If your received a Notice to Appear in Immigration Court, you should seek immediately a legal advice on how to proceed with your case. Do not disregard any Notice from USCIS or Department of Homeland Security about your immigration case. Always be on top of...
I. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA) IS RE-AUTHORIZED The legislation includes new measures intended to help prosecutions on Native American reservations of non-native perpetrators of violence and grants for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered men and women. The bill also includes new funding to reduce the...
If you committed a misrepresentation of material fact in obtaining an immigrant visa such as not telling the consul that you were already married at the time of interview or entry to the United States but you were petitioned as single son or daughter, you...
The immigration law allows those who have no passport stamp of entry to the U.S. and those who entered without inspection to adjust status if they have the Sec. 245(i) eligibility. Entry without inspection is limited to those who crossed the border without being inspected...
If your received a Notice to Appear in Immigration Court, you should seek immediately a legal advice on how to proceed with your case. Do not disregard any Notice from USCIS or Department of Homeland Security about your immigration case. Always be on top of...
For those who used a different name or passport upon their entry to the U.S., they still have a chance to get a green card. Question: What relief is available to aliens who entered the United States using a different name? Answer: If you are applying for...
If you obtained an immigrant visa as single son or daughter of a Lawful Permanent Resident or a U. S. citizen but you are actually married at the time of your entry to the U. S., you committed a misrepresentation of material fact in obtaining...
It is important to know that a petition may continue despite the death of the petitioner under certain circumstances. This benefit came into law under Public Law 111-83 signed by President Obama and was incorporated in the Immigration & Nationality Act Section 204 (l). Under...
The Immigration and Nationality Act Sec. 204 (c) prohibits the approval of a subsequent petition if the alien committed marriage fraud in a prior petition. It also prohibits the approval of the first petition if the Attorney General determined that the marriage is a sham. The...
Question: Under the U. S. Immigration laws a waiver of misrepresentation may be granted if the applicant has a parent, spouse, son or daughter who is a U. S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. What happen if the U.S. citizen parent or any of the...
There are situations when the conditional resident alien could not file a joint I-751 petition. These situations include non-cooperation of the U.S. citizen spouse to file the petition because of certain marital problems. These problems could be a pending divorce, spousal abuse, or just neglect. ...
It is now becoming a standard procedure to have a marriage fraud interview if you filed a petition for your spouse. Any petition for a spouse or children based on marriage to a U.S. citizen is a candidate for marriage fraud interview. Once an application...