EAD 180 day Rule for change of status

[Mviv21]

I'm not sure if this has been posted, I've tried to search about this but haven't found anything concrete.

I'm currently employed under F1-OPT status, I believe is C3 category, and this will expire on 05/23/2018. I am wondering will the 180 day rule apply to the EAD since I am applying...

[tai_91]

Hello, my husband (US citizen) and I (Brazilian citizen) got married in August 2017, while I was on a tourist visa in Seattle. Since I am still under the 2 year rule from my previous J-1 visa, I had to return to Brazil and I will stay here during the 10 months I have left. We decided to apply for a...

[JaimeRipley]

Hi there,

So my husband is a US citizen, he has been living in NZ for almost 4 years now. We met here and dated for 2 years then got married in Sept of last year. We thought we wanted to live in NZ but recently we have started to feel like the US is probably better for us. So we have...

[Fardeen Ahmed]

Hey guys,
I really need some information about something. I'm already married to a US citizen and I'm from India. She is back in the states and I want to visit her on a B2 visa. The reason behind this is that the processing time of a CR1 visa is lengthy and I really want to spend the holidays...

[Affyn]

Hi,

What is the minimum earning needed to sponsor a spousal visa? Should the woman be earning minimum $ 30,000 per year to sponsor her non US citizen husband? I am afraid if this is true because then she can't sponsor my k3. She earns minimum because she is physically handicapped.

[Affyn]

Hi guys,

I am Indian citizen and marrying a US citizen here in India during her visit in next couple of months. She plans to settle in India, however, we want to keep the option of settling in the US open in case she can't adjust here. I have following questions:

1. Can she...

[Venkat99]

Hi Experts,
I am a US citizen residing in NJ. My parents and I have decided on a girl residing in India. I have visited India in November and got married to her. After marriage, I have applied for I130 and paid the fee of $420 and sent to the Chicago address which is received on November 17th....

[littlemy]

Hej,

I have a question about K1 (or K3) visa and J-1:
I am a German national. I worked for two years as postdoc in US under a J1 visa with two years rule. My funding was by NIH, I guess this is the reason why I fell under this rule, as Germany has no skill list.
I left US...

[realeasygoing]

I was able to file directly for my spouses K3 visa. She will have her interview in 2 months. She will be 6 months pregnant at that time and might care to stay in country to have the baby. Will the K3 visa expire if she does that?

[jb78]

Hi all,
My situation is, I am Canadian and my wife (2+years) is American. My wife has lived in Canada almost her entire life, we were married in Canada, and we live in Canada today. We bought a place in the United States (under my name), and plan to move in once I am legally allowed to do so....

[ra1482]

Hello All,

Hope you're all having a wonderful holiday season.
I need some advise here on using an approved I129F petition for K3.

I had filed for I129F (Fiance K1) for my fiance in May 2012 for her to come over and get married in US. While the petition was still in process...

[niravjobanputra]

Hi all,

I am a US citizen, currently in USA, and my girlfriend is an Indian citizen, currently in India. We have decided to marry, but we would prefer to bring here to USA as soon as possible. I have two options :
(1) Get engaged in India, apply for K1, wait till she gets K1 approval,...

[vishal1857]

Situation: My wife's K3 (immigrant visa) case is complete at NVC, and I will be hearing from them by early next month about when they have scheduled an interview at the US consulate in Mumbai for my wife.

Question: Assuming that NVC tries to schedule the interview in the 2nd week of May,...

[garrycooper]

Thanks to all for the valuable opinions you have offered here.

It's time to bring my wife to the US to live so I've checked out all the info available. This is a great source.

My problem- I don't work. I have enough to live comfortably and as a US x-pat I've lived about...

[alex2012]

Hey folks,

Myself and my girlfriend are planning to live together in states.

We are working on making out minds up as to how to proceed. Here is a list of questions we got, any useful info and advice is greatly appreciated.


I am currently in UK running...