The Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA is a fairly complex area of immigration law, but simply put, relief may be available if a person (man or woman) can show the following:
He or she is married to – or is an unmarried child under 21 of a person who
has married - a United States Citizen […]
What about situations where the couple cannot file a joint petition for one reason or another?
As mentioned earlier, some of these situations would be:
separation;
divorce or annulment;
death of petitioner;
extreme hardship; and
spousal/parental abuse.
Separation is the most problematic. If the couple is separated, and there is no final divorce decree, the non-citizen spouse and children cannot file […]
From the Department of State.
As mentioned in a previous post, if the foreign national who got a green card through marriage to a U.S. Citizen was married under two years (or if a child got Permanent Residence through his or her U.S. Citizen Stepparent prior to the second wedding anniversary) when the Permanent Residence was granted, the green card […]
When permanent residence, or the “green card” is acquired in the United States, the process is called Adjustment of Status. When it is acquired outside of the United States, in a consulate or embassy, the process is called “Consular Processing.” I’ll be talking about Adjustment of Status today.
As with most immigration processes, there is a […]
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