Dearborn, MI Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

As the immigration law stands today, you cannot get a green card. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) does not entitle you to a green card, only to a 2-year work authorization. If you have it, you also do not have to fear being grabbed and deported (for now, anyway). But DACA does not carry a promise of a green card. Being married to a U.S. citizen also does not entitle you to a green card. If you had entered the U.S. on a visa, legally, and your U.S. citizen wife would successfully petition the U.S. government for an immigrant visa for you, than your unlawful presence could be forgiven, and you could have got a green card. But, without a legal entry, you cannot adjust status - unless ICE starts removal proceedings against you, and you prove to the Immigration Judge that you are in the U.S. for over 10 years, that you are a person of good moral character, and that your deportation would cause an exceptional and extremely unusual hardship to your U.S. citizen (or permanent resident) wife, child, or parent. Since, by giving you DACA, the government promised not to try to deport you, the last scenario is unlikely for the next couple of years. So, the only hope for a green card for you is a change of the law. The talking heads of the national media make it look like that an immigration law reform is about to happen, and that it is going to be a very big, comprehensive reform. We shall see. And it is likely that DACA beneficiaries and spouses of U.S. citizens will receive some form of legalization. Just be patient.

Yes. The spouse can apply for employment authorization on form I-765 when she applies for adjustment of status. There is no additional fee for the application.