What is your Marital Status? Are you engaged or married? If you’re trying to figure out if you’re eligible to get a green card based on your marriage to a US citizen or lawful permanent resident, let’s start with an easy question: Are you married or engaged? If you’re not yet married, you cannot file for a marriage-based green card from within the US. There is a route for fiancé/fiancées of US citizens if the Read More
Does having an attorney at your Marriage-Based Green Card USCIS Interview make your case look suspicious?
Absolutely not! Having a good attorney makes you look, and actually be, prepared for your USCIS interview. Before the interview, your attorney should do the following: Provide you with a copy of your application and ask you to carefully review it for updates and edits (mistakes) Provide you with a list of common interview-questions that you can review and practice with your spouse Meet with you for about 60 Read More
When will you get a decision after your Marriage-Based Green Card Interview?
Your USCIS officer may give you a decision while you are at the interview. However, there is no requirement for USCIS to give you a decision on the day of the interview. If you do not get a decision at the time of the interview, you (or your attorney) should ask to speak with a supervisor and then advocate to the supervisor for a decision on that day. After speaking with a supervisor, it may be clear that no Read More
Why you do not need a joint bank account to be approved for a marriage-based green card
You don’t need a joint back account to win a marriage-based green card. The only thing that you absolutely need to prove your marriage is a marriage certificate. After that, you need to provide documents that paint a picture of your life using lots and lots of paper. We have a great list of 99 documents to submit with your Marriage-based green card application that you should submit with your application at this Read More
Can I work while my marriage-based green card application is pending?
Maybe! Some people are eligible to work even if their marriage-based green card pending after submitting the application because they have another visa that allows them to work. Others are not eligible to work with their marriage-based green card pending until a temporary “employment authorization document” is approved. Currently, USCIS is processing the temporary work permits very slowly…or not at all before the Read More
From Asylum to Happy Marriage-Based Green Card
After 8 years and with our help, our client obtained a marriage-based green card. He is finally a Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States! Our team first started working with a wonderful, young gay man from a country where he was persecuted. Eight years ago, we filed for asylum for him--right at the time when the asylum system started to drastically slow down from about a 1-2 year timeframe to the current 5 to Read More
Marriage Based Green Card Approved!
Recently, our client was thrilled that his marriage based green card was approved. Due to COVID travel restrictions and embassy closures, 2020 was a stressful year for him and his wife, but now they are at ease that their application has been approved. If you need to talk to an experienced immigration attorney. We’ve helped hundreds of couples traverse the complicated immigration and citizenship process. We Read More
February 28 Update – U.S. citizenship after immigrating almost 9 years ago
Last week, we represented a client who obtained U.S. citizenship after immigrating to the U.S. almost 9 years ago. He had met his wife in Europe, married there, had a child there and immigrated to the U.S. on a marriage based green card. He now enjoys the peace and security of U.S. citizenship. If you need to talk to an experienced immigration attorney. We’ve helped hundreds of couples traverse the Read More
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