An NC Immigration Attorney Can Help Reunite You with Your Family

If you are a US citizen living in North Carolina who has family and loved ones that you want to bring to the US legally, an NC immigration attorney can help you get the appropriate nonimmigrant visas. The visas that will help to reunite you with your family include I-130 visas as well as K-3 and K-4 visas that will allow them to stay in the US legally while awaiting the status of their visa petition for immigrant status. Permanent legal residents may also be eligible to bring their family to the United States legally. NC immigration lawyers can advise you as to which visa is the right visa to apply for under current immigration law and the required documentation to submit.

I-30 immigrant visas are open to spouses, children, parents and siblings of legal US residents and to spouses and children of permanent residents. V-category visas are open to spouses and minor unmarried children who have filed second preference status petitions on their behalf with the USCIS on or before December 21, 2000, as well as, in some cases, to unmarried minor grandchildren. K-category visas are available to those who have had an I-130 immigrant visa petition filed for them; K-3 visas are for spouses while K-4 is for unmarried minor children. As evidenced by the variety of visas and circumstances, immigration laws can be tough to navigate. North Carolina immigration lawyers can advise you as to which visa category applies to your family as well as what documents you have to provide. Such documents can include testimonies attesting to the validity of the relationships as well as birth and marriage certificates.

If your fiancée is a foreign national, you can bring him or her to the US legally under a K-1 visa so they can marry you within 90 days of their arrival. Your immigration attorney will advise you as to the eligibility requirements for a K-1 visa, the documentation required and the forms you need to file. In general, the couple must have met in person within the past two years, although exceptions may be permitted in cases of extreme difficulty for the US citizen or if meeting in person would violate strict and long-established customs of the sponsor’s or the fiancée’s culture or social practice.

In addition, if you are planning to adopt a child from abroad, immigration lawyers can help you navigate the process. Generally, adopted children are brought into the US under one of three processes, Hague Process, Orphan Process, or Other Adoption Immigration. Some portions of the process cannot be handled by the adoption agency and necessitate the consultation of an experienced immigration lawyer. NC residents have an array of lawyers to choose from and Greensboro naturalization attorneys can be especially helpful. It should also be noted that the child is not automatically conferred US citizenship and may have to undergo a domestic re-adoption process.

An attorney specializing in international immigrations can look at your particular case and tell you which visa is appropriate and what is required. In particular, an immigration attorney will advise you as to the requirements you will have to fulfill under Greensboro immigration and naturalization law, such as encouraging North Carolina residents to legalize the adoption through local courts as state law does not distinguish between domestic and inter-country adoptions.