Experience renewing O-1 with pending AOS?

[Boiler 45,482]

5 minutes ago, OldUser said:

I'm not very familiar with O-1 but I suspect what OP actually meant is extension not renewal. From my limited research, O-1 status can be extended without leaving the US.

 

I do not see a problem here. OP can have AOS and O-1 extension going at the same time because of O-1's dual intent.

 

~ Not a legal advice ~

 

 

I bumped into someone I knew back in the UK here much to my surprise, they came on an O. They moved States but last I heard are still here.

 

Pretty sure they went for GC. They travelled a lot so needed a visa.

 

Anyway up to 3 years initially and then you can  extend status in one year increments, OP mentioned Visa. And was clear in requiring specific information.

 

I agree with the Lawyers that O is not a clear cut dual intent like H and L. Sort of somewhere in between.

 

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43 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You cannot renew a visa in the US.

 

There is a new procedure for H1b in very limited circumstances but even that has not started.

Renewal/extension are often used interchangeably for the O1. Yes, technically it's an extension, but people who have had it for a long time, like me, may say renewal. I have had 3 different O1 visas, all of which have been extended ("renewed") many times from within the US. Renewal vs extension is just semantics. 

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25 minutes ago, sarahc123 said:

Renewal/extension are often used interchangeably for the O1. Yes, technically it's an extension, but people who have had it for a long time, like me, may say renewal. I have had 3 different O1 visas, all of which have been extended ("renewed") many times from within the US. Renewal vs extension is just semantics. 

Well, my understanding is renewal requires processing outside of the US VS extension is done on US soil. I think that's a very important distinction in your case. I based my answers on that assumption.

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Some sources say yes, others say no.

 

There was a wolfsdorf memo that said no, but the link is dead.

 

If you read the law, it explicitly permits the filing of a labor petition.  Nothing about adjustment of status.

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2 hours ago, OldUser said:

Well, my understanding is renewal requires processing outside of the US VS extension is done on US soil. I think that's a very important distinction in your case. I based my answers on that assumption.

I'm sorry for the confusion. It has been my experience that with the O1, people do use the term renew when they mean extend. I do believe anyone who has had an O1 would understand what I meant.