急 急 spouse in china - XBT or anybody senior here

Situation: My company's immigrantion lawyer told me that my spouse has to be physically present in US in order for them to file I-485 for the spouse along with my own application; and they cannot file I-824 neither for the spouse before my I-485 gets approval if he's not in US.

I thank you in advance if you have any suggestions to my question here.


1. Is this true? Is there anyway to get around the physical presence part for filing I-485?

2. What if the spouse comes back to US for a short period time in order to be eligible for the I-485 filing, is there anyway to prevent INS from knowing his leaving US? I heard that airlines are sharing passenger departures with INS now.

What about driving across border to Canada or Mexico?

3. Can I (either myself or find a lawyer to) file I-824 in July for my spouse even I'm also filing I-485 in same month and won't get I-485 in near future? Is it simply wasting money?

I done some research in this forum and there's suggestion to file I-485/I-824 together in July. And INS won't process I-824 until the principle I-485 is approved. What is it stopping my company lawyer to do so? I can't understand.

Any idea is appreciated!

I'd appreciate your time reading and replying to my questions.

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• 回复：急 急 spouse in china - XBT or anybody senior here -gc2020- ♂ (1220 bytes) () 06/28/2007 postreply 15:23:56

• 头2点完全同意gc2020的说法，第3点我不懂没经验 -L1- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/28/2007 postreply 15:47:09

• 回复：回复：急 急 spouse in china - XBT or anybody senior here -firstreplyinspire- ♂ (20 bytes) () 06/28/2007 postreply 22:34:16