Law Offices of C. Antonio Delgado

  How Divorce can affect your immigration status? Many people have gained their conditional resident status via the process of marrying a U.S. citizen. But things go wrong and not every relationship meets its happy ending so what will happen to that person’s immigration status if they divorce their partner due to unfortunate reasons? Firstly you’ll need to confirm whether you are still in conditional status or not. Conditional status means that you have conditional permanent residency. A person entering the US on a fiancée v isa requires to get married within 90 days of their arrival to obtain a green card. After the marriage, you are considered a conditional resident for two years.   These 2 years are used to check if the couple married with good faith or was it just to obtain the green card. Failure to maintain the relationship for 2 years or filing for a divorce while you are still under the probation period can affect your immigration status in the U.S. How to a...

  It  is the most widely used employment-based  method  for obtaining a green card. A U.S. employer  must  prove that no minimally qualified U.S. workers  are available  for the position once  it has been "certified" by  the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) . The Employment and Training Administration of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) manages the permanent labor certification programmers (or PERM) (ETA). Its main goal is to see if hiring a non-U.S. citizen employee will hinder similarly qualified American workers from getting similar jobs. ETA assesses whether hiring a non-citizen will have a negative impact on the working conditions or earnings of U.S. workers in a similar profession. Basic Requirements for Labor Certification Applications Full-time employee : - A   foreign   worker  must  be   hired  as a full-time employee, not  on a  part-time  basis . Perman...