Sunnyvale, CA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

You and your boyfriend should meet with an immigration attorney to review his criminal record, immigration history and then you can be advised on whether this is likely to help him avoid deportation.

When you travel in the U.S. you run the risk of being questioned by DHS. This does not mean that you will be deported. However, you can be detained until you are bonded out. DHS has recently announced a policy of not deporting non criminal aliens but this is not the case with every officer.

As a U.S. Citizen you can petition your step-mother if the step-parent relationship was created before you turned 18 years old. Since your father and step-mother did not married until after your turned 18, you cannot petition her. Additionally, even if you could petition her, her children would not be included in the petition since there are no derivative beneficiaries in an immediate relative petition. After you father becomes a Legal Permanent Resident he could petition his wife and step-children, but it does not grant them the right to remain in the U.S. after their visitor status expires.