Category: Law

You can bring your children to the United States if you have been granted political asylum. If you fled your home country without your children and you have been granted political asylum in the United States, you can bring your children. If you are in the United States for any reason but without your children,… Continue reading Bringing Children of Political Asylees to US

EB-1 is an employment-based, first preference, category for United States permanent residency or green card. It is subdivided into three categories: (1) Aliens with extraordinary ability, (2) Outstanding professors and researchers and (3) Multinational managers or executives. In a previous post, I discussed the category for aliens with extraordinary ability. Here, I will discuss the… Continue reading EB-1: Outstanding Professors and Researchers

In October 2000 Congress created the U Visa with the passage of “Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act, including the Battered Immigrant Women’s Protection Act”. The U Visa was set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to the law enforcement or government officials in… Continue reading Green Card Through U Visa

Generally, foreigners that came to the United States on a J visa are required to return to their home country and reside there, physically, for at least two years before they may apply for a change of status or adjustment of status in the United States. For those that are subject to the two year… Continue reading J-1 Visa: Waiver of the two-year foreign residency

There are many categories of J-1 Visa or the Exchange Visitor Visa. One common category of the J-1 visa is the Au Pair Program that allows young, foreign born teenagers, to come to the United States for the purpose of providing child care services to host families in exchange for stipends, room and board and… Continue reading J-I Visa: Change of Status for Au Pair

There are many uses of the exchange visitor visa program, popularly known as “J-1 Visa” . The Exchange Visitor program or visa provides opportunities for foreigners to travel to the United States to acquire educational, cultural and/or employment experiences. It also exposes Americans to other cultures and in the case of families with young children,… Continue reading J-1 Visa: Many Uses of the Exchange Visitor Program

EB-1 is an employment-based first preference category. It is further subdivided into (1) Aliens of Extraordinary ability, (2) Outstanding professors and Researchers and (3) Multinational Manager or Executive. This article will deal exclusively with Aliens of Extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, or athletics. Though it is an employment-based preference category, actual employment sponsorship… Continue reading EB-1 – Aliens of Extraordinary Ability

There are essentially two avenues to acquiring permanent residence status in the United States. One avenue is through family sponsorship. This category is further subdivided into spousal sponsorship, parent-child sponsorship and sibling sponsorship. The second avenue is employment sponsorship. It consists of EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-4 and EB-5. Some of this subcategories require sponsorship by… Continue reading EB-2 Employment Based Green Card

Adjustment of status to that of a permanent residence under section 13 of the Immigration & Nationality Act is limited to aliens who were admitted into the United States under section 101, paragraphs (a)(15)(A)(i), (a)(15)(A)(ii), (a)(15)(G)(i) or (a)(15)(G)(ii) of the Immigration & Nationality Act who performed diplomatic or semi-diplomatic duties and to their immediate family… Continue reading Green Card for Diplomat under Section 13 of INA

This article will discuss waiver of inadmissibility based on unlawful presence under INA §212(A)(9)(B) and USCIS Form I-601A. There are two types of unlawful presence, the “three -and ten -year bars under INA §212(a)(9)(B) and the “permanent bar under INA §212(a)(9)(C). Generally, there is no waiver for “permanent bar” under INA §212(a)(9)(C)(i)(l).  Unlawful presence is… Continue reading Waiver of Unlawful Presence