IMB Immigration Law

  At  IMB Immigration Law , we provide immigration services for Green Card petitions and consular visa processing. Green card holders are also called Legal Permanent Residents (LPR). LPR’s have a residency obligation in the US under which they cannot remain outside of the US for more than a year unless they have sought advance permission to do so. Any LPR who returns to the United States from overseas trip may be questioned regarding his or her LPR status meaning whether he or she has abandoned or given up the LPR status. A Green card holder presents the GC to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer at the port of entry. GC is a primary requirement but may not be enough evidence that the LPR is “returning from a temporary visit abroad.”  Thus, the burden is on the returning LPR to establish that his or her visit abroad was intended to be “temporary” and that his or her actions have been consistent with that intention. Re-Entering United States In order to be ...

  At   IMB Immigration Law , we provide immigration services for Green Card petitions and consular visa processing. Marriage to a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident of the US allows the foreign spouse to apply for Green Card directly. If you marry a U.S. citizen, you become your spouse’s “immediate relative,” and it makes you eligible to immigrate to US permanently to live with your spouse. Marriage In India In most cases where the spouse is in India, the marriage has taken place in India according to the local customs. The US citizen or LPR spouse travelled to India to get married to the Indian national spouse. The petition process is initiated by filing Form I-130 with USCIS. Once I-130 petition is approved, the Indian national must complete the visa paperwork and complete the visa processing at the US consulate in Mumbai. Mumbai consulate handles all the family based petitions now and all interviews are scheduled at Mumbai. The approximate time taken is around 1...