Can I work in the US while I my application for adjustment of status is pending?

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. […]

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What are the documents that I have to submit with the fiance petition?

A student visa allows an international student to go to school in the United States. They need to be accepted to a school that issues I-20s, which allows a student permission to enter the United States.  The student will have to go to the U.S. Consulate with the I-20 and show financial evidence of how they will […]

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How does my fiance obtain permanent resident status?

Once your fiancé has obtained their immigrant visa to come to the United States, their fiancé visa, you need to be married within 90 days of their entry.  Once you are married, you will have to file for an I-45 along with the financial and medical documentation.  Immigration will request an interview to make sure you are […]

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My fiance has a child, can the child come to the US with my fiance?

 If your fiancé has a child that you would like to bring to the United States as well, they both can come to the United States together, presuming that the child is under 21.  They would go into their interview at the Consulate and apply for a fiancé visa. The child is going to be issued a […]

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Can my fiance enter the US without a Visa to come here so we can get married?

 You may come to the United States for the purpose of getting married.  Most people require a Visa to enter the United States.  If you are from a country that does not require a Visa, you will need a passport to show that you are from that country to enter the United States.  If you are […]

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