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Her other Filipino co teachers applying for sponsorship for permanent residency from the school board arrived there with US H1B visas stamped in their passports. Does she get an equal chance of approval as the others? or will her entering as tourist be taken against her? Also, to complicate...

she has a Visitors visa stamped in her passport. (arrival in US was march 2003; she started working around August of the same year) when she worked at a school in arizona, she was able to apply for H1B status and she was issued a new I-94 expiring in 2006. right now, she is applying for...

does she need to come home to have a new visa stamped, one that is appropriate for her status? is it safe for her to come home for a short vacation? i have a friend who did that and she was denied re entry to the US and was not issued a working visa...she was even called fraudulent. how is that?

[The issue is that he may not be granted a visitor's visa BECAUSE there is a pending family-based petition for permanent residence and he will be presumed to have immigrant intent which is incompatible with the intent necessary for the visitor's visa.] He was luckily issued a visitor's visa...

What is the name of your state? california can an illegal alien who will marry a US citizen be at any risk of deportation prior to the wedding should she be discovered as such when she submits some of her papers and documents for the wedding requirements? what is the best way for her to marry...

What is the name of your state? can a person who is being petitioned for immigration by a war veteran parent visit the US as a tourist without affecting his petition?

What is the name of your state? california My brother in law's petition who is 46 yrs old, is still on going. he is petitioned by his father who is a was a war veteran and is now in the states enjoying his benefits. Is it true that if he enters the US as a tourist, his petition becomes...

I-140 complications What is the name of your state? Arizona what are the chances of the USCIS approving an I-140 of an alien with an H1 status but holding a tourist visa stamped on her passport? is the employee even eligible for application? or has she committed visa fraud when she looked for...

What is the name of your state? Arizona my sister left for Arizona march of 2003 on a tourist visa. before her I-94 expired (sept of 2003), she was able to find an employer and she has since worked in the school as a teacher. she tells me she was able to get a working permit, that...