If your spouse is living in the U.S. while you’re waiting overseas for your green card, it is only natural to want to visit. Is it possible? Will it hurt your prospects of receiving your green card quickly? Like so many issues connected with U.S. immigration law, the answers depend on your circumstances. The safest…
If you are engaged and either you or your partner is a U.S. citizen, you have two main choices for immigration. The non-citizen partner could apply for a K-1 fiancé visa, or the citizen could sponsor the other partner for a marriage-based green card. The right option for you will depend on a variety of…
Typically, becoming a U.S. citizen requires the applicant to live in the United States continuously for five years (three years for those married to a U.S. citizen). An absence from the United States of more than one year will break your continuous residence. An absence between six months and one year will create a presumption…
Por lo general, convertirse en ciudadano de los Estados Unidos requiere que el solicitante viva en los Estados Unidos de manera continua durante cinco años (tres años para aquellos casados con un ciudadano de los Estados Unidos). Una ausencia de los Estados Unidos por más de un año interrumpirá su residencia continua. Una ausencia entre…