Category Archives: Permanent Residence/Green Cards

245i: watch out!

Posted on April 25, 2007 By Joshua Paulin

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Preference Categories for family immigration

Posted on March 16, 2007 By Joshua Paulin

When applying for people who are not the parents, spouses, or unmarried minor children of United States Citizens, the term “preference category” is bound to come up. This refers to the quota system by which USCIS apportions visas. This being said, it’s possible to have an APPROVED petition, and still have to wait for […]

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How to get a green card when the beneficiary is outside of the U.S.

Posted on March 14, 2007 By Joshua Paulin

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Help for victims of abuse

Posted on February 24, 2007 By Joshua Paulin

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 […]

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Conditional Residence through marriage to a U.S. Citizen, Part 2

Posted on February 16, 2007 By Joshua Paulin

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 […]

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Conditional Residence through marriage to a U.S. Citizen, Part 1

Posted on February 9, 2007 By Joshua Paulin

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 […]

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Obtaining a green card through marriage to a U.S. Citizen

Posted on February 5, 2007 By Joshua Paulin

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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