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Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status This form is used to extend Nonimmigrant Visa Status for most nonimmigrants including B-1/B-2, H-4, & TD. To complete the necessary forms we require a copy of: Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $29 Why Do You Need to Ask to Change to a New Nonimmigrant Category? A nonimmigrant temporarily enters the United States for a specific purpose such as business, study, temporary employment or pleasure. When you are admitted into the United States, a U.S. official will assign you a nonimmigrant category according to the purpose of your visit. If you want to change the purpose of your visit while you are in the United States, then you or, in some cases, your employer must ask the Immigration and Naturalization Service to change your nonimmigrant status. For instance, if you arrived here as a tourist, but want to become a student, you must submit an application to change your status with the INS. If you do not apply to change your nonimmigrant status, you will be breaking U.S. immigration laws. Proof that you are willing to obey U.S. laws may be important if you want to travel to the United States as an immigrant or nonimmigrant in the future. You may also become subject to removal (deportation) if you break U.S. immigration laws. Petition for Alien Relative - Non Spouse This form is used for a Citizen or Permanent Resident to petition the INS to grant permanent Residency (Green Card Holder) to a relative. To complete the necessary forms we require a copy of: Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $ 64.95-349.95 (depending on the facts of your situation) Petition for Alien Relative - Spouse $75 This form is used to petition the INS to grant permanent residency to the spouse of a U.S. Citizen. In most cases, this form may be filed concurrently with the Adjustment of Status application package. To complete the necessary forms we require a copy of: Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $74.95-349.95(depending on the facts of your situation) Adjustment of Status These forms are used by the beneficiary of an approved petition ( I-130 ) to claim permanent residency without leaving the United States. To complete the necessary forms we require a copy of: Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $249.95-349.95 (depending on the facts of your situation) Application for Travel Document This form is used to seek a variety of travel documents from the INS. a. Advanced Parole Document (or permission to depart from the USA during the pendency of the Adjustment application), it may be filed concurrently with the Adjustment of Status Application. Adjustment Applicants that have accrued more then six months of out of status time are not eligible for an advanced parole. To complete the necessary forms you will need two green card style photos. b. Reentry Permit, allowing a Green Card Holder to reside outside the USA for up to a two yeartwo-year period. To complete the necessary forms you will need two green card style photos. Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $29.95-99.95 (depending on the facts of your situation What is a travel document and who needs one? If you are not a U.S. citizen, you may need permission to return to the United States after traveling abroad. This permission is granted through a travel document. Travel documents are also given to people who want to travel, but cannot get a passport from their country of nationality. You should apply for one of the following travel documents before you leave the United States: Advance parole may also be sought by people who need to travel to the United States temporarily for a humanitarian emergency. Advance authorization for parole cannot be used to circumvent normal visa issuing procedures or processing delays. Someone in the United States may file such Humanitarian Parole application for you, or you may file for yourself. For more information, click here. Application for Employment Authorization This form is used to seek Employment Authorization for a variety of individuals. May be concurrently filed with the Adjustment Application. See the form instructions for the laundry list of eligible people (there are at least 30+ eligibility categories for this form). To complete the necessary forms you will need two green card style photos. Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $49.95-754.95 (depending on the facts of your situation) Affidavit of Support This form is used to overcome the public charge grounds of inadmissibility for either immigrant (Green Card) or nonimmigrant visa applicants. To complete the necessary forms we require a copy of: Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $99.95. What is an Affidavit of Support? If you are bringing a relative to live permanently in the United States, you must accept legal responsibility for financially supporting this family member. You accept this responsibility and become your relative's sponsor by completing and signing a document called an affidavit of support. This legally enforceable responsibility lasts until your relative becomes a U.S. citizen or can be credited with 40 quarters of work (usually 10 years.) For Whom is an Affidavit of Support Required? You must complete and submit an affidavit of support, INS Form I-864, if you are bringing a relative to the United States. (This means that you filed or are filing an INS Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative or INS Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as Immediate Relative. See our list of How Do I's? for more information on bringing relatives to the United States). An affidavit of support, INS Form I-864, is required for all immediate relatives of U.S. citizens (which include parents, spouses, and unmarried children under the age of 21, including orphans) and relatives who qualify for immigration to the United States under one of the family-based preferences: You must also complete an affidavit of support if you are a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident and filed an employment-based immigration petition (INS Form I-140) for a relative or if you have a significant ownership interest (5 percent or more) in a business that filed an employment-based immigrant petition for your relative. Persons whom INS has approved as self-petitioning widows or widowers or battered spouses and children are exempt from this requirement. (These individuals file an INS Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er) or Special Immigrant. For more information, please see How Do I Apply for Immigration Benefits as a Battered Spouse or Child?). Relatives who enter as refugees or asylees also do not require affidavits of support. For more information, please see How Do I Get Resettled in the United States as a Refugee? or How Do I Apply for Asylum in the U.S.? All relatives for whom you file a separate I-130 or I-140 petition must have an original affidavit of support and accompanying documentation. You may submit photocopies of the affidavit of support you complete for your relative for any spouse or children immigrating with your relative and listed on the petition. You do not need to photocopy the accompanying documentation for these family members How Do I File an Affidavit of Support? You should complete an I-864 Affidavit of Support when your relative has been scheduled for an immigrant visa interview with a consular officer overseas or when your relative is about to submit an application for adjustment to permanent resident status with INS or with an Immigration Court in the United States. If you have a joint sponsor, the joint sponsor must also complete INS Form I-864 at this time. If you are using the income of other household members to qualify, then each household member who is accepting legal responsibility for supporting your relative must complete a separate INS Form I-864A, Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member. What are the income requirements for an Affidavit of Support? You also must meet certain income requirements (whether you are a sponsor, a joint sponsor, or a substitute sponsor). You must show that your household income is equal to or higher than 125 percent of the U.S. poverty level for your household size (See table below.) Your household size includes you, your dependents, any relatives living with you, and the immigrants you are sponsoring. For example, if you have a spouse and two children and you want to sponsor your brother and his wife, you must prove that your household income is equal to or higher than 125 percent of the U.S. poverty level for a family of six, or $30,325, from the table below. You must also include in your household size any immigrants you have previously sponsored under this part of the law. In the above example, if you had previously sponsored your parents and your sister, your household size would be nine persons and you would need a household income of $41,875 ($38,025 + $3,850). If you, the sponsor, are on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, and the immigrant you are sponsoring is your spouse or child, your income only needs to equal 100 percent of the U.S. poverty level for your family size. Petition to Remove Condition on Permanent Residence This form is used to remove the condition on permanent residence for those that have one. To complete the necessary forms we require a copy of: Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $99.95 Application for Naturalization This form is used for an eligible non-citizen to become a U.S. Citizen. To complete the necessary forms we require a clear copy of the green card and you will need two green card style photos Phone Call with an Immigration Attorney - $34.95 We can complete the necessary forms and mail them to you with filing instructions for an additional $149.95 |
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