3 Reasons To Look For An Immigration Lawyer Who Speaks Fluent Spanish
If you are thinking about emigrating to the United States from a Spanish-speaking country, or if you live in the United States but are going through immigration-related issues, you might be thinking about hiring an immigration lawyer. There are a lot of attorneys out there who provide legal assistance for clients who are going through immigration issues, but not all of them are created equally. For example, along with looking at other factors (such as the amount of experience that the attorney has and how helpful he or she seems during the...
read moreFamily Petitions: The Importance Of The Affidavit Of Support
Petitioning for family members to immigrate to the United States is a lengthy process. It is likely that a decade or more shall pass before you receive a notice from the NVC (National Visa Center) that your case is ready to be processed. Even at this point, you will still have a year or more before your family member’s interview. This allows time for you to fill out the necessary forms and gather supporting evidence to verify the information provided. Of all of these forms, none is more important than form I-864, the Affidavit...
read moreWhat If Your Spouse’s Application For Legal Residency Is Denied?
If your spouse was born in another country, your marriage does not automatically guarantee him or her citizenship. Even though you are a United States citizen, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, could deny his or her application for legal residency. If your spouse was denied, here are some of the most common reasons denials occur and what you can do about it. Your Marriage Is Not Real The USCIS is tasked with determining if marriage-based applications for legal residency are legitimate. In other words, the agency...
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Hello, welcome to my website. My name’s Melissa. Jack and I met online, and when we finally got to meet in person, it was love at first sight. We had become very close over the months we talked online, but of course, we couldn’t be sure of our feelings until we spent real time together. I live in the United States, and he is from Canada. After about a year of visiting one another, we decided to get married, and he would move to the US. Hiring an immigration attorney proved to be quite interesting. We talked with five different attorneys before making a decision. You'll need to get quite personal with your attorney, and must be comfortable with that. I am going to share our experiences and how we made our final decision. I hope that what I share will be of value to you or someone you love.