Application to register permanent residence or adjust status
Adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident
Getting the Green Card through this is the procedure whereby you can obtain your Green Card without having to leave the United States, or to go to a United States Consulate for an interview.
There are numerous ways to adjust your status. Firstly, you should always determine if you are under 245(i) to see if you can adjust even if you are here illegally.
Adjusting based on asylee status.
We will provide immigration services done by a professional who knows all the laws of immigration and nationality law and will determine if you qualify for adjustment inside the U.S.
Not only will we prepare all of the necessary applications, but we can also attend the interview with the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. Normally, this results in the entire process going smoothly and without any problems. Of course, if any problems arise, we know how to properly handle and take care of them.
TPS and Adjusting.
The entire purpose of the adjustment of status is to be able to stay in the U.S. Therefore, if you qualify and your already in the U.S., then you can apply for the adjustment of status to obtain lawful permanent residency.
You must be filed in the proper place
It will depend where you are living and what issues exist in your case, but that is the typical time. An application to adjust based on a marriage petition will take the typical same amount of time.
Note that just because you might get a work permit, does not mean you will automatically qualify for the green card.
Our national immigration law firm has over 20 years of experience in preparing adjustment of status applications. Note that just because it is filed does not mean you qualify.
This Petition can be family, employment or Self Petition based
Adjustment of Status applications can be based on family based petitions, employment based petitions, self-petitions, compliance with criminal related non-immigrant visa petitions, diversity lottery petitions as well as a variety of different types of investment visa petitions.
Moreover, you will not be able to normally apply for U.S. Citizenship and obtain a U.S. Passport until years after you have obtained the Green Card through the adjustment of status application.
Be careful to remain in the U.S. once the adjustment of status application is filed. If you leave without getting permission, then you will have abandoned the adjustment of status application.
Moreover, many times people can come here to the U.S. on various non-immigrant visas such as an H-1B, B-2, F-1 or a variety of other visas and then at the appropriate time file for adjustment of status to become a permanent resident of the United States.
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