Family Immigration

If you received your permanent residency through your spouse's sponsorship, you may have a two-year green card. This is especially true if you married your spouse fewer than three years before you applied for it. It also means you must petition to remove the...

After you first move to the United States, you probably want to get your affairs in order, which means finding employment. It is much easier to do that when you have a driver's license. Being able to drive and having reliable transportation is almost always a...

A green card grants you the privileges of being a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. and marks a first step towards becoming a full citizen. Because it is so significant, you may find the application process both exciting and daunting. The law is complex and there...

After coming to the U.S. and setting up your life, you will likely want to have the family members you left behind to join you. This may include a wife or husband, young kids or even adult children. Having gotten permanent resident status for yourself, however, you...

If you live in the U.S. as a lawful permanent resident, you could have a number of different questions, especially if you have family members living in another country and you want to help them move to the U.S. However, it is important to note that family immigration...

When you’re filling out immigration forms with the intention of coming to the United States to live or getting your citizenship, you need to be very careful about the information you include and what you exclude. Not filling out your paperwork correctly could lead to...

Many people come to the United States through family-based immigration. Maybe your spouse got a job in the United States, and you followed them here. Perhaps you got engaged to someone and obtained a fiance visa. When your immigration status is a result of your...

Living in a different country than your family can be quite hard. Although communication technology helps, a screen is no replacement for being able to hug your loved ones. Immigration can allow your family an opportunity to reunite. As someone already living in the...

Earlier this year, the Administration established what it calls a “dedicated docket” to handle immigration cases that involve families who have come to the United States. Judges in selected immigration courts are supposed to work through these cases, many of them...

Some Pennsylvanians who are U.S. citizens fall in love with foreign nationals and want to marry them. The government has a special class of non-immigrant visas that are designed for foreign fiancé(e)s called K-1 visas. The U.S. citizen is required to file the petition...