Seguin, TX Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Your question makes no sense so I need more facts. The I-485 is filed for permanent residency is this the form you mean? Has your husband's employer sponsored him for permanent residency and you are applying as a derivative? It is always best to maintain your nonimmigrant status until your permanent residency status is approved. I would at least wait until you get your work card to quit school if this is a hardship to continue but best to continue in school until your PR is approved.

You can be included as a derivative beneficiary under your mom's petition if you are unmarried and are under 21 years of age when the petition is submitted.

Yes, but before you can file an I-130 petition for her as your adopted child, you have to live with her for at least 2 years after gaining legal custody, which can be granted before the adoption, and the adoption itself has to be finalized before her 16th birthday. You may also be able to petition for her as an orphan on form I-600 before her 16th birthday and bring her to the United States to complete the adoption process. According to USCIS, an orphan is a foreign-born child who: - does not have any parents because of the death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents OR - has a sole or surviving parent who is unable to care for the child, consistent with the local standards of the foreign sending country, and who has, in writing, irrevocably released the child for emigration and adoption