Notrees, TX Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Please see an immigration attorney before you make any decisions. We need to ask your fiancee a few questions to find out if he will be eligible for any benefit.

Your mother can apply for you. If you are unmarried, you will fall under the First Preference category for family immigration. There are 23,400 visas allocated to this category annually. If you are married, you will fall under the third preference category. There are 23,400 visas allocated to this category also. What this means is that there may be a waiting period for your priority date to become current. I recommend speaking with an immigration attorney about your case to determine what your options are. Best wishes.

Good question – I believe that if the time that you are contemplating going to school is covered in the I-20, you should be able to go to school without applying for an extension of the I-20. Even without having the time covered under the current I-20, I believe that going to school without working during the interim of waiting for the OPT would not be a violation of status and would actually be preferable to DHS rather than your just hanging around and waiting for the OPT approval.You should talk to the school's DSO to see whether you should update your I-20. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.