When a foreign national marries a US Citizen, the US Citizen can sponsor children of the foreign national for a green card so long as the child was under 18 years of age at the time of the marriage. This is the law under Section...
Our immigration lawyers handled a matter involving the application of a Form I-601 waiver for our client, a Jamaican national who had married a U.S. Citizen, both of whom reside just outside of Philadelphia. This Form I-601 waiver was necessary because our client had committed...
Getson & Schatz represented an Uzbeki national who entered the United States on a F-1 Visa. She violated her F-1 status and was placed into removal proceedings. However, she never received a Notice to Appear (NTA) from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since DHS...
Our immigration lawyers represented a Company in the United States that is an affiliate of a Company in India in sponsoring an employee as a L-1B Specialized Knowledge Worker so that employee could work in the United States. The United States Company imports cast iron public...
Our immigration law firm represented an individual who self-filed an I-751 petition requesting a waiver of the joint filing requirement on the basis that she was divorced from her ex-husband and her marriage was entered into in good faith. We provided substantial documentation regarding the bona fide...
Our immigration lawyers had assisted a foreign national to obtain H-1B status as a medical resident working in Pennsylvania. During her H-1B employment, she met and married her U.S. Citizen husband who was also a medical resident but was working in New York. The husband...
Our Philadelphia firm represented a client from Nicaragua who entered the U.S. on a B-2 Visitor Visa. She had overstayed her visa which only permitted her to remain in the U.S. for 6 months. She eventually met her husband, a U.S. citizen, and they later...
Our client was issued a B-2 Visa in 2004 to legally come to the United States as a visitor from his home country of Burkina Faso. A B-2 Visa typically is valid for a six month stay in the U.S. and is subject to an...
Our law firm provides immigration representation to many companies and organizations throughout the United States. One of our corporate clients supplies computer software and consulting services to North American manufacturers and the U.S. federal government. The company wanted to employ a nonimmigrant as a software...
Our firm provided immigration representation to a US Citizen client petitioning for his stepson to obtain a green card. Our client had married the stepson’s biological mother. To obtain a green card by petitioning for an alien relative, a familial relationship must be established by...
