Under the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments Act of 1986 (IMFA), immigrants who obtain permanent residence through marriage but who are married for less than two years at the time permanent residence is granted are conferred conditional permanent…
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After certain eligibility requirements are satisfied, Lawful Permanent Residents earn the opportunity to become naturalized citizens of the United States. Deciding whether to apply involves weighing the potential benefits and privileges against the r…
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What is the Diversity Lottery Program? Every year, 50,000 legal permanent resident visas (green cards) are made available through the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program. This program was created to make permanence residence available to nationals of…
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Unfortunately, the sad reality of marriage is that statistically, many will end in divorce. Things get even more complicated when a US Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident has filed an application for someone’s permanent residence but then no l…
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When most people think of the benefits of being a US Citizen, the right to vote often comes to mind. But there are several advantages to citizenship that extend far beyond electing the next governor or President. Lawful permanent residents who are &#…
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Are paid consultations better than free consultations? Yes (in my humble opinion). As one disgruntled person who came to us after getting burned with bad advice from another attorney told me, “free consultations are worthless!” Well, I wo…
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Sometimes when things don’t go as planned in a consular filing case, the visa applicant may be temporarily refused a visa. Perhaps the most common code used by the consulate is 221(g). What does 221(g) say exactly? 221(g) is can be found in the…
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The first answer is “no.” Lawful permanent residents are certainly entitled to apply on their own to become naturalized citizens. For most people, the process entails filling out the N-400, appearing for fingerprints (or biometrics) and t…
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Determining the viability of an adjustment of status application–“Should I file?”-can, at times, be very challenging. There are many factual and legal issues to consider, including but not limited to the immigration status of the pe…
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What is the Affidavit of Support? The Affidavit of Support, in the plain terms, is simply a contract between the Sponsor-usually the Petitioner, or the person filing-and the government of the United States. It refers to obligations that the signer wi…
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