Goliad, TX Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

You can withdraw your application by sending U.S.C.I.S. a letter requesting the action and referencing the receipt number of the application. You will automatically revert to your previous status, F-2. Canceling the F-1 application should not affect any future changes of status. 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.

Perhaps. The more you are here the higher the burden to show you will return and your ties overseas. You are presumed to be an immigrant and must rebut that presumption with job and other information of your overseas connections.

Regrettably, there is no visa category by which a Lawful Permanent Resident (a "Green Card" holder) may petition for a parent. A Permanent Resident may, however, apply for a parent in the Immediate Relative visa category once the Permanent Resident becomes a naturalized U.S. citizen. Generally one may apply for naturalization as early as 90 days before the end of five years from the date he/she became a Permanent Resident (90 days before the end of three years for most Permanent Residents married to a U.S. citizen). 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.