Lone Tree, CO Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

It can be frustrating that your petition's processing will take nearly 4 times longer when it would in another Service Center. However, the processing time does not matter in this case because the priority date for F2A category (spouses and children of permanent residents) now is June 1, 2010. This means that your wife will not receive her immigrant visa for another 20 months or, possibly, a bit longer. Her place in the queue is determined by the date of filing of the immigrant petition (the Priority Date marked on the Form I-797 receipt notice that you received from USCIS), not by the date of approval of the petition.

More importantly, it will take many years for the I-130 to become current and while an H-1B can have dual intent, it may later affect a B2 Visa. Your sibling should do a PERM. *PERM Labor Certification* A Labor Certification is an application filed by your future employer. Labor Certification is now known as PERM and moves through the system much faster than before. In fact, if everything goes smoothly, after filing the Labor Certification, it could take only 60 days. This is years faster than before. It is an offer of employment that will allow you to work for that employer when you get your Green Card. My office prepares the paperwork and application and then sends it out for signature to you and your employer. We guide both of you through the entire process so that you will never wonder what to do next. Please note that even though the Labor Certification process is much faster, that it is still taking years for the visa number to become current.

Did you already have an interview with USCIS? If so, were you represented by an attorney? That attorney should advise you and your wife of the consequences of fraud before USCIS. If neither you or your wife had an attorney, you should retain one.