Adjustments of Status

Please refer to the family-based immigration petitions section before reading this section. 

If are a United States citizen and your spouse, parent or child entered the United States using a valid visa, has been paroled into the country or is grandfathered under 245(i) (petition filed before April 30, 2001) that relative is eligible to adjust status to permanent residency inside the United States.  This can be a faster and easier process than consular processing abroad because your relative will not to wait for a consular appointment, travel abroad to attend that appointment or await the approval of any needed inadmissibility waivers abroad (which can take years).  It is also easier to have direct contact with the government office having jurisdiction over her.  You may need a waiver if you have certain criminal covictions or if you have ever misrepresented a material fact in obtaining an immigration benefit.  We handle waivers of inadmissibility all the time.

Call us to see whether your relative will face any inadmissibility issues before you apply for adjustment of status, otherwise your relative could be denied status and possibly be put into removal proceedings.