Madeira Beach, FL Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

You have to petition your wife by filing an I-130 petition. Since you are a legal permanent resident it will take 3 to 5 years for her to be able to immigrant to the U.S. If you were married at the time you got your Green Card you wife may qualify as a derivative beneficiary. If so, it would take 6-12 months for her to immigrant to the U.S.

Whether your spouse can continue to work under a receipt for filing a new application for employment authorization depends upon whether the application was submitted prior to the expiration of his former EAD and whether the application was in the same category for which he was previously approved. Under his political asylum application, the legend on the employment authorization card was (C) (8). If the new application was timely filed under the same (C) (8) category, he would be authorized for employment while awaiting a decision by U.S.C.I.S. On the other hand, if he applied for a new EAD under the legend for adjustment of status, (C) (9), he would not be authorized for work during the pendency of the application even if timely filed. He would have to wait until U.S.C.I.S. made a decision on the application. 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.  

The immigration service is currently processing NIW cases that were filed in October of last year.  The filing fee for the I-140 is $580.00.  I charge $3000.00 to prepare and file all the documents needed to obtain an NIW.