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1. Dear Mr. Fan, my 485 is pending now. Now I am having the problem, USCIS asks for birth certificate, which must be issued by the appropriate civil authority showing timely registration, date and place of birth, and parents' names. Along with that there should be a translation. I initially submitted a notarized document showing my birth date, place and my parent’s names, which is very similar to most of our Chinese people’s. Unfortunately, I don't have a certificate like many people born in 70's, any suggestions or experience would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!! Thanks for a million and waiting for your kind reply! 對於從國內的人，隻要出示公證處所發的出生公證便可，無需有出生公證。對於台灣來的人則是需要戶口膳本的中英本。有經驗的移民官員都知道這是對中國及台灣來的要求。要是有這樣的情形發生，申請人應該要求律師查出法律的條文，然後寄給移民局。一般而言，往往真正的醫院發的出生證明反而不能被接受。因為移民局所要求的是由政府單位所發出的證明。 2. Dear Mr. Fan: I have a very trouble case and would like you kindly to give me answers: Our I-140 and I-485 filed together as outstanding researcher were denied in March 2005 because CIS Nebraska Center officer thought my job offer is not permanent: he said that ‘the scientist position is permanent for most universities, but I am not permanent employed. I may change job after 2 or 3 years.’ It is strange the officer’s decision of separated position from the employment, I think. My attorney on behalf of my university has appealed I-140 with letters stated my permanent employment from an associate dean and a human resource director, and associate general counsel. However, I don’t know the possibility of this appeal. (What is your guess?) So I have to think about my daughter who has lost her status now. Our problem is that my daughter is above 21 years old and her status was depending on the pending of I-485. She lost status because of the denial. My attorney said my daughter can apply for another I-485 based upon the I-140 appeal, so she can temporarily have a legal status. You kindly told me that I-485 still active during I-140 appeal period. Should she apply for I-485 again? My daughter’s H4 visa has expired. Her status was on I-485 pending and she is still on advance patrol (CIS issue active date: June 22, 2004 to June 21, 2005 ) until August 21, 2005 (first entrance) and January 13, 2006 (second entrance) on passport or I-94. She wants to have an F-1 visa, but she cannot have it within the US because she doesn’t have no-immigration visa. She could not apply for F1 visa outside US because she may be denied because her immigration status / motive (already denied). My attorney could not answer me well. Could you tell us how to apply for F1 visa for daughter and how to keep my daughter legal? Thank you so much, Bo 隻要I-140仍在上訴階段，I-485就仍然是有效的。申請人的女兒無需再申請一份I-485。因為女兒已經超過21歲，H-4是不能再申請。至於F-1隻是因為已經提出I-485往往申請不到，因為F-1不可有Dual Intent。但是因為I-140已經被拒，I-485也就失效。所以可以提出F-1，但往往同時H-4早已失效。所以已經失去非移民簽證，在此時F-1也就申請不到。最好的辦法是I-140的上訴一定要得到批準，否則情形會很不好。 3. Dear Mr. Fan, I have filed I485 almost two years ago, still there isn't any updates from INS. What's the normal processing time for EB3 application right now? If my spouse has only I485 pending status now can she apply for H-1 or H-4 status? Thanks 因為I-485是屬於EB-3，自然要等很久財會被批準。此時除非一直維持合法的非移民簽證，否則是不能轉到其它的任何簽證。唯一解決的方法是要國外的領事館去簽H-1或H-4。但是因為已經提出I-485，領事館這時多半不會給H-1或H-4。 4.我去年8月同時遞上I140和I485，今年2月140批準，4月按手印。現在以H1B做市場及財務工作，無EAD工卡，485等候。請問：（1〕我是否可以換市場或財務（相近但不等同的〕工作？（2〕如能換工作，是否要辦H1B，或由新公司申請EAD？ 3〕485未批準前換工作對於485的批準是否有影響？非常感謝！ AC21要求identical 或 similar的工作。申請人要注意similar的解釋與定義為何。基本上要看工作的要求為何，以及工作的內容。我想市場與財務是兩個不同的工作與要求，所以AC21可能並派不上用場。為了安全理由，申請人最好一直保持H-1B，萬一I-485有問題，因為持有H-1B，仍可留在美國。隻要工作符合AC21，轉換工作對I-485不會有問題。 6. I have a question about my Green card approval (I-485). My I-140 was approved in 2003; I-485 was submitted at the end of 2002. Now I don't get any notice from INS about my I-485. I sent a letter to Vermont requesting the case status. The answer is short of people working on security check. My question is, what can I do to speed up the processing instead of just waiting for time passing? Someone gives me two options: 1. through lawyer to submit case request. Do you have more way/channel to communicate with INS at Vermont Center instead of sending regular letter or fax? 2. File a new I-485 to INS, hoping INS is processing new application faster than old case (it already was Put into stack due to backlog. Is it true and help? 律師並沒有特殊的管道，但是對一些拖得很久的案子，我們可以與移民局聯係，或是經由移民律師協會負責這方麵與移民局的聯絡律師幫忙查詢。有時也可以托當地的國會議員出麵都會有所幫助。我曾當麵請教過移民局的資深的移民官，他的回答是移民局不會掉了這些案子，但是這些案子大多被壓在很底下。往往重新申請I-485是解決之道。我不知道這樣的答案是否有用，但可能是一條途徑。 --------------------------- 本文由範毅禹律師事務所提供 本律師事務所精辦各類勞工應聘及專業移民申請 (包括H-1，L-1，EB-1，EB-2，NIW，勞工卡，綠卡等申請)。所有申請由多位美籍律師及擁有15年經驗的範毅禹律師親自處理，我所並特設中英移民網站。內有最新移民新聞資訊及由律師主持的移民問答集，歡迎讀者流覽查詢。 www.Fan-Law.com CALIFORNIA : Fan & Fitzpatrick, P.A. 370 E. Glenarm St., Pasadena , CA 91106 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] COLORADO : Fan & Fitzpatrick, P.A. 1763 Franklin Street, Denver, CO 80218 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] MARYLAND : Fan & Fitzpatrick, P.A. 230 North Washington Street, Suite 400 , Rockville , MD 20850 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]