LaGrange, GA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

If the mother is still living, the mother may petition for her child. However, it's considered F1 or F3 priority (depending on whether the adult child is married or unmarried) and the priority date for both F1 and F3 petitions for Mexican citizens is currently in 1993. (Meaning it may be two decades before a visa number is available.) For immediate citizenship based on the citizenship of a parent, the child must be under 18.

Generally, investments that can form a basis for an immigrant visa (to become a Lawful Permanent Resident, to get a "Green Card"), must be $1,000,000, although a minimum of $500,000 may be sufficient for investments in designated economically depressed geographical locations. There are many additional requirements for success in this type of application, including documentary evidence of the legitimate source of the invested funds, the placement of the funds at risk, the expected employment of American workers, etc. It would be a mistake to initiate this type of immigration application (or even to select an investment with expectations of the investment meeting immigration-related requirements) without engaging an immigration attorney to provide legal representation in this complex type of case.

If the minor child is a Permanent Resident when his parents naturalize, the child automatically will become a U.S. citizen without the necessity of going through a naturalization process. The child may file an Application for a Certificate of Citizenship as proof of his/her new citizenship. Some immigration law firms, including mine, offer legal services on a "flat fee" basis so that a client will know the total expense from the very beginning, and a few immigration law firms, including mine, offer an initial consultation free of charge.