Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
The immigration guide used by thousands of bi-national couples.
Engaged or married to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident? You probably deserve a U.S. immigrant visa or green card. But the forms and paperwork can be intimidatingly complicated, the U.S. government makes communicating with it difficult, and delays are inevitable. Fortunately, this easy-to-use guide puts all the information you need in one place.
Fianc & Marriage Visas helps you make sure you're truly eligible and to decide the fastest and best application strategy--whether you're engaged or already married, and living in the U.S. or overseas. You'll be able to:
- make sure you won't face legal barriers to immigrating
- plan the best application strategy (for example, adjustment of status vs. consular processing)
- make your way through the U.S. immigration bureaucracy
- collect, prepare, and manage the required forms and paperwork
- prepare for interviews with U.S. officials
- prove your marriage is the real thing, not a sham
- deal with the two-year testing period for new marriages, and
- find out what to do if your application is denied.
Plus,
Fianc & Marriage Visas gives you helpful advice on protecting and renewing your green-card status. It also provides samples of essential forms to guide you, and shows you how to find them online.
This edition is updated with the latest fees, sample forms, and application procedures.
Synopsis
The book that's helped thousands of couples live in the U.S. together
You're engaged or married to a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, and all you want is the right to be together in the United States. Should be simple, right? It's not. The pile of application forms can be overwhelming, the bureaucracy isn't helpful, and delays are inevitable. This book will help you succeed.
- Discover the fastest and best application strategy.
- Avoid common--and serious--mistakes.
- Prepare for meetings with officials.
- Prove your marriage is real--not a fraud.
- Deal with the two-year testing period for new marriages.
The 11th edition covers the latest, higher income requirements, easing of Trump-era regulations that put more immigrants at risk of being denied visas as a likely "public charge," and a new COVID vaccine requirement. It also provides handy checklists and illustrative sample forms.
Use this book if you are living in the United States or overseas and:
- your fianc is a U.S. citizen
- your spouse is a U.S. citizen, or
- your spouse is a U.S. permanent resident.
Ilona Bray began practicing immigration law because of her concern with international human rights issues. She is the author of Becoming a U.S. Citizen and U.S. Immigration Made Easy, both published by Nolo. Check out her immigration-related postings on Nolo's blog.