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Firm News
- Bachmann Group Attacks Perry on Immigration
Posted on 9/12/2011 - USCIS Memo on Advanced Parole
Posted on 2/15/2011 - State Lawmakers Conflicted Over Immigration Enforcement Measures
Posted on 1/20/2011 - The Globalization of the Summer Job
Posted on 6/18/2010 - Mexico Opens California Office to Provide ID for Illegals
Posted on 6/3/2010 - Immigrant Crossings Into Arizona On The Rise
Posted on 5/19/2010 - Hispanic Leader Criticizes Arizona Law
Posted on 5/5/2010 - Five Rhode Island Immigrants Arrested For Fraud
Posted on 5/5/2010 - Baseball Players Begin to Speak Out against Arizona Immigration Law
Posted on 5/3/2010 - Arizona Clears Strict Immigration Bill
Posted on 4/14/2010
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Immigration
- Learn How To Choose The Right Lawyer For Your EB-1 Petition
- Learn How A New Rule Allows U.S. Employers To Recruit Highly Desirable F-1 Students
- Learn what the United States Supreme Court Decided About Deportation Consequences of criminal convictions.
- Family Based Immigrants Information
- Limited Family-Based Immigrants
- What Does the National Visa Center Do?
- Read More About How To Become A U.S. Citizen.
- Use this chart to help determine if you can become a Naturalized United States citizen
- Learn how a U.S. Citizen can petiton for his/her parents to be come Lawful permanent Residents of the United States
- Learn why the H-2B visa program is vital to America’s small businesses and thus to America’s economic recovery.
- Learn About Employment Based Preference Categories
- OBTAINING A P-1 ATHLETIC VISA
- OBTAINING A GREEN CARD THROUGH MARRIAGE TO A UNITED STATES CITIZEN
- FORM I-9 EMPLOYMENT ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION
- Eligibility For A Green Card As A “PREFERENCE RELATIVE”
- Eligibility For A Green Card As An “IMMEDIATE RELATIVE”
- Why The Federal No-Match Rule May Hurt Innocent Immigrants
- Newport may be scrambling for summer help
- Non-Immigrant Visas
- About Our Immigration Group
- Immigrant Visas For Permanent Employment
- Business Immigration
- Family Immigration
- Consular Processing
- U.S. Citizenship
- Employer Compliance
- Areas of Immigration Law Expertise
Family Based Immigrants Information
How do I File for a Family-Based Immigrant Visa?
As the first step, the sponsoring relative files a Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130. You file the petition with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services (USCIS) immigration Field Office in the United States that serves the area where you live, except as explained below. For instructions on how to file a petition see Petitioning Procedures: Bringing an Alien Relative to Live in the United States.
Sometimes a U.S. citizen living abroad can file an immigrant visa petition at an U.S. embassy or consulate or with the USCIS overseas, when the American citizen petitioner has been a resident there for the preceding 6 months and has host country permission to reside there. To find out whether you can file a petition at a specific embassy abroad, review website information at the embassy where you will apply. To learn more visit the U.S. Embassy web page and find your respective embassy.
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