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I am just beginning my journey... but I want to bring my girlfriend to USA to marry. I need help through the process. Can someone explain what is needed? Cost, What paperwork for the application, the history of our families, the timing, interviews and what to expect please?
I know my... View More
answered on Nov 19, 2024
A fiancée petition should be filed using Form I-129F. The filing fee is $675. It could take about a year or so to get a decision after which your fiancée will need to schedule a K1 visa interview at the US embassy in Manila and pay a $265 fee and medical exam fee. Work with an immigration attorney
How can we stay in the US together after we get married while we wait for her legal status and can she still stay after we get married even if her student visa expires
answered on Nov 11, 2024
A foreign national (FN) in the US on a student visa who is married to a US citizen can be sponsored for an immigrant petition petition and may concurrently apply for adjustment of status. The aforementioned FN may stay in the US while waiting for the green card to be approved.
1.If I (US citizen) marry my Ukrainian boyfriend, who entered the U.S. with a tourist visa (B2), what are the chances that our Adjustment of Status will be approved? We’re aware of the 90-Day Rule, so we will wait until after that to get married and file for AOS.
2.Is there any chance... View More
answered on Oct 20, 2024
There is a chance for his tourist (B2) status to be stamped for less than 6 months. A potential Trump administration could possibly slow down the process. The I-130 AOS route will allow him to work in the US sooner as compared to the K1 process. There is a good chance for his green card to be... View More
answered on Jun 1, 2024
Apply for US citizenship when you are 31 yrs old or over. This is because the applicant's failure to register would be outside of the statutory 5-year period during which an applicant must show that he is of good moral character and disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States.
I have immigration/marriage related questions. I'm a U.S. permanent resident and I obtained my green card via EB2. My boyfriend entered U.S. legally via H2B but over stayed more than 5 years. He's currently in U.S. He has never received deportation letter. I plan to seek U.S. citizenship... View More
answered on May 28, 2024
Marriage to a green card holder, by itself, will not provide any status protection for him before you become a US citizen but could be a basis for cancellation of removal if other requirements are met. The marriage will not have any negative impact on your future citizenship application. Consult in... View More
Good Day. I just want to ask a question about If I am married to a US Citizen, and All of us are living in the Philippines as of now. We All filed for a petition. what will happen? how long is the process? Thankyou
answered on Mar 18, 2024
The US citizen can file an immigrant petition for his spouse and children at the USCIS Elgin Lockbox; online using the USCIS website; or at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in certain limited circumstances, as described in USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 6, Part B, Chapter 3.
Once the petition is... View More
I came after 25th birthday in USA and didn’t register for special selective services and I left USA after I got green card and visited every 11 months for couple of weeks and started living continuously since last 5 years so what should I write yes or no in special selective services question in... View More
answered on Jan 4, 2024
If you lived in the US between ages 18-26 (other than a lawful nonimmigrant) you should have registered with the selective service system. If you didn't register, explain why you failed to register or apply for N-400 afer the age of 31. I suggest you get assistance from an immigration attorney.
answered on Nov 17, 2023
Children under the age of 18 automatically gain U.S. citizenship by law (derivative US citizenship)when the following 3 conditions are met:
* The child holds U.S. lawful permanent resident status, commonly referred to as being a “green card” holder.
* At least one of the... View More
My sister, who is a US citizen, just filled out the i-130 form for me and my wife and sent it to uscis. Can I apply for a US non-immigrant visa (for example tourist visa) while I'm waiting to get a green card through my sister? What about get an EB3 visa?
answered on Dec 14, 2024
A beneficiary of an I-130 from his/her sister may still apply for a nonimmigrant visa and be sponsored for an EB3 petition
My mother is a green card holder. She went out of usa with the intention of coming back after 5 months. But due to my father heath she had to take care of him taking him to his dialices appointment she stayed one year and a half out sitde the us. My father passed away and now she want to come back.... View More
answered on Nov 25, 2024
A green card holder who stays outside the US for a continuous period of over a year loses the LPR status. She will need to apply for an SB-1 (returning resident) visa. Work with an immigration lawyer
I'm a male legal alien with a green card married to a male US citizen for 9 years. My mother is a French citizen, recently widowed and has a personal retirement income of around $1800 a month. I just don't want her to enter the country with a tourist visa and have to leave every 6 months... View More
answered on Nov 25, 2024
Apply for US citizenship and once a US Citizen, you may sponsor your mother for a green card. Work with an immigration attorney
She might have a complaint on her police record from her x husband claiming something totally ridiculous but it is there.
answered on Nov 24, 2024
Get a copy of her police record and work with an immigration attorney to assess if it would not be a problem for her US Citizenship application
Creation. How could I add his spouse and kids in my petition. Do I just add them in the form that I fill up and pay in CEAC?
Would he be able to bring his spouse and kids?
answered on Nov 24, 2024
Email the NVC to inform them that your brother is now married with children so the accompanying family can be included in the CEAC
answered on Nov 12, 2024
F2B is an immigrant petition preference category, not a visa. A visa is needed to reenter the US after travel abroad
answered on Nov 11, 2024
Generally, a naturalized US citizen can no longer be deported
Traveling to Canada with my US citizen husband to visit his family.
answered on Nov 11, 2024
No. A green card holder doesn't need a visa to visit Canada
What documentation and applications are needed, and what direction do we go to begin the entire process? He is open to work in any field but has skills in digital/graphic design.
answered on Nov 9, 2024
A US employer must file a petition to sponsor him for an employment based visa
and they wouldn't be able to provide for me abroad.
answered on Nov 7, 2024
You can, but it will unlikely be considered a basis for extreme hardship to obtain an immigration benefit
she has a b visa
answered on Oct 30, 2024
If you are a US Citizen, you can marry her and she can concurrently file an adjustment of status with your immigrant petition so she can stay in the US.
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