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Will unemployment affect me sponsoring my husband for green card ?
Asked in CT Apr. 03, 2020 ,  1 Answers

Hi, só with this whole craziness of Coronavirus I’m now unemployed. I’m originally self employed but with all this I haven’t been able to do my job, if I apply for unemployment will i be risking the chances of giving my husband green card ?

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Do per diem employees qualify for unemployment?
Asked in FL Apr. 03, 2020 ,  1 Answers

i am a per diem employee. I have been steadily employed at a particular company for the last year, averaging at least 30 hrs/wk and I occasionally pick up hours at another facility. They both deduct taxes from my pay. They no longer have work for me, secondary to the Covid 19 situation. Am I eligibl...

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Can an employer discriminate against you because you were tested for Covid-19?
Asked in TX Apr. 03, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I recently became ill and was tested for covid-19 which came out negative. I have given them everything that they asked for and is required in order to return to work and they are now telling me I cannot return to the job they hired me for. Please advise.

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i am a healthcare worker during COVID, do i really have to forgo my employee rights because healthcare workers are "exempt"?
Asked in FL Apr. 02, 2020 ,  1 Answers

i received weeks of text messages and emails from our administrator that daily contradict what previous text and email say referring to the executive board committee and the leaves of absence for both sick and employees with children out of school...i am the highest paid employee at my location and ...

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Any advice I could get in terms of helping him in his release?
Asked in FL Apr. 02, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I’m writing in an attempt to help a close friend to be released from the jail due to the impending threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. I understand that many nonviolent offenders are being released. He has a serious medical condition, Hepatitis-C which has not been treated since his incarceration. With...

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Can my partner stay in the US if we marry?
Asked in LA Apr. 02, 2020 ,  1 Answers

My partner is 70 days into his 90-day ESTA and Satisfactory Departures aren't being given at his port of entry. If we marry immediately, can he remain in the US while his i130 and/ or i485 are submitted and processed? Are the necessary offices even open right now with COVID?

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Can my employer put me on a disciplinary plan for refusing to take an assignment at a dedicated covid building?
Asked in NJ Apr. 01, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I am a hospice nurse who recently expressed concern about admitting a patient in a building known to be a dedicated Covid building. Initially I was told by my manager, I wouldn’t be forced to take the assignment but the following day, when asked to go to the same Covid building, and again, stating I...

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How can I get my son back asap
Asked in NV Apr. 01, 2020 ,  1 Answers

My babys dad called the copes because I had kicked him out of a friends house because I didn't feel safe and he called the cops and had cps involved stateing i was high and we were living in my car wich wasn't true and the cps worker took him because she assumed i was high and that i was living in m...

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3/13/2020 quit job because of health scare and was planning to move to new york for new job opportunities.
Asked in NJ Mar. 30, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I quit my job on 3/13/2020 After a heaIth scare, I was planning on moving to NYC with my fiancee. Since I live in NJ and work in Delaware the commute was becoming too difficult to naviagte taking care of my elderly parents in NJ , and go to see my fiancee in new york. Since the Covid 19 and everythi...

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Tenant
Asked in NY Mar. 30, 2020 ,  1 Answers

My roomate served me with an eviction notice. I am not on the lease, she is. i have been living here for 6 years. In light of the coronavirus what are my options.

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Unemployment
Asked in NY Mar. 30, 2020 ,  1 Answers

Due to the coronavirus, my work load is limited to a day to a day and a half tops. My employer is telling me that we have to use our vacation time and then when that runs out then we are unpaid. I know that I can apply for unemployment but do I have to use my vacation time before applying?

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Law firm not getting back to me after saying they would take my case on contingency
Asked in CA Mar. 30, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I contacted a large law firm about my personal injury case. I sent them the requested information and documents. I was told by an attorney on the phone that they were going to represent me. Now I have waited about seven weeks since I sent back the contract (which did not have their signature on it) ...

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Is it true that if my doctor orders me to stay home in fear of contracting the coronavirus there is a way to get paid wages still in Texas?
Asked in TX Mar. 30, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I'm in fear of exposure to coronavirus and bringing it home to my family especially my youngest daughter. She was born as an extreme preemie where her lungs collapsed a couple of times. So I am seeking the answer to, "If my doctor orders me to stay home will I get paid any wages from my company or g...

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Sue employer coronavirus
Asked in Silver Spring,  MD Mar. 29, 2020 ,  3 Answers

I became sick with coronavirus when my company decided to still send us out as employees (i'm a salesperson)

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I got laid off due to coronovirus couldn't pay insurance and someone living with me totaled my car I'm financing I just got it in December what will
Asked in TX Mar. 29, 2020 ,  1 Answers

So I'm financing my vehicle I just got in December and due to my job laying me off because of the coronavirus pandemic I could not pay my insurance on my car so it canceled and someone living with us took my car to go to the store without telling us and totaled it. Besides being laid off and our of ...

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Am I still obligated to return to work after being laid off?
Asked in TX Mar. 29, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I received a notice from my employer that I would no longer be working due to covid-19 and to go to my local unemployment office for help. Now, a week later they want me to return to work. Am I still obligated to return to work after being laid off? I am concerned that they will just lay me off agai...

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Dwi case pending, H1B petition approval?
Asked in TX Mar. 28, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I charged with dwi on July 2019 and case filed on feb 2020, still my dwi case is pending and postponed due to covid-19, does this affect my H1B petition approval, please advise. Thanks.

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Can my landlord give me a 3 day eviction for non payment of rent due to loss of wages during covid-19
Asked in TX Mar. 28, 2020 ,  1 Answers

I work for waffle house when buisness started slowing down I was unable to pay full rent but I did pay something. Then before I knew it I was furloughed from my job. The day after my furlough I received a 3 day eviction on my door. Now, when I noticed that buisness wasnt very good and I could only p...

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Hello how can it be possible in these times of a Iranian BAN and this coronavirus to even start a process to bring my fiance here >? I am US Citizen
Asked in NJ Mar. 27, 2020 ,  1 Answers

hello I am US Citizen and would like to start a process to bring my Iranian Fiance here to USA NJ >? we havent met in person but its tough for us citizen to go to iran no? i am also Citizen of Dominican Republic and can get a Dominican passport if that helps I know times are tough now but im optimis...

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What will happen if I am forced to overstay my H1b 6 years period due to coronavirus situation
Asked in Irving,  TX Mar. 25, 2020 ,  3 Answers

Hi, I am Indian citizen and the 6 years time period for my H1b is getting expired in 1st week of April 2020. I did plan to leave the country on the 3rd week of the March 2020 but all flights got cancelled due to the Coronavirus(COVID-19) situation. My employer has already applied for my PERM and has...

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