Archive for July, 2009

Same-Sex Couples Fight for the Right to Immigrate to the U.S.A

by Art Saborio

Same-Sex couples and immigration officials will join on the battlefield shortly as congress prepares to address this controversial issue. For anyone getting ready to submit their application for a K1 Visa, this change will not affect you. Yet for those that have been shut out of the process because of gender, this will greatly impact you.

Coming in front of congress is a bill that would allow same sex couples the right to immigrate to the U.S.A under the I-129 K1 Visa.

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How To Avoid K1 Visa and Green Card Immigration Issues. Avoid USCIS Deportation

by Art Saborio

A few months ago I received an email from a man that was going through the marriage visa process. He had successfully acquired the K1 Visa and then proceeded to apply for the I-485 Adjustment of Status to Immigrant U.S Resident. This is what is known as the green card marriage or going from the K1 Visa into the green card process. It allows a spouse that has come from a foreign land to remain in the USA for a period of two years. It is conditional, but as long as the foreign spouse remains married, no immigration issues will can present themselves.

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