When your foreign-born fiancé(e) receives their K1 visa, the next step is getting married and applying for a green card so that you can build your lives together in the United States. Since the K1 is a nonimmigrant visa, you and your new spouse will have to apply to change their immigration status to lawful …
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Marriage Green Card Interview Questions
When you marry a U.S. citizen, you will become eligible for what’s known as a marriage green card. Lawful permanent residence status, however, is not automatic: there are specific steps you and your spouse need to take. One of them is the filing of I-485- Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, with USCIS. …
How to Apply for the H-2B Visa as an Employer
If you employ seasonal or temporary workers, the H-2B nonimmigrant visa allows you to expand the available talent pool beyond the United States when necessary. Under the H-2B program, U.S. employers who meet specific regulatory requirements can bring foreign workers to the country to fill temporary non-agricultural positions. These positions include but are not limited …
Common Citizenship Questions and Answers
If you are at least 18 years old and have been a permanent resident for at least five years (three if you are married to a U.S. citizen), you may qualify for naturalization. One of the criteria is passing an English language exam and a civics exam. The latter test requires you to answer questions …
Nanny Green Card Process
An application for alien employment certification or “labor certification” is the first step in the process of a potential employer sponsoring a Nanny for U.S. permanent residency. It constitutes a determination by the Department of Labor that there are no qualified “U.S. workers” willing to accept the job offered to the noncitizen at the average …
Premium Processing Fee Increase Oct 19 2020
USCIS announced that effective today (Oct. 19, 2020), the fee for Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing, will increase from $1,440 to $2,500, for all filings except those from petitioners filing Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, requesting H-2B or R-1 nonimmigrant status. Premium Processing Fee Increase Effective Oct. 19, 2020 The U.S. Citizenship …
EB2 to EB3 India
The priority date to file employment based I-485 for Indian nationals has moved up about 5 years for 3rd preference according to the October 2020 Visa Bulletin. If you are from India and your priority date is earlier than January 1, 2015, this is your opportunity to file for adjustment of status as the priority …
Should I file I-944 with my Green Card through Marriage Application?
The I-944 form is a Declaration of Self Sufficiency and its purpose is to determine whether or not an immigrant will be able to support himself in the U.S. without having to use public benefits. This is known as the “Public Charge Rule“. According to USCIS, “public charge” means an individual who is likely to …
JUDGE TELLS USCIS THAT THE LAW SAYS WHAT IT SAYS, NOT WHAT IT SAYS IT DOES
Judge grants a Preliminary Injunction barring DHS from ordering one of our clients removed while their lawsuit is pending in what it is a BIG WIN for the Immigration Law Office of Los Angeles, but most importantly, for the numerous other persons around the country whom USCIS has denied adjustment of status on the same …
