Family-Based Immigration
The United States has long held the establishment and reunification of families to be of highest priority in our society. Mooers Immigration helps unite families and is committed to assisting individuals and families with their immigration and nationality needs.
Mr. Mooers’ family-based immigration practice focuses on advising U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents through the time and detail-intensive process of bringing a fiancé, spouse or other family member for legal permanent residence either through adjustment of status or consular processing. Working closely with the individual or family involved, our attorneys devise a course of action that is expertly tailored to each client’s unique situation. Over the past decade, we have worked to bring about successful outcomes involving a wide array of individual and family immigration matters, including:
Marriage-Based Petitions
Fiancé Visas
Visas for Parents
Visas for Sons/Daughters
Visas for Brothers/Sisters
Marriage-Based Petitions
A foreign national who marries a U.S. citizen residing in the U.S. is automatically eligible for a Green Card based on the marriage. The foreign national spouse is considered an “immediate relative” for purpose of obtaining lawful permanent residency. USCIS has set the threshold for establishing a “bona fide” marriage extremely high, requiring extensive documentation and an in-depth interview with government officials to make certain that the marriage is valid. Mooers Immigration has assisted hundreds of couples through this exhaustive and stressful process.
Fiancé Visas
A U.S. citizen with a foreign national fiancé may apply for a fiancé (K-1) visa. Once a visa is granted, the fiancé then enters the country.
Visas for Parents
As “immediate relatives,” parents of U.S. citizens may immigrate to the U.S. on a family-based petition. In most cases, visa numbers are immediately available for these individuals to apply for their green cards.
Visas for Sons/Daughters
Like parents of U.S. citizens, sons and daughters of U.S. citizens who are unmarried and under 21 years of age are immediately eligible to apply for lawful permanent residence.
Visas for Brothers/Sisters
Brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens (and their eligible immediate family members) fall into the 4th preference category.
The waiting periods for non-immediate relative visa applications falling within the four family-based preference categories are reported in the Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. State Department.