The “green card marriage based interview,” which both of the Petitioner and Beneficiary are required to attend as part of the green card process, should not be presumed as a walk in the park; it has the possibility of being a very intense and painful event. You can take the…
As many of our readers know, Green Card holders can not confer immediate benefits on Spouses and Children under 21. There is a waiting period determined by the Visa Bulletin. But according to the August 2013 Bulletin, the F2A category (Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents), will become current. What…
Today, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), describing the federal law as an assault on fundamental human rights. In his opinion, Justice Kennedy said the law served “no legitimate purpose” to justify the effect of the law, and was a way to “disparage…
Applicants that are waiting abroad to obtain permanent residency, will need to go through Consular Processing in order to obtain the Immigrant Visas at the end of the process. How does it really work? During the interview, the consular official will confirm the information contained in the DS-260 application, screen…
We are all waiting for Immigration Reform. The proposals are very promising, and most of us can not wait. But Changing our country’s Immigration system, may come with a price. Obviously, we can not help everybody. It seems that while the focus is on Skilled Workers, the concern is that…
Clients and Blog readers are often asking about the Conditional Green Card, what conditions? Very Confusing subject. In this Blog Article, Marie Puertollano from our office covers this issue. An immigrant can obtain a Permanent Resident Card, also called “green card,” through marriage to a US citizen. The green card…
On January 6, USCIS posted a notice outlining its plan to reduce the time that certain families are separated when the foreign national goes home to apply for an immigrant visa. The current process allows applicants to file for a waiver only after they have their initial interview at the…
Following our updates on the Visa Waiver Adjustments, here is a summary from USCIS Headquarters Liaison Meeting. We report some good news for many Visa Waiver Overstay clients that are married to US Citizens. The American Immigration Lawyers Association presented the following question to the Service: Members continue to report…
Here we go again. A federal grand jury has indicted a former Sacramento immigration consultant and 13 other individuals alleging they participated in an elaborate immigration fraud scheme in which foreign nationals from Eastern Europe and Russia paid to enter into sham marriages with locally recruited U.S. citizens. For foreign…
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) permits the change of an individual’s immigration status while in the United States from nonimmigrant or parolee (temporary) to immigrant (permanent) if the individual was inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States and is able to meet all required qualifications for a…