Thomasville, GA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

Regrettably, there is no visa category by which a U.S. citizen may sponsor a friend in an application to become a Permanent Resident (to get a "Green Card"). If your friend may have relatives who are eligible and willing to sponsor your friend in a family-based application, or if your friend may have a job offer from a qualified employer who is willing to sponsor your friend in an employment-based application, that may be a way for your friend to attain his/her goals. Some immigration law firms, including mine, offer legal services on a "flat fee" basis so that a client will know the total expense from the very beginning, and a few immigration law firms, including mine, offer an initial consultation free of charge.

Although it is not clear from your question, it sounds like you are a U.S. citizen who petitioned for your husband to become a Conditional Resident (holder of a so-called "two-year Green Card") based upon his marriage to you; it is approaching the time within which a Petition to Remove Conditions must be filed; and although you previously testified that you and he were living in a bona fide marriage, your marriage has encountered problems and you now suspect that your marriage was not genuine but instead was a fraudulent attempt to gain immigration benefits. If those details are correct, then be aware that upon a divorce a Conditional Resident still can succeed on his/her own with a Petition to Remove Conditions. In that case, however, the Conditional Resident will need to request a waiver of the usual requirement that both spouses file the case together, and will need persuasive documentation to show that the couple lived together in a bona fide marriage notwithstanding that it ended in divorce.

Unfortunately the Department of Homeland Security does not legalize individuals who are the victims of accidents, especially in your situation of a leg injury. We have seen, however, in situations where people are in danger of being deported and are the plaintiffs in suits, DHS has often withheld deportation pending resolution of the lawsuit. 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.