Washington Immigration Legal Questions

Unfortunately, your daughter is not eligible. This visa is for those who have been waiting apart for a very long time. Here is the eligibility criteria: Eligibility Criteria If you are a permanent resident (green card holder), your spouse, child (unmarried and under 21), or the child of your spouse (your step-child) may be eligible for a V visa if you filed Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, for your family member on or before December 21, 2000. This includes children (unmarried and under 21) listed on the petition. The family member has been waiting at least 3 years since you filed the Form I-130. The immigrant visa is not available on an approved Form I-130 petition OR the application to adjust status is pending OR the petition for an immigrant visa is pending. Practically, the V visa is currently not available to spouses and minor children of LPRs who have applied after.... Read More

Your question requires an attorney consultation. It is not a simple question that can be answered on this type of forum. There are many factors that would need to be considered and evaluated. I strongly suggest that you contact an experienced immigration attorney for a face-to-face consultation and give him/her all of the facts surrounding your situation. (S)he would then be in a better position to analyze your case and advise you of your options.... Read More

You need to find out first the factual basis for the Consular officer's denial decision. Ask her to send you the visa refusal work sheet she was provided after the denial. The refusal work sheet will include the legal basis for the denial. And unless the refusal was with prejudice, she can re apply again if she can produce documentation to overcome the grounds of denial.... Read More

There is insufficient information with which to formulate an appropriate answer.  You provide no information regarding a prior deportation.  I would need to know whether in fact it was a deportation, as opposed to voluntary departure, when it occurred, what the circumstances were surrounding it and how and when you reentered the US.  With that information I may be ablt to provide an answer to you. Regards, Jan Joseph Bejar, Esq. For: JAN JOSEPH BEJAR, A Professional Law Corporation... Read More

You would need to submit I-134 for a fiance visa petition but if you do not have sufficient funds you would need to get a joint sponsor to sign the affidavit of support and provide their financials for the petition. 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

It is going to take a very long time through your father and even longer through your siblings. You can have them petition for you but you can remain in the US ONLY if you have another valid non-immigrant status to do so; you cannot remain here without status because if you do, even when the priority date becomes current you will not be eligible to immigrate if you were in the US unlawfully.... Read More