Nevada Immigration Legal Questions

If your drug conviction is an aggravated felony, it is a permanent bar from US citizenship. If you apply for citizenship or even to renew your green card, this may come to the attention of Dept of Homeland Security who, may commence proceedings for your deportation from United States. As further inconvenience, removal proceedings based on an aggravated felony conviction may subject you to s.236(c) INA mandatory detention for the duration of the deportation proceedings. Also, conviction for an aggravated felony offense occurring after 1996 bars virtually all forms of relief. To ensure that these stark facts do not come true for you, please run, not walk and speak to an experienced immigration lawyer before attempting to do anything.... Read More

Fiancee Petition. A Fiance Petition needs to be prepared. This is a petition that will allow your fiance to come to the U.S. in a relatively short period of time. Usually, it takes around 6 to 9 months for the petition to be approved at immigration in the United States. Subsequently, the approval would be sent to the U.S. Consulate or Embassy in your fiance's home country. When your fiance comes to the U.S., you will have ninety days to get married. Our firm can prepare the entire Fiance Petition and make it so it goes smoothly and correctly. You have to have physically seen your Fiance in the last two years. This is where pictures will likely be needed.... Read More

Anyone can be your co-sponsor, so long as that person is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and has enough income to qualify as a sponsor. There is no requirement that the co-sponsor be a relative or the future employer; it can be a friend, a neighbor, any person willing to accept the responsibility for you so that you would not need support from the public funds (such as welfare, food stamps, Medicaid, public housing, etc.).... Read More

Disagreements often arise between clients and attorneys usually over fees. But conflicts also arise when the retainer agreement is unclear on exactly what the attorney was hired to do. In this case, is a retainer agreement. You should carefully read it again carefully and be certain that the attorney agreed to do more than file a petition which, you said has been approved. If I-130 is all that was agreed to, then, his job is done. You may have discussed many things, but he is obligated to do only what you both agreed in writing. While $5500.00 may appear over the top for an I-130, if this was a complex case, it may not. In any event, take another look at your retainer agreement. Next, the fact that the I-130 is approved does not mean the priority date is current, and until then, there is nothing the attorney can do until visa becomes available. But, he should explain things to you when, how and what the step is (assuming he has not already done so 5 times already in which case, he may feel think your flat fee agreement means you can call him as many times as you want). It does not. I am not familiar with the facts of your case but, if you are unsatisfied, you should speak to other attorneys first with all your papers so you can get a second opinion about your case. If your attorney is not competent, you may fire him or sue him or even file a complaint, but in the end, you are the person who will be injured if your case is lost. That said, I am also aware some clients can be extremely difficult to deal with. I remember a case I did some while back. A client on whose behalf my office filed an approved green card on conditional basis called two years later, insisting that I must file the I-751, and arguing she did not have to pay us for the I-751 since she already paid for her initial green card. The fact that she had to pay a new fee to CIS for the I-751 was not enough to convince her.... Read More

To have an outstanding warrant means when you apply for green card, your biometrics (fingerprinting) will show CIS that you (a) you have an arrest record and (b) you have open and unresolved criminal charge(s) against you. CIS will not approve your green card or even work permit unless you bring a certificate(s) of disposition of the DUI cases. Therefore, you must first hire a good criminal defense lawyer to resolve your DUI cases and warrants. DHS takes dim view of DUI offenders who, it believes pose significant danger to lives and property of US citizens. Depending on how your DUI case is resolved, you may or may not be able to get a green card In fact, you may be deported if you are convicted of the DUI. So, it is important to also hire an immigration attorney right away to work with andf advise the criminal lawyer in helping him map out an outcome of the DUI case in such a way that will not result in your deportation from United States.... Read More

From the information you provided, your concerns should probably be more than the loss of your truck. It is likely CBP will send you a notice of seizure of your truck, but in the end, it is likely they will confiscate the truck. Your son may face criminal prosecution for bringing illegal aliens to the United States which is a felony. If he is convicted or found guilty of transporting illegal aliens in to US, he may either go to jail and or pay civil fines or both. Finally, unless he is a US citizen, DHS may seek to deport your sons from the US.... Read More

Do not leave the country, for sure, because if you do you will be barred from reentry for 10 years. It is curious how you think you were just legalized in the US if you never took any steps to complete the immigration process. However, it is not too late. As long as you are married to a US citizen, your US citizen spouse can petition for you now for your green card, as long as you can still prove your lawful entry back in 1985.... Read More

So what is your question? If you have a pending I-90 with the requested corrections, then you just need to wait until you get the actual green card. If it is correct, then you don't need to do anything; if it is not what you believe it should be, then you contact the USCIS. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or how I can be of further assistance to you in this matter.... Read More

That is a deportable crime. *Removal/Deportation Representation* It is critically important that you get qualified and expert representation for the deportation/removal hearings. The Government will try to get the deportation issued. Neither the Immigration Judge, nor the Trial Attorney are there to help you. There are different forms of relief available which could result the granting of Lawful Permanent Residence. However, this requires large applications to be prepared and the necessity to prepare for trial. My firm has done this for several years, and if done properly, there is a very reasonable chance that it will be successful. If not done properly, the deportation order will be issued and your current way of living in the United States will end and you will either be on the run or be forcibly removed from the United States.... Read More

If you brother and sister do not have a visa which allows them to enter, they cannot come with you mom. Simply naming them as her children on the petition will not give them the right to enter. You can petition for your siblings, assuming you are over the age of 21. Whenever you are attempting to petition for more than one family member, you want to be aware of the income requirements for your affidavit of support. To petition for three family members, you are looking at a pretty significant financial responsibility.u.... Read More

Your unemployment benefits are income for the purposes of I-864. Besides, you do not need to rely on your income to qualify as your parents' sponsor: if you list your savings as your assets on the Form I-864, $150000 will cover the poverty guidelines for a family size up to 4 persons (including the sponsored immigrants, in this case, your parents). The formula is income + 20% of assets; the total must be equal or more than the current federal poverty guideline for your family size.... Read More

Yes, you immediately fall out of status if you quit your job. Even though you may not be unlawfully present, if your I-94 is still valid, you will be out of status and even if you find another job, you will not be eligible for a H-1B transfer if you are no longer in valid H-1B status. You would have to go abroad for consular processing.... Read More