On June 4, 2020 certain USCIS field offices started resuming non-emergency in person appointments. USCIS indicated on its website that the particular USCIS field [...]
When determining how to best help your spouse or potential spouse obtain a Green Card, we must first determine your current immigration status; whether [...]
Most certainly yes. The primary goal when applying for a Green Card through a spouse is to convince the Immigration Officer reviewing your case [...]
If you obtained your green card based on a marriage to a U.S. citizen and you have been married to the U.S. citizen for [...]
Your fiancé(e) can apply for a fiancé(e) (so called K-1) visa if: You are a U.S. citizen; You and your fiancé(e) plan to get [...]
On March 17, 2020, USCIS temporarily suspended in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices, and application support centers (ASC) to help slow the [...]
Let’s analyze the following scenario: your parent is a U.S. citizen, you are older than 21, and your U.S. citizen parent wants to sponsor [...]
If you are a U.S. citizen, you can sponsor certain family members for a green card. There are two categories of family members you [...]
If you married a U.S. citizen and plan to apply for your green card, one option is to adjust your status in the United [...]
If you obtained your green card based on a marriage to a U.S. citizen and you have been married to the U.S. citizen for [...]
Scott Legal, P.C. just had a green card approval for a petition based on marriage. The applicant completed the adjustment of status interview and [...]
The Department of Homeland Security proposed a new rule to collect five years of social media history from applicants of certain immigration benefits, including [...]
USCIS have announced that they have plans to reassign some green card and naturalization cases from local field offices with long backlogs to those [...]
If you are a U.S. citizen and your child was born outside the U.S., your child may acquire U.S. citizenship at birth. However, simply [...]
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for a client that had a green card and applied for U.S. Citizenship. An application for citizenship [...]
There are three common ways to get a green card through marriage to a U.S. Citizen. This post summarizes the three different options. Obtaining [...]
USCIS has updated a policy guidance clarifying the “married” and “living in marital union” requirements for applicants filing for spousal naturalization. In short, the [...]
Scott Legal just had an approval of a marriage based green card for an applicant from Canada. The applicant used other counsel prior to [...]
On September 1, 2017, The Department of State updated the Foreign Affairs Manual (the “FAM”) to modify the guidance on the term “misrepresentation” for [...]
Scott Legal, P.C. just had an approval for an I-751 waiver for a client who was married for less than 2 years and divorced [...]
The process of getting a green card through marriage involves filing a number of different petitions, obtaining medical clearance, gathering supporting documents and attending [...]
Legal Permanent Residents and U.S. Citizens are usually able to submit immigration petitions for their children. The ability for parents to sponsor their children [...]
Foreign nationals who marry U.S. citizens and go through the green card process when the marriage is less than two years old are granted [...]
We recently had a Motion to Terminate a deportation proceeding granted in a complex removal proceeding. This was obtained despite the extensive backlogs in [...]
For most who apply for a green card on behalf of their spouse, the marriage interview is not really something to worry about. While [...]
