th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on December 8, 2019 1. Just Got Denied on My H-1B That We Filed in April – What To Do Now? 2. Got Green Card Through Marriage, Tried to Get Three-year Naturalization While I-751 Pending, And Now Both Are Denied – What To Do? 3. Granddad in Taiwan Two Months And Got Call for Naturalization Interview, But Has Been on Medicaid – Problem With Entry At Airport or Naturalization Interview?
• December 6th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 6, 2019 1. Does Sponsoring an Undocumented Employee Increase My Risk of Prosecution for Hiring Undocumented alien? 2. I Was Refused Entry Into U.S. with INA section 217, For An Overstay Which I Wasn’t Aware Of. 3. Do I Have to Submit All 5 Years Bank Statements for My Naturalization?
• December 4th - Article: S.2603, The Relief Act, In The Season Of Hope; Two Proposed Regulations Likely To Become Law; December Visa Chart Movement And Prognostication; Stockwell Lives
• November 29th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 29, 2019 1. Can I Ask An Asylum in New York Airport? 2. My Partner is On DACA and The Status Expires August of Next Year. We Were Wondering If Marriage Would Protect Him If And When DACA Expires. 3. If Someone Is In U.S. On Expired Visa, Is There Something They Need To Do Before Going Home
• November 22nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 22, 2019 1. What Evidence Do I Need to Prove That a Person Didn’t Have to File His Taxes Because He Wasn’t Working? 2. Initiating H-1B Transfer After Entering the Country 3. Applying For a Re-entry After Deportation
• November 19th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on November 17, 2019 1. Please Tell Us What to be Aware Of If Mother Sponsors Our Grandma for U.S. Immigration? 2. How Difficult Will It Be for My Brother to Immigrate With His Crime and Taking Into Account His Family Here in the U.S.? 3. Mother Passed Away Before Her Petition for Her Married Son Was Approved – What Can We Do Now For My Brother? 4. Thinking of E-2 Visa, Very Interested in L-1 Visa.
• November 8th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 8, 2019 1. I Have a Civil Lawsuit Against Me Because of A Car Accident.  How Do I Reflect This On N-400 Form? 2. What to Do on Form I-864 If My Husband Didn’t Have to File Taxes During Those Years? 3. I Am A Doctor by Occupation But Intend Not to Work in Medical/Health Occupation In USA Not Requiring National Board of Medical Examiner Certification
• November 1st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 1, 2019 1. My Category Changed from F-2A to F-2B And I Got Welcome Letter From NVC 2. Working While On Tourist Visa 3. Paycheck As Proof of Employment For Post Grad OPT
• October 25th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on October 25, 2019 1. Is My L-1 Visa Already Out Of Status? Is My Employer Breaking The Law? 2. Visa Process 3. My I-140 and I-485 Were Concurrent Filled. Can I Change Job If Both Forms Are Still Not Approved?
• October 18th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on October 18, 2019 1. Inquiry About Expired Temporary Green Card 2. How Do I Apply For My Husband’s Citizenship? 3. Will My Husband Be Put in Risk to Get His Residency Taken From Him If We Come Back Into the U.S From Mexico for Christmas Vacation?
• October 16th - Article: WHERE DO WE STAND TODAY AFTER 3 COURTS PUT A TEMPORARY HALT ON THE PUBLIC CHARGE RULE?
• October 11th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on October 11, 2019 1. My Husband Was Banned for 10-yrs and That Time Is Up.  Can He Apply To Reenter Since We’re Still Married? 2. What Is Legal Marriage Age For My Fiancée? 3. Father of My Child Charged for Possession of Marijuana a Gram/Personal Use and Officer Said It Was a Misdemeanor,  He Has U.S. Residence Card. What Will Happen?
• October 10th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. SUPER LAWYER FOR 2019 IN NEW YORK CITY
• October 4th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on October 4, 2019 1. My Husband Got Convicted and Deported. Is There Any Possible Way He Can Come Back to the United States? 2. How Much Yearly Income Is Required to Bring Someone to the U.S. On A Fiancé Visa? 3. Will Medical Discharge Revoke My Citizenship?
• September 27th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on September 27, 2019 1. Father Was Legally in the U.S. for Over 30 Years And Was Deported for Having Less Than 2 oz of Marijuana at the U.S. Borders 2. I Was Trying to Get My Georgia ID. I Have Social Security Card and Green Card With No Expiration Date. 3. I Am Not An US Citizen, Is There a Possibility to Not Be Deported After Serving a Felony Sentence?
• September 23rd - Article: AMENDED HR 1044 IN S.386 HAPPENING NOW AMID A FLOOD OF CONCERNS
• September 22nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on September 22, 2019 1. In Final Stages of Our LPR Son Sponsoring His Wife In China, What To Look Out For? 2. Have Order by Immigration Judge Because Did Not Show Up, Can My American-born Son Now 21 Sponsor Me for the Green Card? 3. H-4 Dependent Now Visiting Home, Can I Apply For Employment Authorization Card?
• September 20th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on September 20, 2019 1. Case Status Changed From “Case Was Received” to “Notice Was Returned To USCIS Because The Post Office Could Not Deliver It”? 2. A Company filed H-1b for My Wife Who is On H-4 Visa  In U.S. If H-4 Is Expired but H-1B Is Pending.  What To Do? 3. Can I Still Have a Chance for Approval If I File Motion to Reopen/ Reconsider My I-601 Denial?
• September 13th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on September 13, 2019 1. My Mother Overstayed Outside USA for 5 Years. Her Green Card Still not Expired. Can She Enter USA With Her Unexpired Green Card? 2. My OPT Expires Oct 20th. Do I Have to Get TN At Border Exactly 1 Month Before OPT Expires or Can I Do TN When OPT Expires? 3. How Can I Apply for L-2 – EAD Extension With L-1 and L-2 Extension Receipt Alone?
• September 6th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on September 6, 2019 1. Derivative Citizenship After 12/24/52 Requires A Green Card Holder to Be Unmarried Until His 18th Birthday? 2. DMV of Georgia is Not Ready to Renew a Driver License For a Legal Immigrant Working on H-1B But The Extension Is Still Pending 3. Is There a Danger for Using B1/B2 Frequently?
• August 30th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 30, 2019 1. I Am Married to a U.S. Permanent Resident. Do I Need to Wait 3 or 5 Years to Apply for Citizenship? 2. Can I Apply for Asylum in the USA If I Have Poland’s Temporary Residence Card and Citizenship of Ukraine? 3. Can I Bring A Boy I Met on Facebook to the U.S.?
• August 23rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 23, 2019 1. Tourist Visa While Awaiting for Green Card 2. Can I Apply for a Green Card Without Being Sponsored? 3. My Immigrant Visa Case Was Filed in 2005, Was Given a 221g At The Time of Interview.
• August 17th - Article: New Public Charge Rule Coming Out on August 14, 2019, Not Retroactive for Cases Submitted Before 10/15/19 and ACA Subsidized Health Insurance Outside of Medicaid not Considered a Public Benefit
• August 16th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 16, 2019 1. Marriage Fraud 2. Denied to Work 3. How to Apply for My Husband who is an Illegal Immigrant?
• August 9th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 9, 2019 1. How Long Does One Have to Wait for an Immigration Judge Decision on A Defensive Asylum Case? 2. My brother Married a Venezuelan Woman Who Originally Was Here On a Visa That Expired 2 Years Ago 3. How to Add One More Beneficiary in My National Visa Center Application?
• August 2nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 2, 2019 1. When Should I Leave U.S. if My Extension of Stay Is Still Pending? 2. DACA Violation 3. Immigration Related Question
• July 30th - Article: Naturalize Now!
• July 28th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on July 28, 2019 1. Sneaked into U. S. and US-Born Child Now 21 – Can He Sponsor Me? 2. Late to File I-751 Application to Remove Conditions on The Green Card Through Marriage, What Can I Do As I Am Now in France? 3. Received H-1B Change of Status Beginning 10/1/19, OPT Expires in July, and I Want to Travel in August – Are There Any Risks? 4. Father Sponsored Me in July 2014 As Unmarried Son of a Permanent Resident And The Dates of Filing Chart Has Been Reached, But The Petition Is Not Approved. What Can I Do?
• July 26th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on July 26, 2019 1. I Am Being Sued in My Home Country 2. Do I Have to Register for Selective Service If I Have a Valid I-20 (F-1 Student) But My Visa Is Expired? 3. When Did I Start Accruing Unlawful Presence?
• July 22nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on July 21, 2019 1. Can I Change of Status From Tourist Visa to Student Visa? 2. I Am Worried About My Political Asylum Application That I Filed in December 2017 – Is It Lost? 3. A Company is Offering to Change My Visitor’s Visa to H-1B Specialty Worker – Can It Be Done Now?
• July 19th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on July 19, 2019 1. Filing for My Brother And His Family, But One of Her Daughter Is U.S. Citizen. Should I Include Her in Application? 2. Fiancé(e) Visa 3.Petty Offense Exception
• July 14th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on July 14, 2019 1. Can My Sister’s Child Immigrate Under the Child Status Protection Act? 2. Failed the Marriage Interview – What Are My Chances of Appeal? 3. Applying for H-1B and Wanting to Get Into F-1 Higher Education Program, What Can I Do? 4. We Have the Choice of My Wife Applying for Labor Certification Green Card and Me Applying for Political Asylum – What Road Should We Take?
• July 12th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on July 12, 2019 1. International Student- Using TPS Work Permit to Do Paid Summer Internship, Is It Okay? 2. Do I Have A 60-Day Grace Period After My Job Ends Early? 3. Immigration – Two Cases
• July 5th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on July 5, 2019 1. Can I Transfer My H-1 In This Condition? 2. My Husband Is a Citizen Here But Is Unemployed For a Few Months Now. Is It Possible for Him to File Immigrant Papers For Me? 3. My girl friend and I want to get married and we both not from USA. My question is can we get married and can we get the green card?
• June 30th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on June 30, 2019 1. Is My Grace Period 10 Days or 60 Days Where The Company Dismisses Me Two Days After my H-1B Time Runs Out? 2. Am I In Danger Where I Got Divorced Soon After Me and Ex-husband Got Green Cards From His Company Employment and I Was Only Married a Short Time?
• June 29th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on June 28, 2019 1. Are There Continuous Residence Requirements For a Lawful Permanent Resident Who Is Under 18? 2. What to do When a Principal Died Before Interview Date Scheduled? 3. My Father Said His Going to Take Me Back to Africa. But I Am 19 Years Old and a U.S. Citizen.  Can He Do That?
• June 25th - Article: Nothing About Trump Policies On Immigration; The Effect Of Visa Retrogressions; The Iron-Doming Of DHS; And Watch Out For Closed Loop Voyages
• June 21st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on June 21, 2019 1. Should I Fill Out An I-134 Form for Partially Supporting My Girl Friend Trying to Extend a B-2 Visa? 2. USCIS Sent My Green Card to The Wrong Address. Now I Don’t Want to Pay Fee for the Replacement. It Was Not Delivered Back But It’s Their Fault. 3. Marrying an American Without Seeking U.S. Citizenship
• June 14th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on June 14, 2019 1. Can I Enter on F-1 Visa While H-1 Application is Pending? 2. Pros and Cons of Applying for K-3 Visa After Submitting an I-130 3. I’m a US Citizen. Can My Mother Stay Over 180 Days If I Applied for Her Green Card And It’s Still In-process?
• June 10th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on June 9, 2019 1. Will Former Marriage With Approved I-130 Petition Be a Problem When New Spouse Files Another I-130 Petition? 2. Can You Tell Me How to Count My Time For Naturalization?
• June 7th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on June 7, 2019 1. Can I Fix my Mother’s Papers If I Am Married in California? 2. What Happens After A Tip Is Submitted to ICE About An Illegal Immigrant? 3. I Am an F-1 Student on OPT Training Which Will Expire in July. But I Will Like to Change My Status to B-2 Visitor for Pleasure. What Is A Good Reason?
• May 31st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on May 31, 2019 1. Will Traffic Violation Get Me Deported? 2. Will I Still Be Able to Get My Green Card? 3. Can I Marry a Chinese Student On a F-1 Visa
• May 24th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on May 24, 2019 1. I am TPS Holder and My Husband is a U.S. Citizen, Have Two Kids, My Husband Want to Apply for Adjustments of Status for Me, Is It Possible for Me? 2. Can an Immigration Lawyer Help a Younger Individual That Was Already Refused the B-2 Visitor’s Visa Get Approved? 3. Concerned re Travel in Advance Parole /EAD Document
• May 24th - Article: Protecting The Green Card When Taking Extended Trips From The U. S.; Entitlement To 10 Day Or 60 Day Grace Periods For Nonimmigrant Workers; Public Charge Danger Signals
• May 17th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on May 17, 2019 1. Can I Fix Papers for My Mother And My Wife? 2. Would I Have Problem Transferring to a New Employer on May 15 2019 If My Current Employer Has Filed My H-1B Application on April 1st 2019? 3. Travel Back to Home Country After H-1B Max-Out. Can I Travel Back After H-1B Extension Approval (After I-140 Approval)?
• May 13th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on May 12, 2019 1. What Can I Do When My H-1B Transfer Petition Gets a U.S.C.I.S. Request for Evidence and I Have Already Transferred to The New Employer? 2. Does A Step Relationship Survive a Divorce Where There Is A Remarriage? 3. What Should I Do With My Pending Asylum Case When I Am Now Married to a U.S. Citizen? 4. Daughter Gave Up the Green Card For Leaving the Country For Too Long – Can She Get It Back?
• May 10th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on May 10, 2019 1. How Can My US Citizen Husband File A Visa For My Mother to Come to the U.S.? 2. Expired Working Visa 3. What’s My Best Option to File I-751 Form to Remove of Conditional Green Card?
• May 3rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on May 3, 2019 1. Due Process And DNA, If An “Illegal” has Blood Native to American Soil, Are They Illegal or a US Citizen? 2. Is the Process of Conversion of Status From H-4 to F-1 Easy And If So, Is It Necessary to Get F-1 Visa As Well? 3. If My Visa Expires Today How Long Do I Have to Leave the Country?
• April 25th - Article: Payment Of Fees Becomes More Restrictive At U.S.C.I.S.; Aliens Being Defrauded By DHS Look-Alikes; H-1B Denial Rates Show Need For Lawyers And Sharper Lawyering
• April 19th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on April 19, 2019 1. I Am a Deported Lawful Permanent Resident.  Can I Reapply Back to the U.S.? 2. Can a Green Card Holder Get Possibly Deported Because of a Minor Offense? 3. Do I Need to Refile LCA / I-129 for My H-1B ?
• April 12th - Article: Will EB-5 Regulation Ever Come Out? Why More H-2B’s When America is “Full”? New Form Changes – Make Sure to Use the Right Forms to Avoid Rejection.
• April 12th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on April 12, 2019 1. Would My Being on Food Stamps Affect Me Helping My Mother Get Residency? 2. Naturalization with DWI 3. Tax Filing Status For Illegal Spouse
• April 8th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on April 7, 2019 1. I Wish to Give Up My Green Card As I Have Not Been Successful. What Effect Will That Have On My Family That Wants to Stay Here And How Do I Do It? 2. Having Difficulty Changing Schools on F-1 Visa – What To Do? 3. CBP Gave Me a Short Stay When I Reentered on H-1B Even Though I Have a New Visa. Why? 4. On H-1B Visa With Company A, Transfer Applied for by Company B, But Want to be With Company C – How Can I Solve This?
• April 5th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on April 5, 2019 1. My Husband Moves Out After Filing I-485 for Employer Sponsored Green Card – Will I Still be Eligible As His Wife If Legally Married But Different Homes? 2. H1-B Extension With Approved I-485 Employment Authorization Document 3. My Boyfriend and I Are Getting Married Soon I’m Illegal He Wants to Get My Immigration Status Fix
• March 29th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on March 29, 2019 1. What Information is Required on An Approved I-130? 2. I Am An Illegal Immigrant Living in the USA. Will Anyone at the Airport Check My Legal Status or Ask Me Questions? 3. Am I Qualified to Apply for Citizenship?
• March 22nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on March 22, 2019 1. What To Do With My Aged Out Son’s Case? 2. What is the Fee for Removal of Conditional Green Card? 3. I Have a Felony and Would Like to Fix Papers for My Mother. Is That Possible?
• March 15th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on March 15, 2019 1. CD1 Visa 2. Russian Citizen in Mexico 3. How Can I Help My Husband Get His Citizenship Here in the U.S.?
• March 8th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on March 8, 2019 1. How Long Does It Take For a U.S. Citizen to Get a Green Card for Her Parents? 2. Can I Reopen My Husband’s I-130 So He Can Apply for the I-601 Waiver Within the U.S.? 3. I Have a Conditional Green Card Through Marriage, Which Ends This June. Recent DUI Charge Was Reduced to Reckless Driving.
• March 3rd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on March 3, 2019 1. Applied for EB-5 Investor Investment in 2017, and With The Line So Long, What Else Can I Do To Immigrate? I Am Major Owner of a Company in China. 2. What Are The Chances of Being Approved If Applying For H-1B Visa With a Small Tutoring Company? 3. How Should My Son Answer the DS-160 Question of Whether an Immigrant Visa Petition Has Been Filed for Him Where It Was Filed For Me And He Was Only Listed As a Member of My Family? 4. Can I Leave on Advance Parole If I Have Already Received a Notice of Intent to Deny My Adjustment of Status Application?
• February 22nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on February 22, 2019 1. Can An Illegal Immigrant Become Legal After 13 Years of Living in the U.S.? 2. I’m On L-2 Dependent Visa and Want to Have a Work Permit to Work in U.S. 3. Clarification on The 3-Month Residency Requirement in the District When Submitting N-400.
• February 19th - Article: Immigration Procedure – 10 Possible Items Of Interest
• February 15th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on February 15, 2019 1. EAD I-140 Compelling Circumstances 2. How to Change Tourist Visa to Work Visa? 3. Extension of B1/B2 Visa
• February 8th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on February 8, 2019 1. How to Get My Girlfriend to Come to the U.S.? 2. Should I Apply for Citizenship? 3. Can C-1D Visa Holder Apply For an Asylum?
• February 1st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on February 1, 2019 1. Can I Attend H-1B Visa Interview With Employer A When H-1 Transfer to Employer B Is In Process? 2. Will I Be Issued a Visa After DNA Results Are Positive? 3. Out of Student Status
• February 1st - New H-1B Regulation “Registration Requirement For Petitioners Seeking To File H-1B Petitions On Behalf Of Cap-Subject Aliens” Becomes Final Changing The Order Of Selection But Delaying Pre-Registration System
• January 25th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on January 25, 2019 1.Can Open LLC on EAD(GC) on EB3? 2. 2. Employment Immigration After Living in the US and Only Have 7 Months on a Different Visa. If Applying for PERM Employment with a Sponsor Waiting Period Could be How Long? 3. I Have B1/B2 Visa and Work Experience 13 Years. Can I Convert to H-1B?
• January 23rd - Article: The Art Of The Deal In Making The Wall
• January 18th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on January 18, 2019 1. I Was Denied the Right to Become a U.S. Citizen Because I Voted, I Have Proof to Show I Was Tricked into Doing So. 2. What Happens if I Don’t File Form I-751, and Go Back to My Home Country Before the 90-days Period For Good? 3. Can I Stay in the U.S. for Leisure From June – Oct 1st Under B2 Visa Until H-1B Takes Effect?
• January 13th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on January 13, 2019 1. Married One Month After Coming to U. S. and Want to File for Her Immigration (I am USC) – Did We Marry Too Soon? 2. Laid Off on H-1B, Do I Have to Leave Now? Do I Have Any Time to Find Another Job? 3. On H-1B, I-140 Just Approved, Priority Date Far Away, Want to Change Employers, Currently Applying For Extension 4. Friend Who Filed Political Asylum Based on Persecution Under China Family-Planning Policy Just Denied – Why If He Has a Good Case?
• January 11th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on January 11, 2019 1. DACA Question 2. I Am on H-1B and My Prevailing Wage Request is Submitted 3. I Have a Temporary Residency for 2 Years But He is Asking for Divorce.
• January 4th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on January 4, 2019 1.Green Card Holder Applying for Unmarried 28 Year Old Child 2.Can I Have My Marriage Annul? 3.My Fiancé Is On Immigration Hold And Is Being Held In A Local Jail Facility
• January 2nd - Article: Comment on USCIS New H-1B Proposed Regulation

2018 (60)

• December 31st - Article “Comment on Flipping Selection Process of Regular and U.S. Masters or Higher Graduates”
• December 28th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 28, 2018 1. How Can I Show That I Have Permanent and Legal Custody of My Child, In Order To Meet the Requirements Under the Child Citizenship Act? 2. How to File H-1B Application for a Gas Station Job? 3. I Have 2 Removal Proceedings
• December 21st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 21, 2018 1. Will My Application be Affected? 2. I-864 (Joint Sponsor) Income Requirement 3. I Want to Sue My Immigration Attorney
• December 7th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on December 7, 2018 1. What Category of Legal Expertise Should I Look For in An Attorney to Represent Me For A Charge Levied Against Me for a TSA Airport Security Issue? 2. Where Can I Find the I-94 Number On The Visa? 3. Selective Service
• December 4th - Article “U.S.C.I.S. Releases Trove Of Information In New Proposed Rule, “Registration Requirement For Petitioners Seeking To File H-1B Petitions On Behalf Of Cap-subject Aliens””
• December 2nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on December 2, 2018 1. Planning for Next Year’s H-1B Selection in April, Please Advice. 2. Is It Safe for Me to Go To l-130 Interview As I Have Order of Removal? 3. How Can I Provide a Medical Certificate of Birth If I Do Not Have One? 4. My I-485 Adjustment Status Application Has Been Pending For Two Years – What Can I Do?
• November 30th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 30, 2018 1. How Does a Student in Haiti Qualify for US Visa? 2. Deportation During Entry into U.S. 3. Do I Need to File Green Card Application Again for the Same Person?
• November 25th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly on November 25, 2018 1. I Applied H-1B in April, But Still No Decision Is Made and It Is November – What Can I Do? 2. Is EB-5 for China Still Open? If Not What Are The Alternatives? 3. U. S. Citizen Residing in Hong Kong Wants to Immigrate Mother – Any Problems?
• November 23rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 23, 2018 1. K-1 Petition & Police Report 2. Can I Change my Current H-1B Visa to OPT Status? 3. H-1B Visa Fraud
• November 16th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 16, 2018 1. How to Add A New Born to a Pending I-130 Petition? 2. US Green Card Holder Imprisoned in Canada. Green Card is Expired And Have Served in Canada. Can He Come Back to US? 3. In USA on B1/B2 Visa, How to Stay Permanently?
• November 9th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 9, 2018 1. Does My Boyfriend Need a Fiancé Visa If He Has a 10-year Tourist Visa? 2. C-1D Illegal Immigrant Wants to Apply Any Visa 3. G-1 Visa to B-1 Visa
• November 6th - Article “The Dwindling Migrant Caravan Marches On As Trump Glowers And Threatens”
• November 2nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on November 2, 2018 1. I Am From India and I Am Living and Working As Caregiver Since 6 Years in Israel. I Want to Visit to USA for Meet My Younger Brother. 2. Can F2 Visa Holder Start a Partnership Company As An Investor? 3. I’m On the Process of Getting a Divorce From My Spouse Who Has a Conditional Visa For 2 Years
• October 26th - Article “Why The Migrant Caravan of 7000 (Whoops! 5000) Is Not Concerning?”
• October 21st - Published on the World Journal Weekly on October 21, 2018 1. Came to U. S. As a Student, Have Stopped Studying, And Ask if I Can Apply for Political Asylum Based on My Experiences in China?
• October 19th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 10/19/2018 1. What Are the Steps to Legalize My Spouse? 2. What Is The Best Option for a Legal Permanent Resident to Get the Spouse From a Foreign Country? 3. Which Eligibility Category Exactly Am I Under If My Visa Expired and Then I Got Married While Being Out of Status?
• October 15th - ALAN LEE, ESQ. SELECTED AS SUPER LAWYER FOR 2018 IN NEW YORK CITY
• October 7th - Published on the World Journal Weekly on October 7, 2018 1. H-1B or L-1 and Then Green Card? 2. I-601A
• October 4th - Article “Brett Kavanaugh v. Christine Blasey Ford – Who Can You Believe?”
• September 30th - Published on the World Journal Weekly on September 30, 2018 1. U. S. Citizen with Overseas Business Wants to Sponsor Mother for Permanent Residence – Problems? 2. Just Got Green Card From Marriage, Want to Sponsor 20-year-old Son in U. S., But Any Problems With His F-1 Visa? 3. Came as K-1 Fiancé, Did not Marry, Now Married to Another U. S. Citizen with 2 Children – Can I Adjust Status to Permanent Residence Through My Wife’s Petition? 4. Problem with the In-laws and We Got Divorced – Can I Still Get My Permanent Green Card?
• September 17th - Article “This Is What They Love To Hear – Stories Of Immigration Misery”
• August 31st - Published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 31, 2018 1. If My Boyfriend Was Almost Killed in His Country Can He Get Asylum Even Know He’s in Jail For Illegal Entry Twice 2. My NVC Case Preference Category Was Changed From F-2B to F-1 3. U.S. Citizen Wants to Apply Green Card for His Wife While Both Living Abroad
• August 24th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 24, 2018 1. Family Sponsored Immigration Visa 2. Come Into U.S. Illegal What Is The Option to Get a Green Card 3. In Removal Proceedings
• August 17th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times on August 17, 2018 1. J-1 Visa & H-1 Visa 2. Will It Impact My H-1B Appeal Case If I Have a New Job When I Wait For the Result? 3. Change Visa Status From B-2 to F-2?
• August 10th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 8/10/2018 1. How to Sponsor My Nephew for Visiting Visa? 2. Is There Any Way For Me to Get Back Into America If I Am Under a 10-Year Bar? 3. Citizenship Through Marriage
• July 29th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 7/29/2018 1. Son Wants to Apply for Mother Previously Denied at Consulate in a Marriage Case – Any Foreseeable Problems? 2. Cap-exempt H-1B Moving to Non-cap Exempt H-1B Got RFE, Company and Applicant Have Questions. 3. I-485 Adjustment of Status Application Was Denied Because of Medical Examination Mistake by Doctor – Should I Appeal or Refile?
• July 24th - Article “What Concerns The President And The Answers”
• July 20th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 7/20/2018 1. How Can I Speed Up the Immigration Process for U.S. Citizen’s Sibling Case? 2. Can a US Citizen File Immigrant Paper for Goddaughter? 3. Can My Mother Get Her US Citizenship Back After Being Deported For a Drug Related Offense?
• July 13th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 7/13/2018 1. Get Green Card From Visitor Visa 2. I Have H-1B Visa Until 2021 so If I Apply for Asylum Will This Affect My H-1B Visa Status. Will My H-1B Visa Be Canceled? 3. Transferred H-1B Visa, Got I-797B Consular Approval, But Have A Valid I-94. Is Consulate Visit (stamping) Needed Immediately?
• June 21st - Article “Even With The Child Separation Issue, Why Donald Trump Feels Confident About The Midterms”
• June 8th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 6/8/2018 1. Can I Get Sponsored by My Job After They Found Out I Have a Bad Social? 2. How To Prove Physical Presence in USA for Citizenship? 3. High Risk
• June 1st - Matter of Y-M-C- States Limit on U.S.C.I.S. Ability to Automatically Deny I-212 Because of Another Possible Ground of Inadmissibility
• June 1st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 6/1/2018 1. Can I Get Sponsored by My Job After They Found Out I Have a Bad Social? 2. How To Prove Physical Presence in USA for Citizenship? 3. High Risk to Get Citizenship With Arrest Record?
• May 25th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 5/25/2018 1. Is It Possible to Immigrate If I’m Under 18? 2. While Filling N-400 Based On 3 Year Rule, Is It Enough to List 3 Years of Address and Job Information? 3. Worked Under the Table Now I Am Getting an 1099
• May 18th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 5/18/2018 1. Would Like to Change O-3 to a Working Visa, What Are the Options? 2. F-2A NVC Documents 3. E-1 visa
• May 15th - Article: Warnings On Immigration Changes
• May 11th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 5/11/2018 1. Is There Any Impact on L-2 EAD Renewal Approval If My L-2 Visa Extension Is Pending? 2. Partner Moving to U.S. to Study PhD and I Would Like to Go With and Work 3. B-2 Visa But Pregnant
• May 4th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 5/04/2018 1. B1/B2 Visa – Legal to Work? 2. Can I Get Married Before My Consulate Interview? 3. K-1 Visa
• April 27th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 4/27/2018 1. Regular EAD and Green Card 2. Have Both H-1B & B1/B2 visas, Safe to Enter as Visitor? 3. What Documents Should A Divorced Green Card Holder Has Traveling From the USA to The Home Country and Back to the USA?
• April 20th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 4/20/2018 1. Can I Cancel My I-765 Application for Replacement of OPT EAD Card, If I Got My Old Card Back? 2. How Do We Resubmit a Green Card Application (Through Marriage) After Receiving a Rejection Letter Because One of the Checks Had an Incorrect Date? 3. Can I Directly Apply for U.S. Passport?
• April 13th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 4/13/2018 1. I Got Letter From Selective Service System But I Am on F1 Visa 2. If I Helped My Church Members to Fill Up I-589 Form and Signed My Name on Form, Does It Affect My Apply of Asylum Later On? 3. American Living Abroad
• April 12th - Article “For Some Well-to-do China-born, A Faster, More Useful, And Perhaps Less Expensive Alternative Than Eb-5 Investment To U. S. Immigration” as published in the Immigration Daily on April 12, 2018.
• April 6th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 4/6/2018 1. Asylum Appeal Denied 2. Consulate Interview 3. How can I have my parents and sibling to come to USA?
• April 1st - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 4/1/2018 1. From China, Should I and the Company Pick EB-2 or EB-3 Now That My Labor Certification Is Approved? 2. What is Happening to My Petition Case for My Brother? 3. What Problems Can I Have With Entering the U. S. If I Have Been Approved For I-140 Petition and I Have a F-1 Student Visa? 4.What to Do If I Want to Quit My H-1B Job?
• March 30th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 3/30/2018 1. Do I Have to Go to My Country to Get My Residence? 2. How Can I Change My Records at USCIS? 3. I Am in B-1/B-2 Visa Status, How Can I Change to The Other Visa?
• March 23rd - Article “New Pathway To Permanent Residence Opening Soon” as published in the Immigration Daily on May 23, 2017.
• March 23rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 3/23/2018 1. What Forms Do I Need to File to Bring My Wife to America? 2. Family Based Green Card 3. I Want to Bring a Young Man From Overseas to America for My Business
• March 16th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 3/16/2018 1. What Can Be Done to Reverse a Deportation? 2. How Do You Start Employment Base Immigration Process? 3. L-2 Extension
• March 9th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 3/9/2018 1. How Long Will It Take to Fix My Boyfriend Papers After We Get Married? 2. What Do I Need to Do to Become a Permanent Residence of This Country? 3. Adopt a Foreign National
• March 4th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 3/4/2018 1. What To Do If I Leave My Present H-1B Employer and Two Other Companies Want My Services? 2. H-4 Employment Card 3. Can I Get an H-1B With Bachelors In Accounting? 4. How Can My Wife Come Back To The U.S. After Being Sent Back On Entry Two Years Ago?
• March 2nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 3/02/2018 1. From B-2 to F-1 2. Political Asylum Closed Then Get Married 3. Will I Be Able to Get my Citizenship?
• March 1st - Article “Extorting Protectors Of The Innocent On DACA; I-485 Filing When U.S.C.I.S. Says That You Cannot; H-1B Decisions To Mull Over; Other H-1B Scuttlebutt; Planning Your Litigation According To Circuit” as published in the Immigration Daily on March 1, 2018.
• February 23rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 2/23/2018 1. I Am A Mother Having a Permanent Resident Status in The USA. I Have An Unmarried Son To Be Filed As A Relative. 2. What Was The Best/Safe Route to Take On OPT Extension or H-1B? 3. I Am 18 Years Old. I Wanted to Know That If I Get Married to My Boyfriend Will The Age Matter When I Try to Fix For Him?
• February 16th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 2/16/2018 1. Consulate Interview 2. Re-entry Permit 3. Do the I-94 Record and the Arrival Date for the Foreign Spouse in Form 1-130 Refer to Their Last Entrance in the US?
• February 2nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 2/2/2018 1. How to Apply for a Work Permit While Awaiting an Asylum Decision? 2. Can I have Two H-1B Visas at The Same Time? 3. Marriage Visa vs Tourist Visa
• January 26th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 1/26/2018 1. How to Petition My Son? 2. Asylum Case 3. When Can I file My Naturalization Paper? 4. How Can I Apply for Non-immigrant Work Visa for My Friend?
• January 19th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 1/19/2018 1. I Have F-1 Visa. If My Asylum Application Denied, Can I Get OPT? 2. Will A Lawyer Be Able to Help Me With The Process of a Change of Status If I Am Married With an Expired Not Stamped Visa? 3. Do I Qualify As Qualifying Relationship for Hardship? My Boyfriend of 24 Years Is Being Held by ICE.
• January 16th - Article “President Trump – In How Many Ways Does He Hurt This Country? – DACA And More” as published in the Immigration Daily on January 16, 2018.
• January 12th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 1/12/2018 1. Renewal of Driver’s License 2. H-1 Cap Exemption Without Change of Status 3. During My Asylum Case is Pending, Can I Work With EAD and Keep My F-2 Visa? 4. C1/D Visa
• January 7th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 1/7/2018 1. Am I Eligible to File for Naturalization Where I Have a Tax Payment Agreement with IRS? 2. What Do My H-4 Wife and 2 Children Do In The Situation Where My First Employer Filed Her Extension Papers Late, And I Am Now With a New Employer on the Pending Transfer? 3. Can My Husband Go To Another U. S. Consulate For F-2 Visa Processing? 4. Does My Husband Have to Return to the Consulate in Jamaica to Turn in His H-2B Temporary Worker Visa If He Already Filed His Application to Adjust Status in the United States?

2017 (74)

• December 22nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 12/22/2017 1. Does My Girlfriend Stay Here In States Considered Legal? 2. What Do I Do If I Had to Leave Soon?
• December 15th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 12/15/2017 1. Can Parents Enter U.S. While Their I-130 Cases Pending? 2. Obtaining Green Card on TN Visa 3. What Should I Do If I Cannot Attend the Ceremony Oath?
• December 15th - Article “No Surprises In January 2018 Visa Bulletin; Dangers In Leaving The U. S. For NIV Consular Interviews; Varied H-1B RFE Response Strategies” as published in the Immigration Daily on December 15, 2017.
• December 8th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 12/08/2017 1. Will My Biological Son Be Able to Petition for Me Being That He Was Adopted? 2. Left U.S. 4 Days After J-1 30 Grace Period Due to Illness…..Will This Affect An H1-B Application? 3. Married to a U.S. Citizen And Have Been Here Since 6 Years Old. Am I Able to Fix Papers? 4. Waiver Application Process
• December 1st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 12/01/2017 1. Requesting For Evidence 2. Selective Service for U.S. Citizenship 3. Can My Stepchild Study While She Is Changing Visa Status (From B-2 to E-2 Dependant)? 4. Can My Long-term Girlfriend Who Is My Children’s Mother Be A Beneficiary in My Immigrant Case?
• November 24th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 11/24/2017 1. Is It Better to Have an Immigration Lawyer Fill Up I-130 Form? 2. Who Can I Get to Sponsor My Wife? 3. Property VS Green Card 4. How to Apply Citizenship While the Green Card Expired?
• November 17th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 11/17/2017 1.How Long Will It Take for PERM? 2.Would I have Problem on Naturalization If I Never Filed Taxes Jointly With My Spouse? 3.Is There Anything I Can Apply For to Enter the U.S. Legally After Being Deported?
• November 13th - Alan Lee, Attorney-At-Law, Wins Two Immigration Administrative Appeals at AAO.
• November 12th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 11/12/2017 1.What To Do About Our Son Who Was Born After We Started the Immigration Case? 2.Five-year Bar on Coming To The U. S. Since August 2012, Can I Get a Traveling Visa Now?
• November 10th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 11/10/2017 1.Adoption 2.Would it Be Legally Possible for International Student to Go Inside the United States With ESTA and Then Go To Mexico and Come Back to the US? 3.I Unfortunately Came Illegal to USA, but I Pay Taxes and Am Married and I Got Approved on I-130 , I-824, So Can I Apply for I-485 and I-765 Now or I-94?
• November 6th - Article “Visa Lottery Program In Trump World; Attestation Of Translation Dangers; DNA Testing Standards; Interviews For Employment Based Cases; Interpreter Acceptability At U.S.C.I.S. Interviews; Eb-5 China Case Backlog And Trump” as published in the Immigration Daily on November 6, 2017.
• November 3rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 11/3/2017 1.H-1B Transfer Query 2.Entry Without Inspection (EWI)? 3.What Do I Have to File Paper Wisely to Leave the Country After The Divorce? Can I Still Enter U.S. for Travel?
• October 27th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 10/27/2017 1.I Am An Asylee With Approved Asylum Case, Applied for Refugee Travel Document Before I Left the States. 2.Can Stepdad File An I-130 and I-485 for Child With Expired K-2 Visa If Mother And Stepdad Are Divorced? 3.What Is The Process for a Temporary Green Card Holder Deportation From the U.S.A. After Criminal Conviction Was Vacated?
• October 22nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 10/22/2017 1.I Was Deported Last Year – Can I Still Come in Under H-1B Visa If I Have a Sponsor? 2.Will My Son’s Cerebral Palsy Prevent Our Family From Immigrating If I Get Clearance Through a National Interest Waiver? 3.Under H-1B, Can I Purchase A Motel, Hire A Manager, and Have Him or Her Run the Establishment?
• October 20th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 10/20/2017 1. Can My Husband Get Denied for His Green Card Because I Gave False Information to Receive Food Stamps? 2. Did I Have Chance to Fill Out the I-130 For My Mother If Her I-94 Expire 2 Months Ago? 3. C1/D Visa
• October 15th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 10/15/2017 1.Present Status Expiring – Should My Cousin Apply for Political Asylum If She Plans to Get Married Later? 2.Immigrant Visa Applicant Wants to Enter U. S. at San Francisco Instead of New York with Corresponding Change in Mailing Address for Green Card – How To Do It? 3.Green Card Through Employment With Fake Name – Can I Sponsor Sister Since I Am U. S. Citizen Now? 4.Case Denied in May Because We Moved And Did Not Receive Notices From Immigration – What To Do?
• October 13th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 10/13/2017 1. Can I Take A Short Course On B-2 Visa? 2. Can One Apply for I-140 on H-4 EAD? 3. Illegal Immigrant
• October 6th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 10/06/2017 1. Is There Any Way to Stop Deportation With Two Felonies On Your Records? 2. While Filing Form I-130, Should We Use Both of His Last Names or Just The One I Took? 3. US Custom Law for Importing Used Goods for Sale in the US
• September 29th - Article “New Travel Ban, Succeed Act, Detainer Problems For Administration, DOS 90 Day Rule For Misrepresentation, H-1B Premium Processing Resumption, And DOL On PERM And H-1B LCA’s” as published in the Immigration Daily on September 29, 2017.
• September 29th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 09/29/2017 1. Can I File for Green Card, Being Considered As a U.S. Resident Alien As Per Internal Revenue Service (IRS)? 2. Can A Person Carry and Bring a Large Sum of Money? 3. What Do We Do After We Submit the Adjustment of Status Forms for a K-1 Visa Holder? 4. If I Marry An Immigrant, Do They Have to Live in The U.S.?
• September 22nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 09/22/2017 1. DACA 2. How to Apply for My Husband to Come to the U.S.? 3. What Will Happen If I Withdraw My Green Card Application Before the Interview?
• September 15th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 09/15/2017 1. Immigrant Visas for Father and Stepmother 2. My Citizenship Was Denied. Is It Worth Appealing My Case? 3. How to Apply Student Visas for My 10 Years Old Nephews?
• September 10th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 9/10/2017 1. Can We Still Do Fiancée Visa After Getting Married in Taiwan? 2. What to do About the FNU on My Visa? 3. What Should I Do if My F-1 Change of Status Has Been Filed Without Results Since January 2017? 4. Can My Wife Get the H-4 Visa Stamp While I Am Processing An H-1B Transfer to A New Company?
• September 8th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 09/08/2017 1. Fiancé Visa 2. Can Dependent Work with EAD and EB-1 I-140 in RFE Status? 3. How Can My Boyfriend Get a Visa to Come Visit Me in the US?
• September 6th - Article “DACA and What Lies Ahead” as published in the Immigration Daily on September 6, 2017.
• September 3rd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 9/3/2017 1.I Did Not Register for Selective Service. Am I Eligible for Naturalization? 2.Are Translations in Chinese Required for Consular Interviews in Guangzhou? 3.Checked the Immigration Online System, but Have Not Received the RFE Sent by U.S.C.I.S. – What Can I Do? 4.What Are the Chances of My Girlfriend Getting a Visiting Visa to the U. S.? 5.When Will I Get My Naturalization Interview?
• September 1st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 09/01/2017 1. H-1B Filing for New Cap 2. Married to US Citizen But Thinking to Divorce 3. Looking for An Immigration Lawyer Near Elko, NV
• August 27th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 8/27/2017 1. Reader Wants Legal Services Quote for Naturalization Case 2. Came to U. S. As a Visitor, Applied for F-1 Student Change of Status, Now 6 Months Without Decision – Anything to Do?
• August 25th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 08/25/2017 1. Can We Get a Green Card in Spite of Our Removal Proceeding Case? 2. Will I Have Trouble Entering the Country/Extending My Visa? 3. Derivative Beneficiaries’ Financial Sponsor
• August 18th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 08/18/2017 1. Missed My Naturalization Interview 2. Can I Hire Another Lawyer? 3. Asylum and Student Visa?
• August 11th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 08/11/2017 1. Can My Husband Apply for Any Type of Visa After Being Deported? 2. Affidavit of Support 3. Employer Visa
• August 6th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 8/6/2017 1. Will Cosigning a Lease Agreement for an Undocumented Immigrant Cause Me Problems? 2. Do I Have to File for H-4 Extension for My Wife When I File for My H-1B Extension? 3. Green Card Holder Marrying U. S. Citizen Wants to Know What to Look Out For 4. What is The New Form to Ask More Questions of Travelers, DS-5535, and How Will It Affect Me? 5.“I” visa holder wants to know the procedure to apply for a green card. 6. How to Get Girlfriend Back Her Green Card After Being Deported for Drug Conviction? 7. Will I Be Deported for Selling Liquor to a Minor?
• August 4th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 08/4/2017 1. H-1B Extension by Re-filing I-140 with Ex-employer 2. Citizenship for My Husband 3. How Can I Get a Green Card After I Receive My Updated OPT?
• July 28th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 07/28/2017 1. My Job Was Terminated While My OPT Stem Extension Application Is Still Pending 2. RFE for I-539 About Finances 3. Is I-94 Replacement Needed If the Arrival Stamps on the Passport?
• July 28th - Article “Why The Trump/Republican Party Grand Plan Won’t Work – A Prelude To 2018 And 2020” as published in the Immigration Daily on July 28, 2017.
• July 21st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 07/21/2017 1. How to Get My Mother a Green Card? 2. I Lost My Passport, Green Card and Social Security Card 3. Passport Stamped With “Denied with Prejudice”
• July 16th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 7/16/2017 1. I Heard That The Entrepreneur Parole Rule Is In Trouble – Will It Still Come Out in July? 2. 3 Months Since Coming to U. S. With an Immigrant Visa and No Green Card in the Mail 3. Can I Get U. S. Asylum After Having Got Asylum in Mexico? 4. What is The New Form to Ask More Questions of Travelers, DS-5535, and How Will It Affect Me?
• July 14th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 07/14/2017 1. Am I Eligible To Apply Asylum? 2. How Can I Remove Conditions on My Green Card if I Divorce From American Citizen? 3. Divorce
• July 14th - Article “Economic Growth and Stifling the Buying of Goods and Commodities by the Undocumented” as published in the Immigration Daily on July 14, 2017.
• July 7th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 07/07/2017 1. I Have Not Yet Received Any Notice From USCIS 2. What Can I Do When the Immigration Police Pick Up My Boyfriend? 3. My Friend Came to America With an Academic Grant, Now She Can’t Return for Two Years. Is There Any Way to Reduce That Time Period?
• July 2nd - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 7/2/2017 1. What Are My Chances of Obtaining an I-601A Waiver and Going Through the Process Now That Donald Trump is President? 2. Is It Considered Harboring an Undocumented Immigrant If He is a Member of the Carpool to Work? 3. What Kind of Local Newspaper Will Support the Recruitment On My Labor Certification Application?
• June 30th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 06/30/2017 1. Do I Need to Apply for Citizenship or Just Green Card? 2. From H-1B Back to TN Status 3. Will Doing an Exchange Program Abroad While Pursuing a Master’s Degree in the US Exclude Me From the H-1B Master’s Cap?
• June 25th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 6/25/2017 1. Can I Travel Outside the United States While My H-1B Extension is Pending? 2. H-1B Was Approved and In Administrative Processing at Consulate – Can a New Employer File Without Me Going Through H-1B Lottery Again? 3. Is There An Age that I Have to be to Marry My Boyfriend and Sponsor Him for the Green Card? 4. Can I Still Do Reinstatement to F-1 Student After 5 Months for Emergency Reasons?
• June 23rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 06/23/2017 1. Is the Immigration Status Affected by Medicaid and Using a Tax Credit Toward Paying Premium Health Insurance? 2. Can I Travel Outside the Country With An Open Criminal Case? 3. K-1 Visa Sponsorship
• June 16th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 06/16/2017 1. Divorce Before the Expiry of the Conditional Green Card 2. E-2 Visa 3. Extend a B-2 Visa
• June 9th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 06/09/2017 1. Travel Document 2. Financial Sponsorship 3. Change of Status
• June 2nd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 06/02/2017 1.Meaning of Bar 2. Can An Indian Get Asylum? 3. My Company is not Letting Me Quit My Job & Threatening Me. Can I Come to US & Apply Asylum Based On This Fact?
• May 27th - Article “Lees’ Second Generation Arthur Lee, Esq. Joins the Law Firm of Alan Lee, Attorney at Law” as published in the Sing Tao Daily on May 27, 2017.
• May 26th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 05/26/2017 1. Spouse Visa (L2) Extension Application After I-94 Expiration Date 2. Do lawyers check applications ? 3. Possibilities of Getting a Dual Citizenship?
• May 19th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 05/19/2017 1. How Strict is the 30 Months Travel Rule When Applying for Citizenship? 2. Can We Still File for A Visit Visa If We Have Another Case Open? 3. RFE on H-1B Amendment Petition. Can H-4 Travel to India?
• May 12th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 05/12/2017 1. Man Wants to Marry American Woman on Disability and Live in USA. 2. Is It Better for My Parents (Who Are Not Yet Permanent Residents) to File For My Sister or For Me, a Citizen, to File for Her? 3. Work Permit
• May 5th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 05/05/2017 1. Is It Possible for Someone to Get Their Green Card Early? 2. Can My Husband Become a Resident? I Am a U.S. Citizen But He Has Dream Act 3. How to Expedite Visa for Unmarried Child?
• April 28th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 04/28/2017 1. My Mother-in-law Is Having Medical Issues That Require Surgery. How Can I Get Her Here Quickly to Help Here With My Medical Insurance? 2. My Fiancé of 9 Years Is Here Illegally. How Can He Become a Legal Citizen? 3. I’m a Legal Resident, Have 2 D Felonies Non-Violent and 2 Misdemeanor for DWI Only, I’m Married to a Citizen. Can I Still Become a Citizen After 5 Years?
• April 27th - Article “Late to the Party, the Trump Administration Weighs in On H-1B’s With 5 Pronouncements” as published in the Immigration Daily on April 27, 2017.
• April 21st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 04/21/2017 1. Can You Change Visa While Being in USA? 2. Do I Have a Criminal Record in the USA? 3. When Can An Asylee Naturalize?
• April 14th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 04/14/2017 1. Can a DACA Recipient Who Is the Son of a Permanent Resident Adjust Status? 2. DV Lottery 3. Can I Travel by Air Through Temporary ID in State of US
• April 7th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 04/07/2017 1. Am I Eligible for Applying I-485? 2. How Long Does It Take for CSPA Review at NVC? 3. Is My Immigration Process Out-of Reliability Because I Worked Abroad Few Days?
• March 31st - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 03/31/2017 1. Arizona ICE Hold 2. I-751 3. Regarding Travel While H-1B Amendment Is In Progress
• March 24th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 03/24/2017 1. Form I-212 is Confusing 2. Marry More Than One Wife 3. How Can Someone Residing in Switzerland Come to the United States?
• March 17th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 03/17/2017 1. I Changed My Status From F-2 to F-1, Can I Enter USA Based on This F-2 Visa? 2. Adjustment of Status Application (I-485) for Children 3. Travelling Abroad
• March 10th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 03/10/2017 1. How Long is the Process to Get My Husband Legalized? 2. Will I Lose my Green Card If I File a Tax Return That Shows All My Income Is Earned in Another Country? 3.Can My Expired H1-B Visa Be Reinstated?
• March 3rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 03/03/2017 1. Deportation 2. Applying for a Re-Entry Permit from Abroad? 3. Why My Passport Has No Entry Date?
• March 2nd - Article “Trump on Future Legalization – Deliberate Distraction or Naïveté” as published in the Immigration Daily on March 2, 2017.
• February 24th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 02/24/2017 1. Can an H-1B Holder Leave the Country After Filing an I-485? 2. Name Mismatch in Green Card and Passport 3.Marital Status – Visa Lottery
• February 17th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 02/17/2017 1. Will My EAD on H-4 Visa Get Approved If My Husband’s Employer Has Withdrawn His H-1B Petition? 2. Can Illegal Alien Register for the Selective Service and Get Citizenship? 3. Criteria for English Test Exemption
• February 12th - Q&A’s published on the World Journal Weekly – 2/12/2017 1. F4 Category
• February 10th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 02/10/2017 1. How Do I Add My Relative’s New-born Child in The I-130 Petition? 2. Applying for Naturalization Almost 3 Years After I-601 Approval and Green Card. 3. ETA Form 9089 – Question
• February 6th - Article “Is The Wreckage Fast Approaching For The Nation Under Trump?” as published in the Immigration Daily on February 6, 2017.
• February 3rd - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 02/03/2017 1. RFE Change of Status H-4 to F-1 2. Possible Fake Visa 3. How Can I Become a Legal Resident?
• January 27th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 01/27/2017 1. My Conditional Green Card Had Expired and My Husband Has Refused to File for Me, and I Don’t Want to File for Divorce Because of my Baby. 2. Green Card Holder Has Medical Issue Preventing His Return to States Within 1 Year. 3. Voluntary Departure
• January 23rd - Article “DACA To Go – But An Acceptable Trump Solution?” as published in the Immigration Daily on January 23, 2017.
• January 20th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 01/20/2017 1. What If My Immigration Visa Applicant Is Denied but Children’s Approved? 2. Am I Eligible to File My Adjustment Status Form (I-485) Thru My U.S. Citizen Spouse, After My Recent Student Visa Expired? 3. Dual Citizenship
• January 13th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 01/13/2017 1. Green Card Sponsorship 2. Do We Need to Complete Form I-864? 3. How Long Will It Take For Green Card Holder to be a Citizen After Submitting Application?
• January 6th - Q&A’s published on Lawyers.com and the Epoch Times – 01/06/2017 1. Applying For A Green Card 9 Months After Being Granted Asylum 2. H-4 EAD Question 3. Add My Son to My Case