Family Immigration

Having your first child is an exciting time. Yet, if you left your home country to come and live in the U.S., it can also be a sad time. If your parents remain back home, they will miss out on your child growing up. Grandparents play an essential role in a child’s...

Being separated from your child is difficult, but sometimes life requires difficult decisions. You may have had to end an unhappy marriage or travel for work. When there are laws effectively preventing you from reuniting, you may feel isolated and alone. Sometimes, a...

When permanent resident status is based on a relatively new marriage, it is not uncommon for the  status to be tied to several conditions. For example, if the marriage is less than two years old on the date when the United States granted permanent residence status,...

Many foreign nationals move to Texas by obtaining a fiancé visa. The K-1 nonimmigrant visa is a way for U.S. citizens to bring their foreign fiancés into the country. After the marriage takes place in the U.S., the foreign spouse will then be eligible to apply for...

If you have a family member living outside or in the U.S. as a foreign national, you may want to help them obtain permanent residency and eventually citizenship. Here is a guide on how to initiate the process. What is family-based immigration? The Immigration and...

In Texas, a provisional unlawful presence waiver is a family immigration document used by candidates seeking immigration visas. The group includes the family-sponsored, the gainfully employed and Diversity Visa applicants. What the waiver does The provisional unlawful...

Federal immigration law stipulates that any child born in the United States is an American citizen. However, there are plenty of Texas parents who are hoping to acquire citizenship for their children without meeting this criterion. What does it take to become a...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have the right to marry via the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause. This applies in all 50 states and to immigrants. You can sponsor a same-sex spouse for an immigrant visa in Texas because you and...

Same-sex marriages have been legal in Texas since the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges decision from the Supreme Court. This decision allows gay and lesbian couples to join together in matrimony. It also provides same-sex couples with the same legal considerations as...