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Family Immigration Immigration

What is advance parole? When would I need to apply for advance parole?

If you are applying for a green card either through a family or employment basis, it may take several months (or even years, depending on your basis for filing the green card application) for USCIS to adjudicate your Adjustment of…

Jenny ZhanAugust 27, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

My child is a U.S. citizen. Can he/she sponsor me for a green card? Can I put my non-U.S. citizen child as a derivative beneficiary on the I-130 petition?

If your child is a U.S. citizen and is 21 or older, he/she can sponsor you for a green card under the immediate relative of a U.S. citizen category. If your U.S. citizen child wants to sponsor you and your…

Jenny ZhanFebruary 17, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

What should I know when entering the U.S. on Advance Parole? What is a Secondary Inspection?

If your green card application is pending and you need to travel outside the U.S., you have to have an Advance Parole card. There are couple things you should keep in mind when entering the U.S. on your Advance Parole…

Jenny ZhanFebruary 10, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration Immigration Law Changes & New Law

Can I change My Adjustment of Status Application from an Employment-Based Petition (I-140) into a Family-Based Petition (I-130)? What Are the Eligibility Requirements?

Interfiling is an administrative procedure described in the USCIS Policy Manual. It is possible for an applicant whose application is based on a particular immigration category (either family or employment based) to have the pending application considered under another category,…

Jenny ZhanFebruary 3, 2020

Family Immigration Immigration

New Health Insurance Requirements on Immigrant Visa Applicants

Starting on November 3, 2019, immigrant visa applicants at U.S. Consulates abroad must prove either that they will acquire approved health insurance within thirty days of their entry into the U.S. or that they have means to pay for reasonable…

Jenny ZhanOctober 18, 2019

Family Immigration Immigration

White House Issues Strict Enforcement of Sponsor Laws

The White House has issued a memo on May 23 ordering different government departments to enforce a decades-old law (Section 213A of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1183a)) that requires American who bring migrants into the country to take financial responsibility…

Jenny ZhanMay 30, 2019

Family Immigration Immigration

What happens if the Petitioner of an I-130 petition dies before beneficiary gets a green card? Can a beneficiary still get a green card if a Relative dies?

If you are a U.S. citizen or a green card holder, you can file form I-130 and sponsor certain family relatives for a green card. If you are a U.S. citizen and you want to sponsor your spouse, unmarried child…

Jenny ZhanMay 6, 2019

Family Immigration Immigration

What is the Adam Walsh Act? How can the Adam Walsh Act limit the immigration rights of a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder?

Form I-130 is an immigration form submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) by a U.S. citizen or Green card holder who wants to get a green card for an immediate or close relative. I-130’s can be…

Jenny ZhanApril 10, 2019

Deportation & Humanitarian Immigration Immigration

What is a Green Card Option if you are Being Deported? What is Cancellation of Removal? A One Page Summary of Cancellation of Removal

What is Cancellation of Removal? (Deportation is the same thing as Removal) An Immigration remedy that stops your deportation that is available to immediate relatives of U.S. Citizens and Green Card holders; If you do not have a green card…

IanScottJanuary 29, 2017

family immigration | Scott Legal, P.C.

What is advance parole? When would I need to apply for advance parole?

My child is a U.S. citizen. Can he/she sponsor me for a green card? Can I put my non-U.S. citizen child as a derivative beneficiary on the I-130 petition?

What should I know when entering the U.S. on Advance Parole? What is a Secondary Inspection?

Can I change My Adjustment of Status Application from an Employment-Based Petition (I-140) into a Family-Based Petition (I-130)? What Are the Eligibility Requirements?

New Health Insurance Requirements on Immigrant Visa Applicants

White House Issues Strict Enforcement of Sponsor Laws

What happens if the Petitioner of an I-130 petition dies before beneficiary gets a green card? Can a beneficiary still get a green card if a Relative dies?

What is the Adam Walsh Act? How can the Adam Walsh Act limit the immigration rights of a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder?

What is a Green Card Option if you are Being Deported? What is Cancellation of Removal? A One Page Summary of Cancellation of Removal

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