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As a United States citizen, you may bring your fiancé(e) to the United States to get married. It’s required you file an I-129F petition with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS – formerly INS) for your fiancé(e). In order to be eligible for this petition, you and your fiancé(e) must both be single and be willing and able to marry. Additionally, you and your fiancé(e) must have met in person at least once in the two (2) years prior to you filing the petition. This condition may be waived if such a meeting would violate traditional customs or cause extreme hardship. Read more…

Foreign nationals have the chance to lawfully obtain a green card, or permanent resident status, through the family-based immigration avenue. In order to meet the criteria for permanent residency, foreign citizens shall have a relative who is either a US citizen or permanent resident petition on their behalf. Read more…

One of the most frequent ways for people to gain permanent residency (“Green Cards”) in the U.S. is through a family member who is a United States citizen or permanent resident. An alien relative petition starts the initial process with the filing of form I-130. The United States citizen or permanent resident is called the Petitioner with the foreign-born relative being called the Beneficiary. Read more…

On July 21, 2006, the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) changed the guidelines regarding affidavits of support. With the new guidelines, an Affidavit of Support shall be filed on behalf of the intending immigrant in family-sponsored and certain employment-sponsored applications for permanent residency. The Affidavit shall provide that he or she can meet at least 125 percent of the current federal poverty guidelines for the household size.
This rule change applies to all adjustment of status applications that were pending on July 21, 2006 regardless of whether they were filed previously. Read more…