Feb 24th, 2010
The US Department of State recently announced a change to the way they process K-3 Visa applications.
In the past, US citizens or lawful permanent resident spouses would use a K-3 visa to bring their husband or wife to the US. Unlike normal spousal visa processing abroad (via form I-130), a K-3 visa only granted the spouse the right to move to the United States for the purpose of applying for a green card via the...
Jun 10th, 2009
A Boston area man who was formerly a Brockton police officer was indicted in federal court for green card marriage fraud and entering into a marriage to evade immigration laws. The former cop, a US citizen, had married a German citizen so that she could her green card. The wife has been indicted, as well as the woman who set the arrangement up. If found guilty, this green card marriage fraud can be punishable by up...
Jun 9th, 2009
DHS recently announced that a green card applicant who is the husband or wife of a deceased US Citizen may be eligible to receive temporary protection from deportation if he or she is widowed before the two year anniversary of the marriage. The announcement comes in response to an Los Angeles immigration judge’s ruling that ordered USCIS to review cases where immigrants whose spouse died before the green...
May 18th, 2009
A 62-year-old Washington man was hospitalized in Denver on his way back from his wife’s visa interview for a permanent resident green card (LPR) at the US Consulate in Ciudad de Juarez (CDJ), Mexico. The couple’s immigration attorney was unable to communicate with either of her clients as the husband was under sedation and the wife was unreachable following her visa application denial.
Source: The News...
Apr 28th, 2009
A federal district judge ordered USCIS to reopen the cases of 13 immigrants whose conditional green card applications in Los Angeles were denied because of the “widow penalty.” According to DHS rules, the USCIS must deny an application for a conditional green card if the citizen spouse dies before the green card process is complete, and the marriage is less than two years old. Advocates hope that...
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