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Applying for just the right immigration status for you involves an analysis of your life, employment and family situation.
There may be more than one option available to you. Typically, a person comes to the United States first to visit. Most often this is the sole goal of entering this country.
Thereafter, circumstances evolve so as to create opportunities or desires to stay here for other reasons, and for various periods of time. Therefore, it is possible that one or more statuses can end up as part of your immigration path.
The Temporary Visas and Permanent Residence options contained in this section explain the various categories that exist under U.S. immigration laws. You can click on any of the visa options listed to get a detailed explanation of the specific options.
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ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS AND IMMIGRANT VISAS
Adjustment of status and immigrant visa processing are two ways of acheiving the goal of permanent residence ("green card") status. Adjustment of status occurs by a process in the U.S. and immigrant visa processing takes place outside the U.S. Depending on the circumstances of the case, as well as the current processing times will determine which way is best for you. If there are issues of status violation or unlawful presence, then adjustment of status may be the only choice. If there are no such issues, then I determine which procedure is best at the time of making the application. The application for either adjustment or immigrant visa is the last thing done in a case. Sometimes there are one or two procedures that occur before this last application, and these other procedures can takes months or many years to accomplish, and processing times are always changing. Therefore, the decision as to file by adjustment or immigrant visa is left to the time right before the application is made.
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