When an individual receives a green card based upon a marriage that is less than 2 years old the green card they receive is only valid for 2 years. Within the 90 day period prior to the expiration date of the green card the individual...
Our law firm recently received an approval of a N-336 for a client at the Philadelphia Immigration Office. USCIS initially denied our client's N-400 naturalization application on the basis that he had failed to disclose an arrest on a prior application filed with USCIS. Our...
Beneficiaries of approved H-1B petitions with a 10/1/14 start date may now begin filing their visa applications at U.S. consular posts....
Our Philadelphia immigration attorneys received an approval of an I-601A application for a national of the Dominican Republic on the basis that his United States Citizen wife would suffer extreme hardship if he were not permitted to reside in the United States as a permanent...
CNN reported that President Barack Obama said Monday he was starting "a new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own, without Congress," adding that he directed his team to recommend steps he can take this summer and...
Our Philadelphia Immigration Lawyers received an approval of an I-130 Petition filed by a United States Citizen on behalf of his same-sex spouse who resides in Qatar. The couple had met in school while the foreign national was in the United States in F-1 status. USCIS...
Our Client had been granted derivative asylee status as he was under 21 years old at the time his mother had her asylum application approved and his mother filed an I-730 petition on his behalf which was approved. However, our client never filed an I-485...
Our immigration law firm in Philadelphia will often handle cases that were previously denied because the immigration law firm that initially handled the case did not recognize all of the issues and/or did not properly prepare the evidence. An internationally renowned spa recently hired Getson &...
A foreign national had a citizenship interview with the USCIS Philadelphia Office and more than 5 months had passed without her receiving a decision on her N-400 application. Under the law USCIS has 120 days to issue a decision on a N-400 application following the interview. She...
The Associated Press reported that Michelle Obama turned a flag-waving swearing-in ceremony for 50 new American citizens Wednesday into a platform to call for action on the long-bogged-down issue of immigration. "In many ways, it is because of — not in spite of — our immigrant...
