THE country’s economy may be rebounding but a lot of people are still feeling the effects of the last economic downturn.  Many who have not been able to recover from…

A STEPPARENT may file an immigrant petition for a stepchild even without the stepparent having to legally adopt the stepchild.  However, before a stepparent may be able to file an…

THE spouse of a US citizen will be granted permanent resident status after the US citizen files a petition for the spouse.  If the spouses have not yet been married…

ON September 9, 2015, the government announced that it will now allow individuals who have been waiting for their priority dates to be current both in the family based and…

ONE way of obtaining an immigrant visa here in the United States is through a petition filed by the US citizen or legal permanent resident spouse.  The US citizen or…

Often, many immigrants have kept pushing back their decision to apply for US citizenship.  Many of them have also failed to keep track of the validity of their permanent resident…

If an individual is currently in status and has an employer who is willing to sponsor them, they might want to initiate the filing of an employment based immigrant petitions…

The country’s economy may be rebounding but a lot of people are still feeling the effects of the last economic downturn.  Many who have not been able to recover from…

On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced that its administration will stop deporting certain undocumented parents of US citizens and parents of legal permanent residents.  These individuals will also be…

Even with the passage of immigration reform stalled in Congress, the State of California has been enacting laws benefitting the undocumented population of the State.  Notable among these immigration related…