If you’re planning to bring family members from your home country to the U.S. to join you, it’s only natural to have some concerns about how well they’ll adjust and assimilate. It’s not unusual for those who have left the country where they were born and raised, and...
Family Immigration
Can my spouse obtain a green card?
Some people who obtain visas through work or higher education may travel to the United States alone. They enter the country, establish themselves and then seek to reconnect with their loved ones. Other people marry someone from another country despite being a United...
3 Tips For U.S. Women Married To Non-Citizens
Marrying someone from another country is a decision that women make for an assortment of reasons. Perhaps they are influenced by a traditional religion or culture and get married based on family suggestions or plans. Maybe they fall in love while traveling abroad for...
Family immigration applications: When you are tired of waiting
When you’re attempting to immigrate with your family, a long delay can be very frustrating on many levels. Delays may even create a seemingly endless term of family separation, which can be trying for everyone involved. You simply want to bring your family together,...
Bringing Mom to live in the U.S. permanently
Your mother has supported you throughout your life. She may have encouraged you to pursue your career or helped fund your college education. You eventually parted ways when an opportunity to enter the United States arose. Maybe you married a United States citizen, or...
Can you help your parents legally enter the United States?
Family-based immigration allows people in the United States to help their loved ones join them in the country. Many immigration efforts focus on spouses and children to reunite immediate families. Individuals with visas, permanent residents and citizens may all have...
Who is eligible for asylum and/or refugee green cards?
There is a famous poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty welcoming those who face hardship abroad as immigrants to the United States of America. The country continues to uphold that promise to foreign nationals by granting asylum or refugee status to those fleeing war...
Is there a difference between a green card and a permanent resident card?
Visas help people legally enter the United States of America. There are immigrant visas as well as non-immigrant visas for those who intend to work or study in the United States. However, visas come with an expiration date. Although you can renew them, that will mean...
What are the options for helping your children immigrate?
Many people in the United States have beloved family members in another country. Some people even have children living abroad that they haven't seen in years. Maybe you had children with a citizen of another country, or perhaps you have immigrated to the United States...
3 rules that apply to those seeking K-1 fiancé(e) visas
Falling in love doesn't happen when it is convenient. In fact, it often happens at times that make the relationship seem impossible. If you fell in love with someone who lives in another country, getting married can be a way for you to bridge that distance between...