Edwards, CO Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Whether you can sponsor two persons at the same time depends upon your means, but also upon timing. If you are a fairly wealthy individual or making a good living, e.g. earn $100,000 annually, you would usually have no problems sponsoring multiple individuals. On the other hand, if you make much less and barely pass the levels required under federal guideline levels (see USCIS form I-864P), you may decide to sponsor only one instead of two if they are both in the category of cases that require an immediate affidavit of support. On the other hand, if the cases will require affidavits of support far apart from each other in time, you can probably sponsor both since you will not have put up the second affidavit of support by the time that the first case is completed. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee & Arthur Lee, Esqs.’ (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.

Under the circumstances that you describe, there is a good possibility that the company hired the employee without proper authorization. Organizations must comply with U.S.C.I.S.'s I-9 documentary requirements which separate documents into three categories. List A documents are those establishing both identity and employment authorization in the US and include US passports, green cards, and foreign passports with I-551 green card stamps. List B contains documents that establish identity such as driver's licenses or state identity cards. List B documents must be submitted in combination with documents on List C that establish work authorization such as unrestricted Social Security numbers, US Citizen identification cards, and employment authorization documents issued by DHS. You can ask your employee to supply at least one document from list B and C to satisfy the I-9 requirements.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  

If you had non-immigrant intent when you entered the United States and there are no other issues that would bar your admissibility, then you would be OK to move forward. You should contact immigration counsel to proceed. A Canadian visitor without visa may be petitioned by a US citizen spouse and file a green card application with the petition and not leave the US. Some of us take these cases on a flat fee, which is reasonable with no hidden costs.