Recently, as the U.S. has been emerging from the COVID-19 era, many U.S. permanent residents attempting to return to the U.S. after absences of over a year have been navigating a host of legal challenges. Driven abroad by fears of the virus or other related, emergent obligations such as caregiving brought on by the pandemic […]
A U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (LPR) normally starts the marriage-based or family-based or green card process by filing a petition on behalf of a relative with United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) using the Petition for Alien Relative Form (Form I-130). This petition often takes several months to be processed. However, there […]
Diversity Visa Program The Diversity Visa Program (DV Program) makes approximately 50,000 immigrant visas available per year. Visas are drawn randomly amongst applicants from countries with low immigration rates to the United States. As most diversity visa lottery winners are located outside the U.S. at the time they win the lottery, they must obtain their […]
EB-5 Investment Under the EB-5 program, investors (as well as their spouses and unmarried children under 21 years of age) are eligible to apply for permanent residence if they meet the following conditions: 1) making the required investment in a commercial enterprise in the United States; and 2) planning to create or preserve 10 permanent full-time […]