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  1. A client overstayed a B-2 visa by 8 months, departed voluntarily, and now wants to return on a new visa. Which bar most likely applies?

    Answer: The 3-year unlawful presence bar

    Unlawful presence of more than 180 days but less than one year followed by departure triggers the 3-year bar under INA 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(I).

  2. A U.S. citizen, age 25, wants to petition for her married brother living abroad. Which preference category applies?

    Answer: F4

    Siblings of adult U.S. citizens fall under the fourth family preference (F4), regardless of the sibling's marital status.

  3. A lawful permanent resident asks to petition for his widowed mother. What is the correct analysis?

    Answer: LPRs cannot petition for parents; he must naturalize first

    Only U.S. citizens age 21 or older can petition for parents; LPRs may petition only for spouses and unmarried children.

  4. A client entered without inspection 12 years ago and is now married to a U.S. citizen. No petition was ever filed for him before 2001. Can he adjust status inside the U.S.?

    Answer: Generally no, because he was never inspected and admitted or paroled

    INA 245(a) requires inspection and admission or parole, and 245(i) needs a petition or labor certification filed by April 30, 2001.

  5. A conditional resident married 22 months ago is still married and wants to remove conditions. When should Form I-751 be filed?

    Answer: Within the 90 days before the second anniversary of conditional residence

    A joint I-751 is filed during the 90-day window before the two-year anniversary of obtaining conditional residence.

  6. A client spent 7 months abroad during his five-year naturalization period. How does this affect continuous residence?

    Answer: It creates a rebuttable presumption that continuous residence was broken

    Absences of more than six months but less than one year create a presumption of a break that the applicant may rebut.

  7. An asylum seeker arrived 18 months ago and has not filed. What must the case analysis address first?

    Answer: The one-year filing deadline and any exception for changed or extraordinary circumstances

    Asylum must generally be filed within one year of last arrival unless changed or extraordinary circumstances apply.

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