Milpitas, CA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Please seek a full consult with a competent immigration attorney in your area to review. This is a complicated case and you need to have a full consult instead. As long as your marriage was real and you are not the reason the marriage fell through, you can apply on your own.

You should wait at least 5 years from the date of your conviction. Petty theft is a crime involving moral turpitude which would adversely affect your citizenship application. Also you must show at least 5 year so good moral conduct. You petty theft conviction would disqualify you on the moral conduct grounds.

Sending a waiver and getting it approved are entirely different matters. *Waiver of Inadmissibility* A Waiver of Inadmissibility will have to be obtained. This is an application that will include a legal brief, forms, documents, exhibits, declarations and other evidence. My firm can prepare the entire waiver, and attach all of the necessary documents. It will take several months for the decision, and if done correctly, there is a good chance of an approval. The Waiver essentially makes the crime or ground of ineligibility disappear so that entry or re-entry will be allowed into the U.S. Please note that the Waiver is the critical part of this application, and unless approved, there cannot be any other petition that will allow entry into the U.S. Therefore, the Waiver must be prepared with significant supporting documents.