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While a strong economy is key to a strong society, it's not necessarily the only aspect that matters. The right of US citizens to sponsor their spouses and parents is a part of their right of pursuit of happiness. Family-based immigration is just that - family-based. The DV lottery insures that the door remains ajar for immigrants from less represented countries, and its economic value can be disputed, but given that it requires a minimal education and/or experience, and that it probably mostly attracts the young, I suspect that it's beneficial. I say this as someone who took the F1 --> H1B --> EB2-NIW path, and who most likely will never sponsor an immigrant. But as (now) a citizen, I'd like to retain that right. That said, I absolutely agree that limitations on EB categories should be abolished and that these categories be given higher priority.

Not exactly sure what your question is. Generaly US citizens must file taxes, regardless of the country of their residence. The daughters should be fine as they are dependents. If you're delinquent with your taxes the passport renewal may be an issue: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/legal-matters/passports-and-seriously-delinquent-tax-debt.html

If the wife is a US citizen she would have to file taxes herself, or file jointly. The daughters will also have to file taxes when they are no longer the dependents (19 or 24 years of age).

Unfortunately there is currently no way to get the GC quickly via EB2 if you were born in India (and 10-15 years is an optimistic estimate). There are, however, some advantages to having the I-140 approved, including no limit to the years on H1B, and the likelihood that EADs may become available. Some regulations are subject to change, without necessity for legislation. The laws may also change to your advantage (e.g. the GC recapture bill)...

How is "residence" defined? Changing the residence is the same as the change of domicile, and a change of address must be reported. I'm not sure that a temporary stay away from your permanent address (domicile) counts as the change of residence for this purpose. Otherwise a weekend trip away from your district would count as the violation of the 3-month rule, wouldn't it? Does the USCIS specify how many days out of the 3-month period does one have to be physically present at their residence? If not, wouldn't the residence simply be one's permanent address?

Have you done any independent research that resulted in peer-reviewed publications? Have you any patents to your name? Have you developed a new method/tools that others are applying? It's not impossible for dentists to go for EB1A, but it requires some outstanding creative feats.

Yes, bring the passport photos (recent).

If the OP is married, and if the spouse was born in an ROW country...

Yes, employment-based GC is included. The concept is known as cross-chargeability and can be applied to EB categories as well: https://www.hooyou.com/i140&i485/cross.html

If your spouse is born in Canada (or another ROW country) the chargeability would be on their country.

Is a dentist not a "or be a specialty physician"?

There is a conditional GC for physicians working in underserved areas. It falls under the NIW.

Why EB1? The employer can sponsor you for EB2. You can also self-sponsor for EB2-NIW in some cases.

Can your sister reschedule HER flight more conveniently?

Could you provide a link to that? Thanks!

Try to get the police report and the letter from the department that charged her. If they don't have it, ask them if they can produce a statement that the records don't exist.

Presumably one of the languages on the document is English, so you can copy the exact English text from the original to the translated document. Attach a copy of the original with English text highlighted.

Why did your employer file for H1B when you had the OPT +STEM?

I'm sorry. I was quoting the quote from your post, assuming that it would reference it to the original. My bad.

Their F1 is still valid because of the OPT. Where does it say that you can't travel on OPT F1?

That's what I did in California. They had no idea what I wanted when I requested to update the records. After a brief dispute about a validity of a US passport as a proof of citizenship, they processed me for a new DL. It's identical to the old one, and I didn't request a new one. So, in California, I see no point in updating the DMV with the citizenship status.

They refused to accept my passport card at a SSA office in my area, and asked for the passport book. I explained (a pointless endeavor) that the passport card is equivalent to the book within the US. Had to bring the passport book to the office only to learn from another agent that the card would've been perfectly fine.

This way you can lose your Naturalization Certificate without having a passport in hand. The processing time for a replacement is currently 11 months. Worst advice ever.

If the records are from the US, there's a way to reopen them. Expunging a conviction always causes problems with immigration. If you can't get the records, try at least getting the court clerk's statement that the records don't exist. Depending on the nature of the crime, you can simply explain that the records aren't available to you and they should adjudicate on the merit of current evidence.

Yes, do bring the tax transcripts! They probably won't ask for them but it's possible.