If your Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) application has been pending for over a year, you may contact the U.S. Department of State's Office of Children's Issues at 1-888-407-4747 or via email at adoption@state.gov to inquire about the status of your application. If your application... Read more »

There are complicated immigration rules regarding volunteering, working, and passive investing on your F-1 visa. Your OPT might be useful if the work is related to your degree. Then there is the possibility of if a change of status to L-1, for example. Without assessing the specifics of your case... Read more »

You may apply immediately. Submit all the documents USCIS requested. If you have a criminal history or other negative factors that may affect your naturalization application, make sure to consult with an immigration attorney.

If your father filed I-130 petitions for his children prior to his death there may be a way to get the petitions reinstated through humanitarian reinstatement. You can read about that process here: https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-eligibility/humanitarian-reinstatement

You should definitively consult with an attorney to establish whether the incident back in 2013 made you inadmissible to the U.S. Keep in mind that it does not matter whether five years have happened since your application because the question states, have you ever, not have you within the last... Read more »

There is no set period of time abroad that will trigger abandonment, but LPRs are treated as seeking re-admission if they have been absent from the United States for a continuous period of longer than 180 days. INA § 101(a)(13)(C)(ii). Continuous absence of more than 180 may trigger scrutiny, but... Read more »

It is impossible to tell if you will be permitted to return in January after a short visit to Brazil because it is up to the officer at the Border whether to let you in AND for how long REGARDLESS of the "180 day clock" (reset or not). Each time you cross the border on an non-immigrant... Read more »

This issue is a little complicated. In general you either need to have work authorization to open a business in the United States, for example, through an E2 investor visa, or you need to partner with a person with work authorization or a LPR or US citizen and basically delegate all day to day... Read more »

E-Verify is for Established US Employers. You OPT only allows you work for a US employer. This could be interpreted as working without authorizarion. You should get legal counsel first.

There is a provision of immigration law that allows certain long-term international organization employees and their eligible family members to apply for special immigrant status and become permanent residents of the U.S. (get a Green Card) as long as their organization remains recognized.

This looks like something that an immigration attorney might have more insight into than a social security attorney, which was the posted category. But your question remains open for two weeks. It appears involve a substitution of representative/counsel on a matter with U.S. Citizenship and... Read more »

I am so sorry that you and your son were involved in an accident at the mall.

The incident that you have described, however, is not an event that can be classified as a crime that qualifies you for the U visa.

You can visit with a qualified and experienced immigration attorney... Read more »

A US Citizen can sponsor a foreign national fiancé for a K visa provided they both physically have met within 2 years of filing the application. After she enters on the fiancé visa, you must marry her within 90 days, and then she can adjust status to get her green card. The whole process may take... Read more »

If you are merely helping out without pay the I would not consider it employment.

No, as long as your income on its own without including your wife's income, meets the poverty guidelines she does not need to sign the I-864A. But you should still submit both of your W2s, so USCIS can see where the other income declared on the 1040 came from.

To get immigration records you need to file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, either with USCIS or with EOIR (immigration court) depending on what year the deportation occurred. For criminal records you can file an FBI criminal history request or each state has its own process for... Read more »

As a U.S. citizen over the age of 21, you can file the FORM I-130 with USCIS on behalf of your parent.

You must present evidence to USCIS of the requisite evidence of your familial relationship.

You may return to the US with the I-551 stamp in a valid passport , yet it would be up to Canadian officials to admit you.

Go to the USCIS site at USCIS.gov. In the right top corner type: I-134 (Affidavit of support), after that scroll down to the line "instructions" where you may learn all requirements for that affidavit of support.

You can sponsor your wife for a green card even though you are living abroad.

The process begins when the US citizen spouse submits a visa petition to the USCIS.

Once the I-130 is approved, the foreign-born spouse will receive a packet from the US National Visa Center (NVC). The... Read more »