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My advice is to stop researching the internet to find the answer and instead schedule a consultation with a qualified attorney who can guide you through the situation. Your inquiry makes very evident that you have spent hours trying to ask as many sources the answer to your question. And while informed clients are always preferred, some obsess on questions they will not figure out on their own. Rather than drive yourself and those around you completely nuts, schedule an appointment with a qualified attorney and then seek another opinion from another qualified attorney. That should provide you with enough information. If this is the only charge you have ever had, you should be fine. Take it easy on trying to be your own lawyer and listen to some advice from a qualified professional. You are making way more out of the problem than need be.

You have a major problem. Even if you did not have the conviction, sounds like the arrest involves a situation where an officer may have "reason to believe" that you are engaged or were at some point engaged in the illicit trafficking of a controlled substance. The idea here is that the immigration law provides an avenue by which an application for admission to the US (i.e. through a petition filed by a member of your family) can ultimately be denied based on this "reason to believe" charge without the existence of a conviction. So the conviction is not the issue as much as what the police report, arrest affidavit and other competent and probative evidence relating to your arrest may establish. So instead of going from lawyer to lawyer, each telling you how wonderful they are and how much they can do if you just pay them first, I would recommend finding someone who is experienced and competent enough to figure this out for you ahead of time. This is a tough case with which to have success. There may be a way out of it if you have the right attorney and if the truth is that you were not involved in what the evidence and the fact of your conviction may say. Choose wisely and good luck.

It is sufficient that a petition be filed within the 60 day grace period for an H-1B transfer. A receipt is not required as long as the petition is properly filed and not rejected for any errors. I note that USCIS has been giving warning that its issuance of receipts is delayed. 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.