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Marriage Green Card Checklist (2026): 8 Essential Steps

[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...

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Marriage-Based Green Cards: USCIS “RED FLAGS” for marriage-based green card cases (Updated December 2025)

[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...

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ICE and GEO Face Questions Over Medical Care After Detainee Nenko Gantchev Dies in ICE Custody

[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...

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MARRIAGE: CA1 Upholds BIA’s Finding That Petitioner Had Not Entered into Marriage in Good Faith

MARRIAGE BASED GREEN CARD DENIAL The First Circuit found that it lacked jurisdiction to evaluate the IJ’s credibility determinations or to reexamine the weight given to certain evidence. The court then held that, considering the totality of the record, substantial evidence...

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