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...]
How can you get a green card?
A green card grants a foreign national the right to live and work in the United States for an indefinite period of time. There are a number of ways to qualify for a green card. A spouse or family member may sponsor you for lawful permanent residency, … [Read more...]
How Do You Qualify for a Green Card?
What Are the Different Ways that You Can Establish Lawful Permanent Residency? Securing a green card brings many benefits—it allows you to live and work permanently in the United States, provided you don't engage in certain activities that could … [Read more...]
What Are the Different Ways of Getting a Green Card?
How You Can Become a Lawful Permanent Resident You've left your home country and come to America, but you're only here on a temporary visa. You know that you want to live here permanently, but you're not sure how you can make that happen. Let's look … [Read more...]
Immigration Updates for July 2022
Temporary Protected Status Now Available for Ukrainians in the U.S.
U.S. to Allow 18-Month Protected Status to Ukrainian and Sudanese Refugees
Department of Homeland Security Announces Process With military conflict raging in both the Ukraine and Sudan, a wave of refugees is expected to seek protection in the United States. In mid-April, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced … [Read more...]
2022 Immigration Updates
Notario Publico vs. Notary Public – Not the Same Thing
Important Distinctions for Immigrants From Mexico If you are coming into the United States from Mexico, you may be familiar with the term notario publico. But beware. Though notario publico literally translates into “notary public” in English, it … [Read more...]
K-Visas
Hello, my name is Andrés Martínez, Immigration Attorney here at Bailey & Galyen. February is the month of love. But many Americans are not able to celebrate with their true love, because they may be found overseas. Luckily, Bailey & Galyen … [Read more...]
L Visa for Intracompany Transferees
Hello, my name is Andrés Martínez, Immigration Attorney at Bailey & Galyen, today I want to talk to you about the L visa for Intracompany Transferees. The L visa is a non-immigrant visa that enables a US company to transfer an employee from one … [Read more...]
