K-1 Fiance Overstays Visa, Can She Now Apply For A Green Card? Hello, I brought my girlfriend here on a fiance’ visa. I got cold feet and she wound up overstaying the visa. I came to my senses, and married her. We live in the U.S. and understand she cannot leave until she goes through the green card process of …
March 29, 2010: Abused Foreign National
Abused Foreign National Has Options for Green Card status VAWA / Violence Against Women’s Act My friend is married to a US citizen for two years this coming May. Her green card has a date of 1/11/09 on it and then her status will expire. She caught her husband talking to other women and has asked for divorce. He is …
Child Status To Apply For A Green Card
Child Status Protection Act Formula Calculation May Allow A Person To Apply For A Green Card While my mother was on green card immigrant visa status, she filed a petition for me as her unmarried child over 21, along with my sons. This petition was approved naming me and my sons. The visa number became current and available while my …
Marriage Fraud | Marriage Green Card | Green Card Status
Is Marriage Fraud a Permanent Bar to getting a green card in the USA? My application for green card status was denied with an allegation of marriage fraud from my prior marriage. I had a marriage to a woman in 2002 and applied for a green card that same year. However, after 3 years our marriage ended in annulment because …
How To Get A Green Card | Family Based Visa
Family Based Visa Petition Issues — How to get a green card If I am a US Citizen and I am filing an I-130 Petition for my father and my sister over 21, is it best to file one petition or separate petitions or should I wait until my father gets approved so that he can file for my sister? …
Green Card Process | Visa Bulletin Cut-off | Immigration to the United States
Visa Bulletin Cut-off Dates vs. USCIS Processing Times And The Green Card Process I am from India and my sister filed an I-130 petition on April 11, 2003 for me. In the November 2009 Visa Bulletin, the cutoff date is June 15, 1999. But according to the posted USCIS processing time for the Nebraska Service Center, the current date is …
Sibling Green Card Process | US Immigration Services
The Sibling Green Card Process In August 2006 my brother (a US citizen living in California) submitted an I-130 immigrant visa petition to bring me and my wife to the US from the UK where we live. Last week, he received notification that the petition had been approved, it was now being processed and would be forwarded to the US …
Mar 15 2010:What To Expect
What To Expect During A “Stokes” Green Card Interview What kind of questions will they ask my wife and me? I have been living with my wife for 11 months and we have been married for over 9 months, and our marriage is GENIUNE. If I fail the Stokes Interview will they deport me? Should I hire a lawyer or …
Immigration Matters – Radio Broadcast
US Immigration Services Radio Broadcast Michael Shane and Evan Shane, Florida Bar Board Certified Specialists in Immigration and Nationality Law, host their own call-in radio show, “Immigration Matters,” every Tuesday at 10 p.m. and Thursday at 7:00 p.m. EST. “Immigration Matters” can be heard on the web at www.wavs1170.com or on the radio in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach counties at …
Sibling Petition July 26_2010
Apply for Green Card-Sibling Petition Employment Authorization for FB-4 Beneficiary? Q.My brother is a U.S. Citizen and is 33 years old. I live with him in the U.S. and I am currently on Optional Practical Training (OPT) after graduation from college. If he files for a family based green card for me, which has a waiting period of way over …