For the purposes of answering this question, I will assume that you are either a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Legal Permanent Resident yourself and that the "mother" mentioned in your question is your spouse and the child living in Thailand is your step-child. A step-parent can petition for a... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who in the privacy of that consultation can evaluate all of your facts to see what more possibly can be done. Based on the limited information provided in your question, it is difficult to say what you may or... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can look into the case on your behalves. Recently, USCIS has been processing cases very slowly. So, there may not be anything wrong with the case. That being said, it is not a bad idea to look into... View More

Assuming you are a U.S. Citizen, which is not something mentioned in your fact pattern, your spouse may be eligible to apply for adjustment of status whether filed before or after the expiration date of his/her I-94 card. A consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney is... View More

If you have not already done so, schedule a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can review all of your facts in order to provide his or her informed advice. Note that ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many attorneys offer online video or telephone... View More

Assuming you are either a U.S. legal permanent resident or U.S. Citizen, you can file a Petition for Relative for your spouse immediately upon marriage. Whether it may be approved depends on a number of factors, including whether USCIS believes your marriage is bona fide and/or whether or not your... View More

Simply mark yes to the question about having filed a petition previously for your mother and then input the information that the form asks (name, date of filing and that it was approved). I might suggest that on the addendum page (page 12), you then indicate that the NVC terminated the case after... View More

There is insufficient information in your question in order to provide an informed opinion. Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can flush out all of your facts in order to be able to best advise you. Note that ever since the onset of the... View More

Having entered the United States illegally would complicate, but not necessarily derail, a marriage-based immigration case. There may be strategies for you to explore in terms of a marriage-based case after you are given U nonimmigrant status. If, however, you are still years away from a grant of... View More

The regulations indicate that USCIS is supposed to give the greatest weight to your reasonably anticipated income for the year in which the case is filed. You don't specify what your current income is or what your household size is. So, the answer is "maybe." Either way, consider... View More

Was your conviction for simple possession a conviction under federal law (federal simple possession) or a conviction under state law (state - e.g., Florida - simple possession)? What President Biden has done benefits those who were convicted under federal criminal law, not under state criminal... View More

A requirement for pursuing adjustment of status under the Cuban Adjustment Act is that the individual was either inspected and admitted or paroled. At the end of the Obama administration, the government ended its policy of generally granting parole to Cubans who presented themselves without, e.g.,... View More

If in the future you would like to spend extended amounts of time outside of the United States as well as enjoy all of the benefits that you have accumulated/earned here in the U.S. while in permanent resident status, it may be advisable for you to seek naturalization. Simple assault is generally... View More

Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can evaluate all of the facts to determine what may be the best course of action. Whether, for example, he was "paroled" can dictate what options may be available, including, e.g., adjustment of... View More

If you, the petitioner, are a U.S. Citizen, then your spouse's B-2 overstay in and of itself is not a disqualifier for adjustment of status purposes. She would not need to file supplement A. Consider, however, scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney... View More

You should consult with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can evaluate the dispositions in your criminal cases to determine what possible negative immigration consequences might exist. Without seeing the actual documents from your criminal cases, it is hard to say here online... View More

You should schedule a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can evaluate the facts of your life to determine what, if any, paths to permanent residency or some other type of lawful immigration status might exist for you. There are too many "unknowns" in... View More

Schedule a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. Assuming that she was not already placed in removal proceedings (without her knowledge) and ordered removed in absentia, the two of you could examine with counsel the possibility of filing an untimely joint petition to... View More

Assuming you are a U.S. Citizen and that your marriage is a bona fide marriage, you can file a petition for relative on his behalf and he may be able to file an application to adjust status. There are too many facts missing from your question to give a definitive answer. You may wish to schedule... View More

There is a list of acceptable documents in the instructions to Form I-9, which they should have had you fill out when you were hired. The employer cannot dictate what it is that you show them to prove employment authorization. For example, notwithstanding that you do not have your green card... View More