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Why should you get the medical done before you file your I-485 application and, in most cases, submit it with your I-485 application?

August 8, 2023
Cambridge Immigration Law

You should get your medical exam completed before you file your green card for two important reasons. First, you–and I as your attorney–want to see if any issues come up with your medical exam. For example, a client recently conducted her medical exam and learned that she was positive for TB (tuberculosis). With that diagnosis, she is not eligible for a green card. She needed to get the necessary treatment–which took Read More

Filed Under: tips, Uncategorized, News Tagged With: USCIS, green card, I-485, RFE

Form I-944 Financial Information Required for Most Green Card Applications from within the US

February 27, 2020
Cambridge Immigration Law

As of February 24, 2020, USCIS requires that all Form I-485 Application for Adjustment of Status ("green card applications") be accompanied by Form I-944 Declaration of Self-Sufficiency. This form requires a burdensome amount of financial documents from the US citizen or LPR petitoner and from the intending immigrant. Also, this inquiry goes well outside the prior scope of financial inquiry of whether the US citizen Read More

Filed Under: Uncategorized, News Tagged With: green card, I-485, citizenship

Suspended Final Decision on Employment-Based I-485s

September 29, 2015
Cambridge Immigration Law

USCIS announced that final adjudication of employment-based I-485s is suspended for the remainder of FY2015 due to the statutory cap being reached for the employment-based preference categories. USCIS will accept current I-485s and resume final adjudication when visa numbers are available. For more information please visit AILA. Read More

Filed Under: Uncategorized, News Tagged With: adjustment of status, employment-based, FY2015, I-485

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