Immigration
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Immigration Services
Offer various Immigration services. The two main services provided are; Family and Employment-Based Sponsorships
Family Sponsorship
Spousal Sponsorship
A foreign national can obtain a green card through marriage to a United States citizen. This is true whether the foreign national resides in the United States or overseas. In this context, the interested parties may choose to proceed as married couple or as fiancée/fiancé. The difference is a matter of speed. It is quicker to immigrate to the United States as a fiancée/fiancé than through marriage petition.
If the parties are in a hurry to unite, it is quicker to petition for a fiancé/fiancée visa. The major requirement is that the parties must establish that they have met each other physically within two years of the application. The other major requirement is that the parties must be married within ninety days of the arrival of the foreign born national into the United States.
The parties may also decide to marry and then the United States citizen will file a petition for alien relative, Form I-130. Though the processing of the application takes longer, if the application is approved, the foreign national immigrates into the United States as a permanent resident. In either case, the parties must prove that they met each other physically unless such prior meeting is against their religious beliefs.
If the sponsoring party is a United States citizen, visa is considered immediately available. The only issue is the time it takes to process the application. On the other hand, a permanent resident of the United States can also sponsor a foreign born national as a spouse but cannot bring a foreign national as a fiancé/fiancée because visa is not considered immediately available in this category.
Parent/child sponsorship
A United States Citizen parent or permanent Resident can sponsor his or her child for adjustment of status if the child is physically present in the United States. If the child is outside the United States, the United States citizen parent can also sponsor the child, to bring the child to the United States. The major difference is that the permanent resident parent’s application will take much longer than an application by a United States citizen parent. On the other hand, a United States citizen child 21 years and above can sponsor his/or her parent for green card if they are physically in the United States. If the parents are not in the United States, the U.S. citizen child can sponsor hi/her parents to immigrate to the United States for permanent residence. Unlike the United States citizen child, a permanent resident child cannot sponsor his/her parents for green card or bring them from oversea to the United States for the purpose of permanent residence.
Sibling sponsorship
United States citizen Brothers and sisters can sponsor their foreign-born siblings for immigration to the United States for the purpose of green card or permanent residence. The only issue is the length of time and backlog. It might take upwards of 10 years or more from the time a petition for alien relative is filed to the time the beneficiary is actually appear for consular interview for green card.
Employee-based Sponsorships
There are many different ways of coming to the United States and/or getting green card based on employment. Some of these categories are for non-immigrants, those not intending to reside permanently in the United States. Some examples of these group are: (1) L – Intracompany transferees; (2) R – Religious workers; (3) H – Temporary workers; I – Foreign Media and P – Athletic, Artist and Performers.
There are also those employment-based categories designed for immigrants – those people that intend to immigrate to the United States for permanent residence. Most of these group of people intend to become United States citizens ultimately. Some examples of these group are EB-1; EB-2; EB-3; EB-4 and EB-5. Some of these groups will require Labor Certification and sponsors while others are self – petitioners; that means that they do not requires employers to sponsor them.