Death Of Petitioning Relative Does Not Necessarily Mean the Death of the Immigration Process

By |2013-07-10T07:54:17-05:00July 10th, 2013|Categories: Family-Based Immigration Law, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Published:  July 10, 2013 In the past, basic immigration law doctrine dictates that when a petitioning relative dies before their petitioned relative(s) obtains their immigrant visa or resident status, the petition also dies.  That is, an I-130 family based visa [...]