Yes. When you file the adjustment of status application, you automatically file for employment authorization. Employment authorization will take approximately 75 to 90 days to be approved. You are not supposed to work prior to obtaining an employment authorization. Yet there are approximately 11 million people in the United States working without authorization. You should not work. […]
Read MoreEnacted in 1994, individuals who wanted to get a Green Card through work but were here illegally, individuals who were married to a Green Card holder and wanted to apply for a Green Card with a spouse that was not eligible for citizenship or never could get citizenship, if they were covered under 245(i), were eligible to adjust […]
Read MoreYour stepparent is not going to be eligible to apply for your Green Card unless they were married before you turn 18.
Read MoreIn order for your father to file for you for a green card, you have to be legitimated and those laws depend on where you were born or the country of birth. Some countries will legitimate you just by having your name on the birth certificate. Other countries only allow legitimation if your parents are married. If […]
Read MoreYou need proof that the petitioning sibling is a United States citizen. You need to prove the relationship. You will submit a copy of the petition, the U.S. citizen’s birth certificate, and your own birth certificate.
Read MoreIf you got your Green Card through a prior marriage within the last five years, I do not recommend you apply for a Green Card based on a new marriage. The process will be much faster once you become a United States citizen. You can avoid having to demonstrate the previous marriage was real. If you received […]
Read MoreThe most common reason that people are placed into deportation proceedings is because they are convicted of crimes. You can be placed in deportation proceedings if immigration discovers you were granted your Green Card based on fraud or you are in the United States illegally.
Read MoreIf you are in criminal custody, you may be turned you over to immigration. If you apply to renew your Green Card and have a criminal conviction, immigration will learn of the criminal conviction once they take your fingerprints. When you apply for citizenship and you have a criminal conviction, immigration will be notified. If you travel […]
Read MoreDeportation on a criminal conviction will depend on the conviction. Drug offences, theft offences, fraud offences, and violent felony generally make you removable from the United States. Minor offences under criminal law or a conditional discharge may not necessarily equate to immigration purposes. If you are dealing with a pending criminal case, it is very important that […]
Read MoreIf you have a Green Card and have been convicted of an aggravated felony after 1996, there is little you can do to stay in the United States to fight for the Green Card aside from making some type of asylum claim. Under certain circumstances, if you have an aggravated felony with your Green Card obtained in the […]
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