I am Hong Kong borned, but Lawyer put me in China catergory for I-485

[aleet]

My I-140 was submitted last month. Lawyer would not file I-1485 because he said Hong Kong is now China (after 1997), therefore I am catergorized as China Mainland born instead of rest of the world.

Is there any official link that says Hong Kong is or is not part of China in terms of I-485? I tried to google "Hong Kong I-485". I have not come across anything official from US gov sites.

Thanks.

[aleet]

Aside from ignorant comment, I found the official documents that prove Hong Kong is NOT part of China in terms of Chareability. Hope this will help other fellow Hong Konger.

INA 202© implies China-mainland and HK are not the same Chargeability (foreign state).

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87525.pdf

Section N1.1 (b) shows Public Law 101-649 made HK as a foreign state.

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87526.pdf

Search for "HNK" shows HK is not the same foreign state as China-mainland

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/87527.pdf

[aleet]

In case you are searching for Public Law 101-649, here is the link:

http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/PUBLAW/HTML/PUBLAW/0-0-0-2593.html

You will find the info in Section 103