Alan Lee, Attorney at Law

World Journal Question & Answers

Below are links to translations of the Immigration Q & A column that appears regularly in the World Journal. The World Journal is the largest Chinese language newspaper in North America.

August 17, 2008
1. 16 Year-old Child's Mother Becomes U.S. Citizen and Child Asks What Does She Need to Do Now
2. I Am Illegal (Overstay) and Want to Change My Status in the Future - Can I Do It?
3. Can My Mother File Three Months Ahead of Time for Her 15 Year Citizenship Application?
4. How Long Will it Take for me to Apply the Green Card for My Adult Son?
5. American Consulate in Guangzhou has not Responded for Over One and a Half Years to Reader's Follow to Join Immigration Case for Husband - What Can She Do?
6. Reader Wants to Remarry Ex-wife and Then Sponsor Ex-wife and Child to Immigrate After Having Divorced U.S. Citizen Wife From Whom He Got Green Card
7. I Sponsored My Daughter for the Green Card - What is the Best Way That She Can Apply for a Nonimmigrant Visa?
August 10, 2008
1. Nephew Aged Out Before CSPA Enactment but Appears Eligible to Immigrate Under the CSPA's New Guidelines
2. H-1B Extension or Employment Authorization Document - Which One Should I Do?
3. Petitioning for Unmarried Son When a Conditional Green Card Holder
4. How Can I Get Back the Green Card That I Gave Up in 1996?
5. I am Under the 10 year Bar for Illegally Staying Over One Year - When Can I Leave Without Penalty?
August 3, 2008
Can I Get the Lists of Questions for Naturalization - Current Ones and for the Future Test?
July 6, 2008
1. New Rules for Reentry Permit Applicants and Current Processing Time
2. Marriage Based Green Card - I-751 and Naturalization Process and Questions as to Child's Citizenship Status
June 30, 2008
1. What Benefits Can Recently Arrived Immigrants Through Family Sponsorship Obtain From The Government?
2. At my Second Interview Based on Marriage, do I have a Chance of Getting the Green Card Where We Married Less Than a Year After the Ex-wife that He Sponsored Also Got Her Green Card?
3. Issues Concerning Where You First Land in the U.S. After Obtaining the Immigrant Visa
4. Handling of I-485 Adjustment of Status Cases Held Previously for Security Checks
5. Eligibility of Permanent Residents Sponsored by Family Member for Medicaid
May 18, 2008
Do I have to Fill Out My Membership in the Chinese Communist Youth League When I Fill Out the I-485 Adjustment of Status to Permanent Residence Form?
May 14, 2008
1. Can U.S. Citizen Wife and Children Make Up for Husband's Insufficient Time of Residence for Naturalization?
2. In Upcoming Marriage Interview, Will I Receive Permanent Green Card Even Though Interview Date is Nine Days Short of Two Years Marriage? What Proof is Good?
April 6, 2008
1. Can Someone Who Entered the Country Legally with a D-1 Crewman Visa Adjust Status to Permanent Residence if Married to a U.S. Citizen or Through Labor Certification Green Card Sponsorship?
2. Arrested for a Misdemeanor and Lawyer Negotiating a Deal - Should I Take It?
3. Immigration Scheduled an I-130 Interview for Me and My Wife, But I was Ordered Deported 13 Years Ago. What Are The Pros and Cons of Going?
4. Labor Certification Holder with I-140 Approval and Pending I-485 Being Transferred by Employer from New York to Chicago. Are the Labor Certification and I-140 Approvals Still Good? What Has to be Done?
March 23, 2008
1. Follow to join asylee returned to China in 2004 - what could she do to rejoin her husband in the States?
2. Will U.S.C.I.S. find out that I lied at the consul in 1995 and what will they do about it?
3. Does asylum derivative have to wait one year to apply for permanent residence through asylum and is the green card application fee exempt?
4. Naturalization testing for the elderly who have held the green card for a long time is much easier than for other applicants - the 65/20 rule
5. Retaining permanent residence when planning to be outside the United States most of the time
March 9, 2008
1. Naturalization Applicant with Much Time Outside the U.S. Before the Five-year Eligibility Date May Still be Eligible to Naturalize
2. Naturalization Applicants Must Still Maintain Continuous Residence in the U.S. Between the Interview and Swearing in Date
3. Counting Rules of the CSPA and the Unpredictability of Visa Bulletin Movement
February 24, 2008
1. Alien Who Entered With a Fake Passport and Marries a U.S. Citizen is Usually Not Allowed to Adjust to Permanent Residence Without Benefits of Section 245(i)
2. Adjusting Status as a Refugee Does Not Require an Income Test
3. Circumstances Under Which the Priority Date is Kept When the Child Later Turns 21 and When the Petitioner Naturalizes
February 10, 2008
1. Am I Eligible to Apply for Naturalization Now After Pleading Guilty to a Crime?
2. What Can I Do When My Parents Were Just Denied for Immigration at the Consulate in Guangzhou for Inadequate Financial Support ?
3. In an I-485 Case Involving Fake Passport, Fraudulent Entry, and Sponsorship Through U.S. Citizen Spouse, Section 245(i) Eligibility Can Take Care of the Entry Without Inspection and the I-601 Waiver Take Care of the Fraud Attached to the Entry
4. The Importance of Properly Evaluating an EB-1 Extraordinary Alien Case
February 4, 2008
1.Does My Mother Need to File the I-90 Form for Replacement Green Card After Coming in Under SB-1 Visa?
2. The Effect of Long Absences on the Naturalization Application
3. The Date to Apply for Naturalization if the U.S. Citizen Spouse Dies
4. The Date to Apply for Naturalization for an Approved Political Asylee - Effect of Rollback
5. Whether Person With a Final Order of Removal can Apply for Adjustment of Status if He/She is the Spouse of an Asylee and Already Has an Approved I-730 Petition As a Derivative for One Year
January 27, 2008
1. Should I be Sponsored by the Dry Cleaners or Finance Company for My H-1B and What Should I do About My Gap in Practical Training Before October 1st?
2. Can My Son Qualify for the CSPA?
January 20, 2008
1. December 21, 2000 Presence is Required for 245(i) Benefits For Those Relying on Labor Certification Application or Immigrant Visa Petition Filing Between 1/15/98-4/30/01
2. Options for Businessman Coming to the United States
3. Employment Green Card Possibility for a J-1 Exchange Visitor Overstay no Longer Subject to a Two-year Foreign Residence Requirement Who is Without 245(i) Protection
January 13, 2008
1. Notifying of Beneficiary’s Change of Circumstances in I-130 Petition Case
2. Attempting to Use National Interest Waiver Approval from 1990s to Immigrate Now
3. Is I-864 Sponsor Liable for Repayment of Alien’s Income Tax Refund and/or Free School Lunches?
January 6, 2008
1. I Filed an I-130 Petition for My Overaged Child and Asked for the Old Priority Date Under My F-4 Category - Can My Child Get It Under the CSPA?
2. I Am Naturalized for Less Than One Year - Can I Go Overseas and Work Long Term or Do I Have to Wait for 1 Year?
3. What to do When Past Actions Were Clearly Abusive of the Immigration Laws
4. Options After Being Here for 10 + Years With a Permanent Resident Wife and U.S. Citizen Child with Serious Medical Problems
December 17, 2007
1. Applying for Removal of the Conditional Basis of Permanent Residence (I-751) Through Joint Filing Where There is No Divorce
2. Effect of Filing an I-485 Adjustment of Status Application When the Priority Date is Not Current
December 2, 2007
1. Is it Possible to Naturalize Mother-in-law Who Did not Return to U.S. for Over Two Years in Involuntary Absence Due to Paralyzing Stroke
2. Options For an L-1B Intra-company Transferee Who Wishes to Stay in the U.S. After Time Expires on Visa Status
3. Simple Rules for Adjustment of Status, Legal Stay and Advance Parole
4. USC Divorcing Wife and Marrying Her Sister in China Not an Easy Road for Her Immigration

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