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How to ask with this skill installed
Installing the skill gives your AI a method. Your request still has to provide the case-specific facts, constraints and expected output.
1Name the real task
Describe the decision or deliverable, not just the topic.
2Provide the evidence
Add source material, audience, limits and known facts.
3Define done
Set format, quality criteria and checks.
Source example
Replace the brackets with your case
When to use it
- An H-1B employee's spouse wants to apply for an H-4 EAD (work authorization)
- Dependent children approaching age 21 (aging out of dependent status)
- An L-2 spouse needs proof of status for employment verification
- Dependent visa renewal is approaching
- A dependent is applying to college and needs proof of residency/documentation
- The primary visa holder changes employers — what's the impact on dependents?
Mistakes to avoid
- Telling H-4 spouses they qualify for an H-4 EAD when they don't — the requirement is I-140 approval or H-1B beyond the 6th year; if the H-1B holder is still in their initial 6-year period without an approved I-140, the spouse does NOT qualify
- Forgetting that H-4 EAD validity is tied to the H-1B holder's status — if the H-1B holder changes employers and files a new H-1B, the H-4 EAD based on the old H-1B's I-140 may no longer be valid; this must be renewed
- Not tracking the L-2 EAD expiration separately from the L-2 visa stamp expiration — the EAD card validity and the visa stamp validity are separate; working beyond the EAD expiration date is unauthorized employment even if the visa stamp is still valid
- Assuming that a child who ages out can simply "stay on the parent's visa" — once a child turns 21, they must have their own independent legal status; the family must act well before the 21st birthday to prevent a gap in status