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.
When President Trump campaigned for President, he addressed his plans to end the DACA Program. This provided temporary protection from deportation to qualified individuals brought to the United States illegally as children. After lawsuits arose regarding the President’s authority to reverse the program, the Supreme Court reviewed the case and… Read More
In order to protect the public and those who work at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services from exposure to the coronavirus (COVID-19), certain policies are being put into place in all USCIS offices until further notice. One of the most important policies to note is that all applicants, petitioners, and… Read More
United States citizens are legally allowed to bring family members to the country under certain visas. When they wish to bring a fiance to the country with the intention to marry, they must have a K1 visa, also known as a fiance visa. However, if that fiance has a minor… Read More
