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    What You Should Know About Adding Beneficiaries for the Fiancé(e) Visa

    September 23, 2019 /

    If you are a U.S. citizen, there are two ways you can bring your significant other to the U.S. to get a green card (AKA lawful permanent residency). You can read more about the difference in a blog post I had written by clicking here. In this post, I am going to talk about adding beneficiaries to a fiancé(e) visa. For a child to be included as a beneficiary and to get a K-2 visa, and eventually, a green card, under his or her parent’s fiance(e) visa petition, the child must under 21 years old and unmarried. Some people confuse this and think that in order for a child to…

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    October 2019 Visa Bulletin

    September 19, 2019 /

    The U.S. Department of State publishes a visa bulletin every month that shows where they are in the process of issuing green cards. This bulletin allows people to see how long it could be before a visa becomes available for them to be able to apply for their green cards. Here is the October 2019 visa bulletin.  You can also click here to see it. FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES Final Action Dates Dates for Filing Family-Sponsored Visa Applications EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES Final Action Dates Dates for Filing of Employment-Based Visa Applications The reason that this bulletin exists is that there is a cap on the number of green cards that are issued each…

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  • Family-Based Immigration,  Policy Change

    What You Need to Know About the New Public Charge Rule Effective 10/14/2019

    September 3, 2019 /

    **UPDATE: On October 11, 2019, federal judges in New York and California ordered a nationwide block, which prevented the rule from going into effect. On January 27, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that this rule can go into effect. USCIS announced that they will begin implementing this rule starting February 24, 2020.             A major change is happening starting on October 14, 2019, for those applying or adjustment of status (green card), change of status, and extension of status.  Applicants will have to prove that they are self-sufficient and will not become a public charge.  In other words, people who are applying for a green card, change of status,…

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