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I am referring to your pending H1. If the appeal is granted in the future, you will need an H1 visa before work starts.

Try a walk-in before that day. Use your charm with the lady at the desk and offer to wait as long as necessary and you might be surprised. If no joy, postpone the Biometrics and be aware you may not be naturalized in time to be able to vote.

Before your girlfriend goes for the visa, be aware both of you may be accused of attempted fraud and banned from entry into the US. Get a divorce lawyer involved and get a divorce first.

Call the firm of Murthy and go on from there. This is a forum.

If you travel the H1 petition will be decided on merits and for consular processing as the COS will be invalid.

It will not have any effect if you were working for the sponsor all this time and change employers.

Once your AOS is on file for more than 6 months, You are allowed by AC21 provisions to change employers in the same field with "same" being roughly the same. Keep a lawyer in the loop and you will be fine.

Your work in India is immaterial for the purposes of the visa. Any issue in the stamping process will not be due to this fact.

How old is your child? It is very rare to pursue a child for shoplifting especially if you were able to pay for the goods. Hence if you paid up as per the demand letter, there would seem to be the end of the matter. In any case, discuss the matter with an Immigration Lawyer

Assuming they are interested, the way to go is by filing an I-130 for both and continue via consular processing.

It is possible that she should avoid an employer who is seeking guidance in a forum instead of consulting his lawyer.

Unless the H1 petition is approved, the whole question is redundant. If they approve the H1 petition then everything depends on the caliber of the employer.

She may like to reapply next November when the tax dodger is gone.

When does school start? Is it a reputable University?

Unemployment benefits are not public funds.