Conyers, GA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

With your "Green Card," achieved through an employment-based application, you became a Lawful Permanent Resident and there is no need for you to file any additional applications or to update your records with the USCIS in any way other than complying with your continued obligation to notify the USCIS of any new residential address within 10 days of moving (that process is through filing a Form AR-11). The time with which you needed to wait in order to apply to become a naturalized U.S. citizen was reached in December, 2016 - as early as 90 days before the end of five years from the date you became a Permanent Resident, and so you already may be eligible to apply to become a naturalized citizen. In that application process it will be necessary to reveal that you now are married and to provide information about your U.S. citizen spouse, and of course there are many additional details that impact eligibility for naturalization. The Republican Administration's January 27, 2017 Presidential Executive Order initially included a travel ban on even Permanent Residents from listed countries, and that highlights some of the security and additional benefits of being a U.S. citizen over being a Permanent Resident. The naturalization application process can be significantly more complex than it first may appear, and it would be wise for you to consult with an immigration lawyer.

Generally a U.S. citizen age 21 or older may petition for a parent to adjust status in the U.S. through an application in the Immediate Relative visa category, and there is no requirement that the parent and child live together or even in the same state. There are many other details, however, that govern eligibility, including details about the parent's entry into the U.S., date of entry, and more. It would be wise for you and your mother to consult with an immigration attorney who, after learning all of the relevant information, would be able to advise about eligibilities, options and strategies and offer legal representation for the process which often is more complex than it may appear.

Generally, an approval of a marriage-based Form I-130 Petition for Relative Alien remains valid without any additional step needed, although issues raised in that application indeed could be re-examined by the USCIS at a subsequent Form I-485 Adjustment of Status application interview. Significant additional information is needed in order to analyze your husband's situation and advise about next steps. For example, are you a U.S. citizen? Are you a Permanent Resident? What has been your husband's immigration visa situation since the time he first entered the country? Etc. It would be wise for you and your husband to confer with an immigration attorney who, after learning all of the relevant information, could provide advice about immigration-related eligibilities, options and strategies, and could offer legal representation for the often complex application process.