You can become a permanent resident several ways, most individual are sponsored by family members or employer in the United States.

A lawful permanent resident is someone who has been granted the right to live in the United States indefinitely. Permanent residents are given what’s known as a “green card,” which is a photo ID card that proves their status. (But it is no longer a green.) … You do not have any rights to vote in U.S. elections.

Employment Based Green Cards are processed from 1 to 4 years depending on the wait time and yearly caps. Diversity Green Card winners are announced within 7 months after the initial lottery applications. Family based green cards are processed depending on the categories, wait time and yearly caps.

You should renew your Green Card if you are a permanent resident and your card is valid for 10 years and is either expired or will expire within the next 6 months. You may begin the renewal process by: Filing online Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card

Getting an employment-based green card can be difficult and time-consuming, and yet thousands of people get US green card through work every year.

Even though you are now a U.S. resident, you will need to bring your foreign passport when traveling, for purposes of entering other countries. A U.S. green card is not sufficient by itself as a travel document, though it is enough to get you back into the United States

Remember that you may not be able to travel outside the United States, while your application for a Green Card is yet to be approved.  However, USCIS will allow you to travel while you wait for your permanent resident card, if you apply for and obtain an advance parole document.

Among the various crimes that can make a non-citizen of the United States deportable are so-called aggravated felonies. Someone who is in the United States with a visa or a green card (lawful permanent residence), and who commits an aggravated felony, can be removed or deported.

U.S. immigration law allows certain foreign nationals who are family members of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to become lawful permanent residents (get a Green Card) based on specific family relationships

If you’re a US Citizen, you may petition for the following relatives, as long as you can prove the relationships:

• Husband or wife;
• Unmarried child under 21 years old;
• Unmarried son or daughter over 21 years old
• Married son or daughter of any age
• Brother(s) or sister(s), if you are at least 21 years old
• Mother or father, if you are at least 21 years old;

In order to file an Immigrant Petition for your brother or sister, you must be a U.S. citizen and at least 21 years of age. If you are a Lawful Permanent Resident, you are not eligible to sponsor your brothers or sisters for Green Card status. An immigrant visa number will not be made available soon after the petition is approved. The wait times depend on the home countries of the beneficiaries. 

Yes, As an immediate relative of a US citizen or permanent resident, a foreign spouse has easy access to permanent residency, compared to a non-related foreigner.

• Husband or wife
• Unmarried child under 21 years of age;
• Unmarried son or daughter over 21 years of age

Yes, for certain categories like parents, spouse and children, the green card processing time is much less as compared to other family-based green card applications. Depending on the service center you have filed with, it can take few months to several months. In most cases, the application is processed within 6 months.

US citizens cannot sponsor their nephews and they can only sponsor their parents, siblings, spouses and children.

The following persons may also be qualified for green card;

• A battered child or spouse of U.S citizen (VAWA)
• Those who entered the U.S with K visa
• V non immigrant status holder
• Widow (er) of U.S citizen or permanent resident
• Those born to foreign diplomats in the U.S
• Asylee/Refugee

You get a conditional green card valid for two years if your marriage is less than 2 years on the day you were given permanent resident status.

When you receive conditional residence status, USCIS will notify you of the conditional basis of your status, the requirements for the removal of conditions and what will happen if you fail to file a petition to remove conditions .

You and your spouse must apply together during the 90 days before your second anniversary as a conditional resident.

If you don’t apply to remove the conditions in time, you could loose your conditional resident status and put in removal processing.

If you apply earlier than 90 days before your conditional residence status expires, the application will be sent back to you.

Your children may be included if they got the conditional resident status at the same time that you did or within 90 days.

If you file USCIS form I-751 on time, USCIS will extend your conditional resident status for up to 12 months while your petition is pending.

Yes, the requirement could be waived under certain circumstance, please call us for the waiver options.

If your trip duration is more than a year and less than 2 years than re-entry permit is needed to enter the US. Permanent residents must be present in the United States at the time of filing the application and take finger printing if required.

Our office will review your case and advice you on the family members you can sponsor. After initial evaluation we give you a checklist of documents and prepare your application, which is submitted to the government with correct filing fee and the right supporting documentation. You’re on your side through out the process.