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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?
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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
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 20, 2024
There are many forms and many documents in the journey to process your fiancé to become legal in America. The best approach is to contact an immigration attorney for a consultation on the phone to go over the process because it can be a little complicated. If you are not working right now, or you... View More
answered on Nov 13, 2024
Section 212(a)(9)(C)(i) of the INA refers to illegal reentry after removal and is considered a permanent bar. The law only allows you to file for a waiver after you can show you have been physically present outside the U.S. for at least 10 years from the date of departure and section... View More
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.
answered on Nov 11, 2024
The answer depends on what is the nature of the criminal offense. You and your fiancé(e) should consult with a competent and experienced immigration attorney who can evaluate your criminal history to determine whether any ground(s) of inadmissibility exist and, if so, whether that/those ground(s)... View More
My British husband is visiting me and our two year old daughter in the US, he is currently on a 90 day travel visa which expires on December 13th next month. Due to our daughter's age and my busy work schedule, we require his support and assistance. I would like to apply for his permanent... View More
answered on Nov 5, 2024
A US citizen can sponsor their spouse for a green card if they entered the country with permission, even if that spouse falls out of status. The issue in your case is did the spouse, who entered the country do so with preconceived intent. Did he conceal his intent to reside permanently upon his... View More
My British husband is visiting me and our two year old daughter in the US, he is currently on a 90 day travel visa which expires on December 13th next month. Due to our daughter's age and my busy work schedule, we require his support and assistance. I would like to apply for his permanent... View More
answered on Nov 5, 2024
Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. In addition to evaluating what was your husband's intent at the time he entered as a visitor, it sounds as though he entered the United States using the Visa Waiver Program. Although one who enters... View More
My British husband is visiting me and our two year old daughter in the US, he is currently on a 90 day travel visa which expires on December 13th next month. Due to our daughter's age and my busy work schedule, we require his support and assistance. I would like to apply for his permanent... View More
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answered on Nov 5, 2024
I agree with my colleagues that consulting with a qualified and knowledgeable immigration lawyer would be the best first step. The Green Card process is complicated, and it is best to seek the guidance of an immigration lawyer who has been through the process many times, is knowledgable about the... View More
answered on Nov 11, 2024
You should consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. In addition to evaluating your daughter's criminal history for immigration purposes, a good immigration attorney will also want to know about your and your daughter's father's... View More
Should I file I-485 or I-539 to adjust his status? Appreciate your guidance.
answered on Nov 4, 2024
A US citizen can sponsor a foreign national who entered on a visitor visa for a green card. It is important to understand that if the husband entered with intent to permanently reside, that would be considered immigration fraud. However, if he entered with the intent only to visit, but then later... View More
Should I file I-485 or I-539 to adjust his status? Appreciate your guidance.
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answered on Nov 5, 2024
The I-485, rather than the I-539, is used for the Green Card process. There are other applications, as well, such as Form I-130. The best advice that I can give is to consider speaking with a knowledgeable and experienced immigration lawyer who can guide you through the process, and who can... View More
Should I file I-485 or I-539 to adjust his status? Appreciate your guidance.
answered on Nov 11, 2024
Consider scheduling a consultation with a competent and experienced immigration attorney. Whether your husband had the intent to immigrate when he entered the United States as a visitor, presumably as a U.K. Citizen through the Visa Waiver Program; this could affect the method by which he should... View More
or having a parent, brother, spouse, or child over 21 with a permanent green card petition for the Cuban or an employer petitioning for the Cuban so long as they are in the uS 1 year and 1 day?
answered on Nov 11, 2024
Part of your question implies that you are asking about adjustment of status through the Cuban Adjustment Act. Notwithstanding a recent Board of Immigration Appeals case saying otherwise, there is ongoing federal litigation about whether issuance of an I-220A might constitute a grant of... View More
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 21, 2024
A tourist entering the country solely for visitation purposes, but then changes his mind can get married to a US citizen and adjust status to get a green card. If he enters the country with a specific intent to reside permanently, then that would be considered Immigration Fraud. But it’s not... View More
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
My lawyer is asking me if I want an official English translation of my divorce decree from the “Casa Amarilla” that would include an apostille. He said in order for the decree to be used or recognized in the United States, it must have the apostille. I called a lawyers office here in Washington... View More
answered on Oct 18, 2024
Both the U.S. and Costa Rica are signatories of the 1961 Hague Convention which abolished the requirement that U.S. consular officers authenticate Costa Rican civil documents for use in the United States. The Convention became effective in Costa Rica in 2011.
The Government of Costa Rica... View More
answered on Nov 13, 2024
Be forewarned that she may try to enforce the I-864 affidavit of support that you filed with your Immigration case.
Even if a spouse immigrant is denied alimony in divorce proceeding, she or he can seek support as set out under form I-864. Further, the spouse immigrant has no obligation to... View More
Credit card maxed out by doing balance transfer amount is 4000$
I was using the same credit card for 3 years in the past
I have moved out of USA as wife lost job
Warrant in debt filed after 3 years I left the country
Hearing happened the same year but I was not in... View More
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answered on Oct 15, 2024
From the facts that you give, it is likely that the statute of limitations has expired and that the creditor can no longer collect on any debt. However, if the creditor got a judgment against you, because you didn't appear, then the judgment may still be valid and collectible if and when they... View More
I’m an 18 years old italian citizen, and i’m planning on applying for a B2 visa due to my love for tourism.
I’ve heard that the approval of the B2 visa is mainly based on my ties to my home country, in this case Italy.
Are my job and my school considered a strong tie to my... View More
answered on Oct 14, 2024
When a tourist visa interview is conducted, you are correct that they are looking at your home ties. A tourist visa is a non-immigrant visa meaning, when one applies for it they have to show that they have an intent to return home, and the more ties you can show you have to your home country (the... View More
Resist arrest w/out violence. I was deported after a 4 year sentence as a youth offender. I only have one cimt which is the delivery however I was still deported. I knew not of youth offender exception, and categorically delivery isn't a aggravated felony. How do I stand and make this right,... View More
answered on Oct 9, 2024
More information is needed. However, there is a sense of reckoning that must take place before any further action can be taken, if any.
There also seems like a misunderstanding of the definitions of a deportable offense and the enduring nature of the bars for what can be considered drug... View More
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