Are Joint Bank Statements Required by USCIS
Are bank statements required to prove your relationship for your immigration case? The answer is it depends. That’s a famous attorney go-to but it really does depend. Part of the immigration process if you’re married to a United States citizen is showing immigration that you have a real relationship based on love and not just […]
Traveling While Fiancé Visa is Pending
Traveling while a fiancé visa is pending is a question we get a lot because with the processing time delays for a fiancé visa or any visa for that matter, those delays are so lengthy and people just want to be together in the US. By this time, they’ve made that commitment to be with […]
Top AOS Immigration Interview Questions 2023
What are the questions that happen at the interview as it relates to your relationship? There are five common questions that we see in USCIS interviews across the country for the adjustment of status process, the process that happens here in the United States where a United States citizen is petitioning his or her spouse. […]
Important Update – I751 Conditional Green Card Extensions
On January 23rd, USCIS announced that they have extended the validity period of conditional green cards to 48 months for those who have filed removable conditions. See: 1-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence For some individuals who go through the green card process based on marriage, you’ll receive a two-year conditional green card and […]
Common Questions: Affidavit of Support – Joint Sponsorship and Living Abroad & Redesigned Green Card
Affidavit of Support This is one of the areas that we see the most issues that people have during their petitioning process and the Affidavit of Support would come sometimes at different stages but it’s along with some type of a petition for an immigrant to come and stay in the United States and the […]
Religious versus Civil Wedding Ceremonies
Let’s discuss the difference between civil ceremonies and religious ceremonies, mostly describing the wedding ceremony process and how that impacts how immigration views that. Those two things are very different. A civil ceremony would be basically making that wedding legal in the eyes of the law. You usually have some type of a designated civil […]
USCIS Backlogs – How Your Congressional Representative May Help
Recently, USCIS issued its progress report for 2022 and they’ve discussed the issue of backlogs. Obviously, there are many factors that went into why we have such a backlog. The time frames that we see with USCIS currently that have to do with COVID, global conditions such as the war in Ukraine and even Afghanistan. […]
3 Reasons Why You Should Use An Immigration Attorney, Such as Immigration for Couples
1. Attorneys understand the immigration process Here at Immigration for Couples, we help couples navigate the immigration process. From step one, an attorney can help you obviously understand the nuances of the immigration process. We see tons of clients who during initial consults have questions even over the forms, much less the 200 to 300-page […]
I-601A Processing Times (2023)
Are you wondering why provisional waivers are currently taking three to four years for immigration to make a decision? Wait times have increased by 600% since the provisional waiver program or application was released which was in 2013. It used to take only six to eight months to get a decision and now, we’re looking […]
Proposed Fee Increases and Consulate in Cuba
You may have heard about the proposed rule changes, mostly with regard to filing fees for USCIS. That came out January 4th of this year and any proposed fee increases or rule changes first come out as a proposal for a notice-and-comment period so the public knows that these things are coming or being thought […]
What Evidence You MUST Include – K1 Visa
What are the top three pieces or types of evidence that you should include with your fiancé visa application to give you the best chance of winning your case? When they’re starting out on their immigration journey, a lot of couples want to know what are the documents that they need to provide. While the […]
Taxes and Immigration 2023 – What are Your Questions?
At the start of every year, it’s tax filing season time and how does that impact individuals who are going through an immigration process? It is a really important thing to be aware of to make sure you’re filing on time and there are a lot of intersections between tax filing and immigration that you […]