If 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 United States and you have a way to obtain your Green Card again through marriage to a citizen, or have a child who’s over 21, you will be eligible for a Green Card again with a waiver.
In order to be eligible for cancellation of removal, you must have had a Green Card for five years, have been in the United States seven years prior to the commission of your crime that makes you inadmissible, and cannot have been convicted of an aggravated felony.
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An H-1b is an employment visa that gives professional nonimmigrants the opportunity to live in the United States and work for an American company. Currently, only 65,000 of these visas are issued each year, so it can be understandably difficult to obtain one. Nevertheless, there are cases where H-1b visa… Read More
There are various employment visas available for non-citizens to work in the United States if they qualify. However, all visas have an expiration date, and you could be deported if you stay in the country past that day. Thankfully, employment visa holders have the option of renewing their visas so… Read More
