Canyon, TX Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

If you did not get a salary and were not paid for helping, you shouldn't have a problem. If the matter comes up at the interview, tell the officer the truth and that you were helping your aunt at her business and was not paid. They may want a statement from your aunt that you were only helping out. If there is something that was not mentioned in your question, the I suggest that you contact an experienced immigration attorney for a face-to-face consultation and give him/her all of the facts surrounding your case. He/she would then be in a better position to analyze you case and advise you of your options.

I am sorry to learn of the problems you are encountering with your marriage. Often it is helpful to seek advice and assistance from a couples counseling professional to try to resuscitate a marriage, and to consult with a domestic relations attorneys about rights and obligations in the event of a divorce. Regarding immigration issues for Conditional Residents (so-called holders of "two-year Green Cards"), if the couple is not living together when it becomes time to petition for removal of the condition and/or if U.S. spouse is not willing to petition jointly with the foreign national spouse, and if instead the couple becomes divorced, then the foreign national spouse alone may petition to remove the condition and seek a waiver of the usual requirement that both spouses petition jointly. To succeed, it generally is necessary to supply ample documentary evidence to show that the couple lived together in a bona fide marriage notwithstanding that the marriage did not last. A U.S. Citizen spouse cannot have her foreign national spouse deported, only immigration authorities can initiate removal (deportation) processes. Immigration authorities are accustomed to unhappy spouses contacting them to make allegations about their foreign national spouses, and they generally do not give priority or take action on account of those contacts. Some immigration law firms, including mine, offer legal services on a "flat fee" basis so that a client will know the total expense from the very beginning, and a few immigration law firms, including mine, offer an initial consultation free of charge.

  U.S.C.I.S. will normally allow an I-485 to be filed with the receipt of an I-130 where the I-130 has not yet been approved when there is visa availability. The difference in your case is that the I-130 has already been approved. Although these are uncertain times, I believe that a reasonable U.S.C.I.S. clerk/officer should allow the filing. You may wish to attach a letter explaining what happened to the approval of the I-130. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence.