Dedicated Immigration Representation, Helping Clients Across Ohio
A divorce can be a devastating life event to say the least. But, for a green card holder, divorce may introduce new challenges to their status in the US. In particular, if an immigrant received his green card through marriage, divorce may pose a serious risk to his permanent resident status. Indeed, immigration laws make it clear that only legitimate…
Frequently, a potential client, who is a U.S. citizen, asks if their spouse from [insert country of choice] can enter on a visitor visa and then adjust status. Well, the answer to that question, like many others in the law, is “it depends.” Immigrant Intent at the Consulate In order to answer that question, let’s first examine the nature of…
Can I apply for asylum based on being lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer? Yes. In asylum law, a person must demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution based on one of the five protected categories. Of the five protected categories, “membership in a particular social group” is the subject of much litigation. However, since 1994, U.S. immigration law has widely…
Foreign nationals, who obtained their green card through their U.S. Citizen spouse, enter the United States as conditional residents. The conditional residence period lasts for two years. Before the end of the two-year period, the foreign national and the citizen spouse typically must apply together to have the conditions on residence removed. (However, there is a procedure to remove conditions on the…
