Sep 29, 2016 | Form I-751, green card, Green cards, immigration law, Immigration reform, permanent residence, permanent residency, removal of conditions
As a Miami immigration lawyer, I have represented numerous clients to help them get legal resident status within the United States. However, I am always quick to remind them that this legal resident is on aconditional basis. Your status will automatically terminate...
Dec 9, 2015 | conditional residency, family-based petition, family-based petitions, Form I-751, green card, Green cards, immigration law, Immigration reform, marriage, marriage petition, permanent residence, permanent residency, removal of conditions, United States Citizen
As a Miami immigration lawyer, I have represented many clients who have obtained their conditional residency via marriage to a United States citizen. However, what happens if you became a conditional resident (a two-year green card-holder) based on a marriage, and the...
Sep 18, 2015 | immigration law, Immigration reform, marriage, marriage fraud, marriage interview, marriage petition, permanent residence, permanent residency, removal of conditions, work authorization
As a Miami immigration lawyer who handles many marriage green card cases, I always remind my clients that their permanent residence status is conditional if it is based on a marriage that was less than 2 years old on the day you were given permanent residence. Below...
Feb 24, 2015 | deportation, Deportations, immigration law, Immigration reform, minor crimes, moral turpitude, motion to reopen, Order of Removal, removal of conditions, removal proceedings
Immigration lawyers often come face to face with the precarious nature of life as experienced by an immigrant who is under an Order of Removal (i.e. has been ordered deported). If you and/or a loved one has been ordered deported by the United States government, you...
Feb 23, 2015 | bona fide marriage, conditional residency, Form I-130, Form I-751, green card, Green cards, immigration law, Immigration reform, marriage, marriage fraud, marriage petition, permanent residence, permanent residency, removal of conditions
As a Miami immigration lawyer handling marriage petitions (Form I-130 applications), I often receive questions about what happens after an applicant has filed Form I-130, and has already received conditional residence. I covered this in a blog piece last week, but as...
Feb 11, 2015 | deportation, Deportations, family-based petition, family-based petitions, immigration law, Immigration reform, marriage, marriage petition, permanent residency, removal of conditions
Many of my clients have obtained conditional permanent residence in the United States based upon marriage to a United States Citizen. Here are some common questions that I receive from some of my clients as a Miami immigration attorney. Why is my permanent residence...