J-1 and Green Card--Please post here
Hi Guys,
Please post your experiences and questions if you are J-1. If you got green card on J-1, please share your advices and experiences. It will be very helpful thread for Js.
I have been working on J-1. Recently got final waiver from USCIS-VSC and had already applied for I-140. Planning to apply for I-485 this month. it is my understanding (also from lawyer) that GC application is separate process and it does not get affected by one holding J-1.
But one needs to show Waiver when applying for I-485.
there are not many people who do this unusual stuff (J1 to GC) but i think whatever peice of information we get we shall post here so that this unsual criterion becomes ususal.....
Hello gang
On Sunday, I got an email from CRIS 8:00 am that an approval notice was sent. SO my case got approved (NIW, received on Dec 10, 2007 at TSC)
Thanks to all the forum members for the help and advises. This was a self petition from A to Z. Special thanks to Helpinghand and ChrisV for the information they offered.
I am posting her because I have a number of questions and I will try to be organized as much as I can:
1- I am on J-1 and I would like to apply now for I-485,
I just renewed my DS-2019 till July 1st of 2009. What will my status be if I apply I-485. Will my J-1 still be ok? Can I still work on J-1 or do I have to get an EAD and use it? I would sure prefer to stay on J-1.
2-I understand that I should include a J-1 waiver or at least show that I am not under the 2-year home requirement. My J-1 visa is stamped with No 2-year home residency requirement. However, I went through some of the forums and I was informed that a visa stamp is not a final decision on that issue and that I should not fall under any of 3 categories listed on the US. dept. of state website. Ok...so I am not a physician, the country where I am from does not even exist in the skill list on the US Dep. of state website.
I was funded by the University mostly on private grants to a professor (is this considered gov. funding and how do I find out)? If I am not funded by gov. then I do not need a waiver, am I correct?
3- If I request an advisory opinion from USDS, would that affect my J-1 or its renewal in future years at all?
4- If I do not need a waiver or if I do, what would my husband situation be (he is on J-2), i.e. does he need to have a waiver?
Thank you
HNKS