Tamarac, FL Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

You may be able to prove the father's physical presence in the U.S. through objective documentation like school records, records of property ownership, phone book records, social security earnings, tax filings, medical records, etc. You may want to contact an attorney to discuss your options. Sometimes a private investigator can be useful in locating needed information.

The status of your case appears to be that the 1-130 petition has already been approved and your brother is waiting for the priority date of 2007 to become available before he can immigrate. Currently the process is taking approximately 13 years for persons born in most countries of the world except for China, India, Mexico and the Philippines which takes longer. As your brother has already invested nine years in the process, he probably needs to only wait another four years or so to immigrate if from any country other than those four. If he has good education or working skills, he may be a candidate for employment-based immigration. If he has much monies, he could conceivably look at the US immigrant investor scheme to immigrate. For those options, he or you may wish to consult an immigration attorney for details.Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.  

To seek political asylum in the States in your case, you must show a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, nationality, political opinion, religion, or membership in a social group. From your description, it would appear that you may have that type of fear, but you must show that the fear is connected with one of the five standards. Also that the persecutor is either the government or a group in the country that the government cannot control. You would need to substantiate your fear with corroborative evidence. There is no fee for filing for political asylum on form I-589 application for asylum and for withholding of removal. The form must be submitted in triplicate with identification documents, relationship documents for family members, copies of travel documents and photographs, and copies of documentary evidence supporting the claim. The I-589 with attachments is submitted to the U.S.C.I.S. Regional Service Center which holds jurisdiction over your place of residence. Generally persons residing in the South would send applications to the Texas Service Center; those in the west to the California Service Center; residents of northern states to the Nebraska Service Center; and the East to the Vermont Service Center. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence