This update is dedicated to the US Citizen spouses who are Navigating the CR1 Visa Process in Fall 2023 and eagerly awaiting approval of a CR1 visa, otherwise known as a Conditional Resident visa, at a US Embassy or Consulate abroad. The CR1 Visa is one of the few ways that new spouses of US [...]
Here are 4 facts about the CR1 visa, an immigrant visa for newly-wed spouses of US Citizens, that could affect your immigration planning: #1: The CR1 Visa is one of two options for marriage-based immigration for spouses located outside the US People located abroad obtain US lawful permanent residence (LPR) by traveling to the US [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
