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Adjustment Of Status For K-1 Visa Entrants

09 September 2020

Author: Alena Shautsova K-1 visa is a tool allowing a US citizen to invite his perspective spouse to the United States for up to three months in order to determine whether or not the couple should get married. K-1 visa is not a bad instrument if the couple is not sure if they would like to get married or not. If the parties have already decided ...

Recapturing Priority Date For An Aged Out Children Of LPR

08 April 2019

Author: New York Family Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova Priority dates in immigration play vital role: when priority date is current, a person who had a petition filed for them can adjust their status or file for an Immigrant visa. In some categories, people wait for years or even decades for a priority date to become "current". In a cer ...

How To Help Your Spouse To Get A US Green Card

03 May 2018

Author: US Marriage Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova You are a US citizen; you have met a love of your life, you guys got married and started sharing your lives. Unfortunately, your spouse is "undocumented". Soon you realized that without “legal papers” in the US, you guys could not apply for a mortgage, share health insurance or even file ...

Common RFEs In Adjustment Of Status Based On Marriage Cases

03 October 2016

Author: Marriage Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova An RFE or request for more evidence is a document issued on a yellow or pink paper that many applicants for adjustment of status meet with a great distress. First, I should state here that if you receive an RFE, do not panic. Look at it as an opportunity to supplement the record and present cla ...

Choices For Abused Spouses

24 May 2016

Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova When somebody enters into a marriage, they usually hope that the union would last forever and spouses would respect each another, and they would live happily –ever- after... Some marriages last for a long time, some forever, and some for days or hours. United States Immigration laws require that a non-c ...

Filing I-130 Abroad By Military Petitioner

28 April 2016

Author: Green Card Lawyer Alena Shautsova An I-130 form is a U.S. Immigration document that needs to be filed in order for a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident to sponsor a family member. This form is necessary for a husband to sponsor wife, for a brother to sponsor a brother and for a parent to sponsor a child. Usually, the form has to be f ...

How To File For Marriage Based Green Card

23 August 2020

Author: Marriage Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova helps immigrants to apply for the marriage-based immigration benefits in the United States. One of the most common types of Immigration cases every practitioner encounters is an application for an immigration status based on marriage. These applicati ...

Adjustment Options For K-1 Visa Entrants

05 November 2015

Author: VAWA attorney Alena Shautsova A K-1 visa is issued to a fiance of the U.S. citizen who is willing and able to get married to the U.S. citizen within 90 days of arrival. If everything goes well, the couple gets married and later, they apply for adjustment of status for the non-citizen. The marriages by K-1 visa holder and a U.S. citizen are ...

How To Pass A Stokes Interview

17 June 2015

Author: US Visa Attorney Alena Shautsova If your green card application is based on marriage to a U.S. citizen, you will be called for an interview with a USCIS officer. During your initial interview with USCIS you may ask you to come back for a second interview, also known in New York as a Stokes Interview. It is important to remember that this ...

K1 for Same Sex Couples (LGBT Fiancé Petition)

16 October 2014

Author: US Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova With the US Supreme court decision in United States v. Windsor, the US recognized federal benefits in connection with same sex couples. To wit, the US government allowed family sponsored immigration for same sex unions. Gay spouses are allowed to sponsor their loved ones for adjustment of status, i ...

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