Stephanie St. Louis is an experienced Immigration Lawyer in our Orlando, Florida office who can assist you with bringing your loved ones to the United States. These include petitions for a spouse, fiancé, child, sibling, or parent.

An Orlando Immigration Attorney can assist in petitioning for your children.

Parents can petition for their children at any age. However if the child is over 21 years of age there is a waiting period for the issuance of visa to enter the United States. Therefore it is important that if you feel your child is eligible that you apply for them before their 21st birthday to ensure that the visa is immediately available to them. If your son or daughter is over the age of 21, then they will need to wait for a priority date once their petition has been approved, and then file once their priority date becomes current.

Visas are immediately available to those parents who have a child in the United States who wish to apply for them. The child must be 21 years of age or older in order to be eligible to apply for their parents. If the parent entered legally, the son or daughter can apply for them by filing various forms with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. The son or daughter must be able to prove they can financially support their parents.

An Orlando, Florida Immigration Lawyer can assist in petitioning for your sibling.

Siblings can also apply for their sisters or brothers; however these visas are not immediately available. In these cases, the sibling must wait outside the United States until the visa becomes available. Once the visa is available, the beneficiary (the individual being petitioned for) will need to apply for residency at the United States Consulate office in the country of their residence. These petitions are pending for many years. Therefore, you should apply for your sister or brother as soon as you are able to do so.

There is hope for a person who entered illegally and wishes to adjust status through a qualifying relative. A person with a labor certification or a visa petition filed on their behalf on or before January 14, 1998 is qualified under §245(i). A person who has a labor certification or visa petition filed on their behalf after January 14, 1998, but on or before April 30, 2001, is also qualified for the benefits of §245(i) as long as they were physically present on December 21, 2000. The person who is eligible for 245(i) will need to file an additional form with their adjustment application and pay a $1,000.00 fee.

Do not delay your claims. Contact our United States Immigration Attorney today.

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