Dowagiac, MI Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

I have some bad news for you: you cannot help your parents. Under the immigration law as it exists today, they cannot get green cards because they did not enter the U.S. legally. There might be an "immigration consultant" or even an attorney who will tell them to go back to their country so they could get green cards through the U.S. consul. Such an adviser is either ignorant of the law - or simply does not care about anything except getting paid for "handling" your case. The law is clear: if your parents leave the U.S., they will not come back for, at least, 10 years. The existing waivers of this 10-year bar do not apply to parents of U.S. citizens. So, don't get conned. As you likely heard, the President and the Congress are working on an immigration law reform. The new law might give people like your parents a way to become legal residents of this country. But the reform is no closer to be enacted today than it was a year ago. So you can wait for our elected representatives to complete their negotiations over the pork barrels that must be conceded in exchange for recognition of your parents' basic rights. Or you can try letting your congressman or senator know how you feel about this issue. Or, better yet, you might look around for a community group or organization that advocates for the immigration reform and join it. After all, this is the idea of citizenship - that changes to the better happen when we make them happen.

It seems you may be eligible. But there are whole lot of inadmissibility issues that an attorney would consider in any adjustment case. Immigration matters are complicated and sometimes the damage may not be repairable.