Planning Ahead for Your Visa Application Over the past few years, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has consistently promised to take steps to expedite the process of immigration applications. In 2022, USCIS established … [Read more...]
Navigating the Family-Based Immigration Process in Texas
Key Steps for DFW Families You’ve come to the United States seeking a better life, but circumstances required you to leave some loved ones behind. You’ve been able to get lawful permanent residency, and now you’re ready to bring your family members … [Read more...]
Options for Obtaining an Employment-Based Green Card
How You Can Get Lawful Permanent Residency Through Your Job You’ve left your native land and come to the United States to start a new life. You want to get a green card, granting you lawful permanent residency, so that you won’t ever have to worry … [Read more...]
Biden Administration to Expand Immigration Policies
Change Expected to Protect 500,000 Spouses of U.S. Citizens President Joe Biden announced this week that an upcoming executive order will make changes to expand existing policy to protect over half a million undocumented immigrants in the United … [Read more...]
Will a Divorce Affect Your Immigration Status?
Can Your Right to Remain in the United States Be Threatened? Life has its ups and downs. You found someone you love and you came to the United States to start a new life. You were able to become a lawful permanent resident in America because of your … [Read more...]
The New USCIS Immigration Fees
Their Impact on Employers and Workers Immigration has always been a costly endeavor, both emotionally and financially. With changes imposed by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the monetary costs associated with … [Read more...]
What Happens If You Stay in Texas after Your Visa Expires?
The Potential Consequences of Overstaying a Visa Although it used to happen relatively often and typically without significant consequence, the practice of staying in the United States beyond the expiration date of your immigration visa is now … [Read more...]
Immigrants and the Visa Backlog Problem
What Is the Problem? What Caused the Backlog? What Can Be Done to Solve the Problem? According to reports published by the U.S. Department of State in October, 2023, there are currently nearly 300,000 eligible applicants for immigrant visas who are … [Read more...]
Can I Sponsor a Family Member for Immigration?
If So, Who Can I Sponsor? How Do I Do That? You've left your native land for more opportunities in the United States, but you've left loved ones behind. Can you sponsor them be become permanent legal residents of the United States? If so, who can … [Read more...]
How to Remove Conditions on Your Green Card: Joint Removal vs Waiver Removal
The conditions on a two-year green card must be removed within 90 days of its expiration date. This process involves either a joint removal of conditions with your spouse or a waiver removal of conditions if you are no longer with your spouse or … [Read more...]
The Three Most Common Types of Employment-Based Immigration Visas
The Top Ways of Obtaining Permanent Residency Status through Your Employment If you are a foreign national looking to permanently emigrate to the United States, one of the primary ways that you can establish lawful permanent residency is with an … [Read more...]
Who can petition for a green card? Understanding family-based immigration
If you're considering applying for a green card, it's important to understand that you can't do it alone. Before you can even begin the process, you need to have a family member who can petition for you. But who can do this? Here's what you need to … [Read more...]
