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Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelley, Dubin & Quartararo LLP

4.7
13 Reviews

  • 33 West Second Street, Riverhead, NY 11901+4 locations

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Feldman, Kramer & Monaco, P.C.

4.1
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  • Serving Riverhead, NY and Suffolk County, New York

  • Law Firm with 73 lawyers2 awards

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Glenn D. Levine
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The Law Office of Christopher Worth

  • 127 East Main St., Ste. 112, Riverhead, NY 11901

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This information is not legal advice and is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or up-to-date. It is provided for general informational purposes only. If you need legal advice you should consult a licensed attorney in your area.

My boyfriend is in the states illegally, is there any hope for his status change and is marriage a good solution?

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Answered by attorney Hassan Hussein Elkhalil (Unclaimed Profile)
Immigration lawyer at Elkhalil Law, P.C.
If your relationship is in good faith and you are planning to spend your lives together, marriage can help. Your boyfriend illegal status is not clear. Did he enter the country without inspection, crossed the border, or he entered with a visa and overstayed his visa?
If your relationship is in good faith and you are planning to spend your lives together, marriage can help. Your boyfriend illegal status is not clear. Did he enter the country without inspection, crossed the border, or he entered with a visa and overstayed his visa?
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Can we get married and apply for the adjustment or we get married and I go back to new Zealand so apply through the US Consulate?

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Answered by attorney Michael Alexander Yurasov-Lichtenberg (Unclaimed Profile)
Immigration lawyer at Havens Lichtenberg PLLC
You cannot file for adjustment of status until your priority date will become current (~17 months after filing), and, if you remain in the U.S., you must maintain legal status until the date of filing for adjustment of status. Since you entered on a visa waiver, you cannot extend or change your status. Therefore, you have to go home not later than on the 90th day from your entry. If your fiancee can become a citizen soon, and you wish to become a U.S. permanent resident without returning home, you should discuss your case with an immigration attorney face-to-face. Otherwise, after your marriage, you should go home, and your wife would file an immigrant petition (Form I-130). In about 17 months after filing, if USCIS approves the case, it will be transferred to the National Visa Center of the Department of State. NVC will send your wife some forms to fill and visa invoices to pay. After receiving all they request from your wife, NVC will send the case to the U.S. Embassy in Wellington. The Embassy will invite you to an interview and, if you satisfy their requirements (police clearance, vaccinations, etc.), issue a visa allowing you to enter the U.S. as an immigrant. After the entry, you will have to apply for a 2-year green card conditional on your marriage (if it falls apart, you will lose your green card). 18 months later, you will have to apply for "removal of conditions", i.e. for a permanent green card no longer tied to your married state.
You cannot file for adjustment of status until your priority date will become current (~17 months after filing), and, if you remain in the U.S., you must maintain legal status until the date of filing for adjustment of status. Since you entered on a visa waiver, you cannot extend or change your status. Therefore, you have to go home not later than on the 90th day from your entry. If your fiancee can become a citizen soon, and you wish to become a U.S. permanent resident without returning home, you should discuss your case with an immigration attorney face-to-face. Otherwise, after your marriage, you should go home, and your wife would file an immigrant petition (Form I-130). In about 17 months after filing, if USCIS approves the case, it will be transferred to the National Visa Center of the Department of State. NVC will send your wife some forms to fill and visa invoices to pay. After receiving all they request from your wife, NVC will send the case to the U.S. Embassy in Wellington. The Embassy will invite you to an interview and, if you satisfy their requirements (police clearance, vaccinations, etc.), issue a visa allowing you to enter the U.S. as an immigrant. After the entry, you will have to apply for a 2-year green card conditional on your marriage (if it falls apart, you will lose your green card). 18 months later, you will have to apply for "removal of conditions", i.e. for a permanent green card no longer tied to your married state.
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How long does it take for them to come to the US?

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Answered by attorney Christine Green (Unclaimed Profile)
Immigration lawyer at Law Offices of Christine Green
You can petition for your Mom if you are a US citizen 21 years old or older. The process from start to finish should be under a year. You mom is considered an immediate relative and as such she is not allowed to bring derivatives namely her minor child. However once she enters on the immigrant visa, she will get her green card and then she can subsequently petition for her minor son. Sometimes it is possible to get a humanitarian parole so the minor child can come and wait here while his paperwork is processed however those are extremely hard to get.
You can petition for your Mom if you are a US citizen 21 years old or older. The process from start to finish should be under a year. You mom is considered an immediate relative and as such she is not allowed to bring derivatives namely her minor child. However once she enters on the immigrant visa, she will get her green card and then she can subsequently petition for her minor son. Sometimes it is possible to get a humanitarian parole so the minor child can come and wait here while his paperwork is processed however those are extremely hard to get.
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