Immigration Processing Delays and Possible Solutions
Immigration Processing Delays and Possible Solutions June 10, 2004 Whether you are a U.S. citizen filing immigration paperwork on behalf of an overseas spouse or parent, or you are an...
Responding to Those Thick National Visa Center Packets
Responding to Those Thick National Visa Center Packets When the Alien Relative is in the U.S. April 17, 2003 The following sequence of events may sound familiar. First, the U.S....
Family Based Immigrant Visa Availability – Rapid Progress Expected in the Coming Months
Family Based Immigrant Visa Availability – Rapid Progress Expected in the Coming Months November 7, 2002 By federal statute, roughly 500,000 family-based immigrant visas and 140,000 employment based immigrant visas...
New Provision to Benefit "Self-Petitioning" Battered Spouses
New Provision to Benefit “Self-Petitioning” Battered Spouses March 8, 2002 Thanks to various pieces of legislation enacted over the past decade, immigrants in the U.S. seeking lawful permanent residence (or...
The Current State of V Visa Processing for Applicants Both in the U.S. and Abroad
The Current State of V Visa Processing for Applicants Both in the U.S. and Abroad September 12, 2001 The recently created V visa allows certain spouses and under 21 year...
New Family Visa Regulations Issued with the Aim of Speeding Up Processing of Overseas Spouses and Children of U.S. Citizens
New Family Visa Regulations Issued with the Aim of Speeding Up Processing of Overseas Spouses and Children of U.S. Citizens August 17, 2001 Included in the Legal Immigration and Family...
More On the "V" Visa
More On the “V” Visa March 16, 2001 As previously discussed in this column, a new visa class – the “V” visa, was created as part of the extensive immigration...
A New Window Toward Permanent Residence is Opening: Reinstatement of 245(i) Included
A New Window Toward Permanent Residence is Opening: Reinstatement of 245(i) Included December 21, 2000 By the time this column goes to print, Congress will have finished up its business...
Removing Conditional Resident Status for Marriage Based Immigrants
Removing Conditional Resident Status for Marriage Based Immigrants September 22, 2000 Obtaining U.S. lawful permanent residence by way of a marriage is not a terribly complicated process, in theory. However,...
INS Provides Clarification for Affidavit of Support Confusion
INS Provides Clarification for Affidavit of Support Confusion April 21, 2000 It doesn’t take too long to start cringing once you have taken a look at the relatively new I-864...