Q: Are there aliens in USA?

A: Yes, they are everywhere, because - An alien is any person who is not a United States citizen.

Since young, I was never fond of being called 'Alien' as I got teased often, because my name, jumbled, makes the word alien - Look at where I am now, oh the irony...

Now, the burning question, do you want to be an alien? Do you want to immigrate to America? Yes? Do you want to do it legally? or illegally? 

Here are some ways:-
1. Relationship with a USA citizen/Permanent Resident/Skilled Profession
2. Skilled Profession
3. Green Card Lottery
4. or read this, http://www.thepowerhour.com/news/cross_border.htm  

My husband and I didn't come to America via Green Card Lottery, as we didn't win, but my husband came to USA via option 2 using a H1B visa, while I, using option 1, joined him with a H4 spouse visa. 

A H1B is a work visa that allows US employers to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, and the process to get a H1B is painstakingly long. H4 is the visa issued to immediate family members of H1B visa holders, which gave me a lot of anxiety and grey hair. 

My husband (boyfriend then) received a job offer from Houston back in early 2013 by a US company. Subsequently, they submitted his H1B petition to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) by April 2013. Three week later, we received a receipt from USCIS, which meant his H1B was selected for further processing, which meant that we have to wait again for months for the H1B result. 
We received news of my husband's H1B approval one week before October 2013, Yay!

Then the next major anxiety kicked in, we had to register for our marriage, and schedule our final interview at the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. 

Getting married in Malaysia was not as easy as it seemed. I will share the steps of getting married in my upcoming post.

Here is the website to apply for a US visa interview in Malaysia.
http://www.ustraveldocs.com/my/my-niv-visaapply.asp

So my husband (fiance then) proposed on October 14th 2013, we got registered for our marriage on October 28th 2013, and went for our visa stamping interview on October 29th 2013.

The anticipation for my H4 interview was nerve wrecking, as we were legally married for less than 24 hours. However, no questions was asked, all I had to do was to present my marriage certificate. That's it.

My husband's H1B interview was a little tricky, but reading the website below somewhat made us better prepared. http://www.immihelp.com/visas/h1b/h1-visa-interview-sample-questions-answers.html

Approved! And of course our life became dramatic when our records was not found/updated in the USCIS system, we were given a yellow slip to further wait for their system information to be up to date. The next day, everything was ay-okay!

I thank God for answering our year long prayers. Here I am today, with my husband, living the 'American Dream'! By the way, H4 visa holders are not allowed to work, and not eligible for SSN (Social Security Number).