by Francis Law Center | Sep 13, 2020 | Green Card, K1 Fiance Visa, Marriage-Based Green Card, USCIS News
Updates to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Policy Manual will change the review of applications for adjustment of status, more commonly known as green card applications. Under the new guidance to adjudicating officers at the USCIS, discretionary...
On behalf of Francis Law Center | Jul 29, 2020 | K1 Fiance Visa
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, American citizens must complete and apply for a K-1 nonimmigrant visa, commonly known as fiancé(e) visa if they wish to bring their loved one to the United States and get married in Illinois. You can sponsor your...
by jael | Jun 30, 2020 | Family Immigration, Immigration News, K1 Fiance Visa, Marriage-Based Green Card, Naturalization, Spousal Immigrant Visa, USCIS News
USCIS re-opening on June 4, 2020 was supposed to jumpstart stalled immigration cases. However, the reopening has shown disparate impacts on green card, naturalization, and H1B cases The first, in fact only, action taken by USCIS after the reopening was to gradually...
by Francis Law Center | May 15, 2020 | Chicago Immigration, Family Immigration, Immigration News, K1 Fiance Visa, Marriage-Based Green Card, Public Charge, Spousal Immigrant Visa, Wisconsin Immigration
If you plan to adjust status (obtain a green card) or apply for an immigrant visa, you will need to provide the government with tax documents for the most recent tax year. In some cases, you are required to obtain a tax transcript from the IRS and submit it instead of...
by Francis Law Center | Apr 23, 2020 | Family Immigration, Immigration News, K1 Fiance Visa, Marriage-Based Green Card, Spousal Immigrant Visa, Visas
On April 22, 2020, the President issued a Proclamation restricting immigration into the United States. The Proclamation is scheduled to take effect at 11:59 pm on April 23. While many people feared that it would be broad in scope, the Proclamation contains many...
On behalf of Francis Law Center | Jan 17, 2017 | K1 Fiance Visa
You could be one of many U.S. Citizens who wished that your foreign fiancé(e) who had come to the United States on a J-1, F-1 or B-2 visa stayed in the United States, got married with you and would start an adjustment of status process to obtain a green card...
On behalf of Francis Law Center | Dec 13, 2016 | K1 Fiance Visa
A core requirement of a marriage-based green card process is to prove a bona fide relationship. For the purpose of U.S. immigration law, it means that the couple got married with genuine intent of being united in marriage. A sham marriage that circumvents immigration...
On behalf of Francis Law Center | Apr 29, 2016 | K1 Fiance Visa
If you have a straightforward K-1 Fiance(e) and adjustment of status case but wish to entrust the process to an experienced immigration attorney at a reasonable fee, take an advantage of our Platinum Plan.
On behalf of Francis Law Center | Apr 29, 2016 | K1 Fiance Visa
STEP 1: I-129FThe first step of this process is to prepare and file an I-129F. This form will be reviewed by United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) and National Visa Center (NVC). The processing time for this step would be five to seven months.STEP...
On behalf of Francis Law Center | Apr 12, 2016 | K1 Fiance Visa
If you have a straightforward K-1 Fiance(e) case but wish to entrust the process to an experienced immigration attorney at a reasonable fee, take an advantage of our Simplicity Plan.
