[vc_row content_width="grid" triangle_shape="no" css=".vc_custom_1447926565788{padding-top: 70px !important;}"][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-12"][vc_column_text css=""] Home › Immigration & USCIS News › Can Your U.S. Citizen Uncle Sponsor You for a Green Card? Can Your U.S. Citizen Uncle (or Aunt) Sponsor You for a Green Card? This is a common question...
Continue reading[vc_row content_width="grid" triangle_shape="no" css=".vc_custom_1447926565788{padding-top: 70px !important;}"][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-12"][vc_column_text css=""] USCIS Marriage & I-751 Interview Questions: What Applicants Are Really Asking If you spend time reading immigration discussions online — especially on Reddit — you’ll notice the same marriage-based USCIS interview concerns repeated again...
Continue reading[vc_row content_width="grid" triangle_shape="no" css=".vc_custom_1447926565788{padding-top: 70px !important;}"][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-12"][vc_column_text css=""] Tip for 2026: USCIS evaluates whether a couple shares a real life together—housing, finances, routines, and family integration—not just whether they have a marriage certificate. As an experienced lawyer handling marriage green cards in...
Continue reading[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] MARRIAGE BASED GREEN CARD ISSUES: 2025 UPDATE I have been helping couples with marriage green cards for over twenty years, and one question I get a lot is what the USCIS looks for when considering the legitimacy of a...
Continue reading[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text css=""] Chicago business owner Nenko Gantchev dies in ICE custody after court-ordered release was stayed A Chicago-area small business owner, Nenko (Nenko Stanev) Gantchev, died in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody on December 15, 2025, while detained at the...
Continue readingOn December 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced that it will expand its online presence review requirement to all H-1B principal applicants and H-4 dependents, effective December 15, 2025. DOS had already imposed similar screening on F,...
Continue reading[vc_row content_width="grid" triangle_shape="no" css=".vc_custom_1447926565788{padding-top: 70px !important;}"][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-12"][mkd_blockquote text="Can I safely travel domestically if I am out of status?"][vc_empty_space height="45px"][vc_column_text css=""][mkd_dropcaps type="normal" color="#c18f59" background_color=""]C[/mkd_dropcaps]an I safely travel by airline, domestically?” I am regularly asked that question by people who are...
Continue reading[vc_row triangle_shape="no"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_width="grid" triangle_shape="no" css=".vc_custom_1447926565788{padding-top: 70px !important;}"][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-12"][mkd_blockquote text="Lying about a marriage is not fatal to green card aspirations, as long as there was no marriage to begin with...
Continue reading[vc_row content_width="grid" triangle_shape="no" css=".vc_custom_1447926565788{padding-top: 70px !important;}"][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-12"][vc_column_text] How Many I-130 Petitions? The Board of Immigration Appeals answered this question by saying "at least 3" I-130 petitions for a marriage green card case. In the case, a United States citizen petitioner applied for...
Continue reading[vc_row content_width="grid" triangle_shape="no" css=".vc_custom_1447926565788{padding-top: 70px !important;}"][vc_column offset="vc_col-lg-9 vc_col-md-12"][vc_column_text] CHICAGO IMMIGRATION COURT EOIR to Relocate Chicago Immigration Court’s Main Location FALLS CHURCH, VA – The Chicago Immigration Court’s main location at 525 W. Van Buren Street will close for relocation on July 13, 2023....
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