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Sep 19

I Recently Married A US Citizen and He Is Abusive – Can I Divorce Him Without Losing My Green Card?

There is a law called the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA) which applies to both male and female victims who are married to US citizen or legal permanent resident.

If there is domestic violence, which can be physical or mental, the alien may apply on her own to adjust her status for lawful permanent residence. In order to receive this status adjustment, the alien must show proof of the physical or mental abuse.

Proof of abuse can be: Read more

Sep 12

I’ve Been In The US Over 10 years and I Have US Children – What Happens If I’m Arrested?

If you have been in the US for at least 10 years and have US children – or a relative who is a legal permanent resident or citizen – you may apply for “Cancellation of Removal” in Immigration Court, meaning that you may be able to stay in the United States even though you are not currently a legal resident.

In order to persuade the immigration judge to allow you to remain in the US, you and your attorney would have to prove that there would be “an extreme and unusual hardship” to your children and/or family members if you had to return home. This must be something more than a change in economic circumstances or the fact that your children may not be fluent in your native language, for example. Instead, you would have to show that some real harm would befall your family members. Usually, this involves a serious medical condition that your relative is being treated for in the US and such treatment is not available in your home country. Read more

Sep 5

What Happens If I’m Arrested and Taken To Immigration Jail?

First, you will be given a “Notice to Appear.” This document tells you why you are in immigration jail, which is often that you have violated the terms of your visa or entered the US without a visa or committed certain crimes. The notice to appear will also specify if you will be deported if you are found guilty.

You will then be scheduled to appear before an immigration judge. In Colorado, there is an immigration courtroom at the Detention Facility. When you appear, you may ask the Judge for more time to hire an attorney, and if your request is granted your case may be continued for 1-2 months. You may also ask the Judge if you may post bond and be released from jail.

If you do not want to contest your notice, you may also ask the Judge for Voluntary Departure (VD). This means that Read more

Sep 2

How Do The Police Find Undocumented Aliens?

Logically, there are countless ways that police can discover an undocumented alien. However, these are the most common ways that undocumented aliens are found in Colorado:

1. A tip from someone at a workplace. An undocumented alien could be arrested at their workplace if the Immigration and Customs Enforcement “ICE” officers receive information that undocumented aliens are illegally working at a particular business. Sometimes, the ICE will investigate the business and show up with buses to arrest any and all undocumented aliens working there.

2. A traffic stop. An undocumented alien Read more

Sep 1

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Common Green Card Interview Questions

Before spouses or a fiancés can receive their green cards, they will need to submit to a fraud interview. The U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Agency asks these questions to ensure that people applying for Green Cards are not doing so in order to defraud the government.

In the event that fraud is suspected, these people will have to meet with someone from the fraud unit for an interview. The interview will be for both the U.S. citizen and the spouse-to-be seeking the Green Card, but they will be granted their own appointments to meet with the interviewer separately. The interviewer then compares the answers that each person gave during the interview.

Questions Asked During the Green Card Interview

Common green card interview questions asked of all couples:

  • What is your age? Birth date? Spouse’s age and birth date?
  • What is your name?
  • Where do you live?
  • When were you born?
  • What is your spouse’s name?
  • Where does your spouse live?
  • When was your spouse born?
  • Where did you first meet? How were you introduced?
  • When was your first date?
  • Where did the two of you meet?
  • Please describe how the meeting went.
  • Did you give each other your phone numbers or email addresses at that time?
  • When did you have your first date?
  • Where was each of you living when you first met?
  • What are the things both of you like?
  • When was the last time you ate out together? Where did you go?
  • When was the engagement?
  • What did you do on your last visit with each other?
  • Do you smoke? Does your fiance/spouse?
  • When do you call each other on the telephone and how often do you do this?

Common green card interview questions for engaged couples: Read more