Unless your wife is in H-1B or L-1 status, she cannot travel outside the U.S. while the Adjustment of Status is pending without permission from USCIS. If she does, USCIS will presume that she has elected to process her green card at a U.S. Consulate and will deny the Adjustment of Status and send the […]
We just had our visa interview at the USCIS Office. My wife was granted a “Conditional” green card. What is a Conditional green card?
A “Conditional” Permanent Resident Visa is given when at the time of the interview at either USCIS or a U.S. Consulate the parties were married less than 2 years. The Conditional green card is itself valid for 2 years and the Conditional green card status expires at the end of the two years. You and […]
My Parents want green cards to make it easier for them to come to the U.S. They also want to spend time in their country with the rest of our family. As long as they come back every six months is that ok?
A person who has been granted a green card as proof of U.S. Permanent Resident status, must be a continuous resident of the U.S. There are two components to this. The first deals with periods of time outside the U.S. If a Permanent Resident is outside the U.S. for more than six months, but less […]