Immigration Questions

• Who may be able to obtain temporary visas
  
  
• Who may be able to obtain permanent residency
  
  
• Who may obtain citizenship
  
  
• Who needs to come see a lawyer before leaving the country
  
  
• Who needs to speak to a lawyer before attending a consular interview
  
  
• Who may be able to obtain lawful permanent status, at least for some time
  
  
• Whom we may be able to help in a deportation proceeding
  
  
• Others who should come talk to us

• Canadian and Mexican professionals who have an offer of employment
  
  
• College graduates who have a job offer
  
  
• People who have the equivalent of a college degree in work experience and who have a job offer
  
  
• People who have worked in foreign companies as executives or managers in one of the past three years and who have a job offer to work in the United States as executives or managers in a subsidiary or affiliate of the foreign parent
  
  
• People who have an offer of employment for which the need is temporary
  
  
• Farm workers who have an offer of employment to work on U.S. farms
  
  
• People who would like to obtain a visa to study in the U.S
  
  
• People who would like to participate in an internship program in the U.S.
  
  
• People who would like to work as summer camp counselors
  
  
• Teachers, researchers, scholars who have offers to perform their respective tasks in the U.S.
  
  
• Those who have been members of a religious faith in the last two years and who have an offer to work in a religious occupation for a religious entity in the U.S.
  
  
• Those who have at least $100,000 to invest in the American economy
  
  
• H1B workers who have been laid off or fired
  
  
• Entertainers, artists, high-end chefs, and motion picture and television producers who have a distinguished reputation in their respective fields
  
  
• Foreign nurses
  
  
• People who are here on one visa and would like to extend their status or change status to another category
  
  
• Certain people who are/or could be witnesses and informants in criminal or counter-terrorist investigations and prosecutions
  
  
• Certain people who are victims of trafficking in persons
  
  
• Certain people who are victims of crimes and who have suffered substantial physical or mental abuse
  
  
• American citizens who would like to marry their fiancés in the United States

• Domestic violence victims who are married to American citizens or permanent residents and who have been physically or mentally battered
  
  
• Children of American citizens or permanent residents who have been physically or mentally battered by their citizen or permanent resident parent
  
  
• Persons who are persecuted in their home countries on account of faith, nationality, ethnic group, race, political opinion, or social group
  
  
• Persons who have a job offer for permanent employment
  
  
• Aliens who can immigrate without a job offer because they are considered "extraordinary" in their respective fields
  
  
• Winners of the lottery, which awards visas randomly to people from countries whose nationals are underrepresented in the U.S.
  
  
• Brothers and sisters of American citizens
  
  
• Unmarried sons and daughters of permanent residents
  
  
• Spouses of permanent residents
  
  
• Spouses of American citizens
  
  
• Parents of American citizens
  
  
• Stepchildren of American citizens and permanent residents
  
  
• Children adopted by American citizens or permanent residents
  
  
• Certain nationals of Vietnam, Cuba and Haiti
  
  
• People who have lived in the United States since 1972, whether in legal or illegal status
  
  
• Certain relatives of asylum grantees
  
  
• Those who have at least $500,000 to invest in the American economy
  
  
• Certain relatives of American citizens who come here on a tourist visa or visa waiver and decide that they would like to stay
  
  
• Conditional residents who have become separated or estranged from their spouses and who are facing a visa interview
  
  
• An immigrant juvenile who has been declared dependent on a juvenile court located in the United States

• People who have been lawful green card holders for either five or three years
  
  
• Certain people who have served in active duty in the American armed forces
  
  
• Certain children of American citizen parents
  
  
• Certain children of permanent resident parents
  
  
• Certain people who have served in the American armed forces
  
  
• Certain spouses of American citizens
  
  
• Certain people whose grandparents or great grandparents (or those of their spouses) applied for permanent residency, provided the grandparent or great grandparents were natives of the Western Hemisphere

• Permanent residents who are leaving for longer than six months
  
  
• Permanent residents who have a criminal conviction
  
  
• Permanent residents who are leaving their U.S. residence to stay abroad for longer than one year
  
  
• Applicants for adjustment of status who have travel permits and have been in the U.S. out of status or with no authorization
  

• Applicants for tourist visas and other nonimmigrant visas
  
  
• Applicants who are attending interviews for permanent residency

• Someone who comes from a country which is either in a civil war or has suffered some natural catastrophe which has resulted in chaoss
  
  
• People who are afraid of returning to their country for a fear of being tortured or persecuted

• Permanent residents who have lived here at least seven years and have a green card for at least five years
  
  
• Illegal aliens who have lived here at least ten years and who have an American citizen relative such as a spouse, children, or parent
  
  
• People who have never been deported before and would like to avoid a deportation
  
  
• People who have a legal basis to be able to ask for adjustment of status or naturalization
  
  
• People who are afraid of returning to their countries because they fear they will be tortured or persecuted

• Anyone who has criminal convictions and is going to a naturalization interview or a green card interview
  
  
• Anyone with HIV or other infectious diseases who is going to a green card interview
  
  
• Anyone who is out of status for more than one year, does not qualify for 245i and has a consular interview abroad
  
  
• Employers who need to know how to be in compliance with I-9 requirements
  
  
• Certain people who have been out of status for six months, but less than one year, who would like to correct their immigration record