We filed an I-485 adjustment of status application for a principal alien and derivative spouse on the basis of an approved I-140 National Interest Waiver Petition. The adjustment of status of the principal alien was approved expeditiously but the adjustment of status of the derivative...
Our client filed for adjustment of status on the basis of a bona fide marriage to a United States Citizen. Our client had entered the United States in F-1 student status to attend school but never attended the school designated during the visa interview, instead...
Our clients self-filed a joint I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence and were issued a Request for Additional Evidence by USCIS at which point they retained our firm for assistance in responding to the Request for Evidence. We responded to the Request for Evidence...
Our immigration lawyers prepared and filed an H-1B extension petition for continuation of previously approved employment without change on behalf of a H-1B Cap-Exempt Employer that is cap exempt due to its affiliation with an Institution of Higher Education. The Petition was filed with the...
A PERM Labor Certification Application filed for the position of Clinical Neurophysiologist by an employer in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Statistical Area was certified by the United States Department of Labor without an audit. The Application was filed in March 2009 indicating a processing time of...
The Philadelphia Immigration Office approved a N-400 Application for Naturalization filed by a Permanent Resident 3 years after obtaining the green card on the basis of residence in a marital union with a United States Citizen. Our lawyers prepared the N-400 Application, prepared the client...
An I-131 Application for a re-entry permit was filed on an expedited basis in order for the permanent resident to be able to provide biometrics prior to a planned departure from the United States approximately 1 month after the filing. The expedited biometrics appointment was...
Green card holders who are married to their U.S. Citizen spouses for less than two years at the time they receive their green cards are required to submit a Form I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence within the 3 month period prior to the...
Philadelphia Immigration Attorney Brian Getson succesfully represented a medical researcher at a prestigious University in a self-filed EB1A I-140 Petition for classification as an Alien with Extraordinary Ability in the Sciences. The Petition was filed using the USCIS premium processing service and was approved...
The Violence Against Women Act authorized immigrants to self-petition using Form I-360 if they are a battered spouse married to a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident. Further, unmarried children under the age of 21, who have not filed their own self-petition, may be...
