Traveling to US while green card petition pending

Submitted by Editor on Jan 27th 2010

My husband and I have been married for over 2 years now. On September, he filed I-130 on my behalf and we have also filed G-325A in October. My question is whether I can come to visit him for Christmas on a B-1 visa? I just want to make sure that it will not affect the application and that I will not have to stay in the US until the application is processed.

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You can try, but such permission is rarely given.

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SP replied on Nov 19th 2019 Permalink

Adjustment of Status for non immigrant visa to I-130

I am working in US on a H1B nonimmigrant Visa. My brother is a US citizen. Can he apply for my I-130 while I am still I US and Adjustment of status will be applicable in my case?

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