Wayne, NJ Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

The state department’s website publishes the priority dates of the cases that they are currently working on. Go to that website and find the category that applies to your sister’s case to discover the priority date.

Since you entered the country illegally, you are not eligible for adjustment of status to permanent residence even if you are married. I assume that as you entered the country in 2004, you are not the beneficiary of section 245(i) which would allow the ability to adjust status upon payment of the fine amount and the basis for adjusting status if you had a labor certification application or immigrant visa petition pending as of April 30, 2001. There is a chance that if you are married and your wife becomes a US citizen, you may qualify for administrative closure of your case so that you can file an I-601A application to remove the bar of being here illegally. If such is approved, your immigration court case could then be terminated and you would be allowed to interview at the American consulate or embassy in your home country for the immigrant visa. Otherwise you could wait to see what will happen with all the discussions in Washington concerning comprehensive immigration reform.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.