Discussions about families and immigration often focus on how people can help their loved ones enter the country. Family-based immigration and special visa programs can protect family units by helping them reconnect and stay together. Unfortunately, sometimes...
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Which family members may qualify for family-based immigration?
There are numerous ways that someone who wants to live in the United States can lawfully enter the country. Some people can qualify for visas based on their employment or educational goals. Those who live in volatile countries or a region devastated by natural...
What people need to know about K-1 or fiancé visas
A marital relationship is one of the most compelling reasons for someone to ask for entry into the United States. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) grants both marriage visas for the spouses of citizens, as well as fiancé visas for those...
What immigrants who are domestic violence victims need to know
Too many immigrants to the U.S. who are victims of domestic violence are afraid to report it to law enforcement or seek other help because they’re afraid they’ll be deported. That’s particularly true for those who have their visa through a spouse or other family...
Getting a fiancé visa? Don’t make these mistakes
If you want to bring your fiancé into the United States on a K-1 fiancé visa, you need to make sure you follow the rules in how to do so correctly. There are mistakes that you could make that would hinder the chances of your loved one coming to the U.S. Getting a K-1...
How citizens can help their family with a family preference visa
There are numerous different visa programs managed by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Those who live in other countries can enter the United States because of work, education or even their family connections. Legal permanent residents,...
What you should know about immediate relative immigrant visas
You have family members who don’t live in the United States, because you were the first to come to this country. After many years, you happened to marry a citizen, and now, you’re a citizen yourself. With the benefit of becoming a U.S. citizen, you do get the right to...
How fiancé visas bring couples together in the U.S.
Love does not know borders, but governments do. As a U.S. citizen who is getting married, you and your fiancé(e) may be planning for your future life together here in Columbus. But before that can happen, you need to follow the rules to bring your future bride or...
Helping a family member enter the United States
Fortunately, one family member that is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident can petition the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to give a visa or green card to their foreign family members. The U.S. citizen or resident sponsors their loved one and agrees to be...
Mistakes that can sink a K-1 fiancé visa application
The K-1 visa – which people usually refer to as the fiancé or fiancée visa – is a popular option for international couples. The visa allows a non-American that is engaged to a U.S. citizen to legally come to the United States so the two can get married. That person...