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There are many different visas available to the non-immigrant or immigrant. Depending on your purpose and situation, I can advise you on which visa best suites your particular situation and the strategy involved in getting one!

• Foreign Government Officials
  • Visa classification A1-A3
• Visitors
  • Visa classification B1-B2
• Aliens in Transit
  • Visa classification C1-C2
• Crewman
  • Visa classification D1-D2
• Treaty Traders and Treaty Investors
  • Visa classification E1-E2
• Academic Students
  • Visa classification F1-F2
• Foreign Government Officials to International Organizations
  • Visa classification G1-G5
• Temporary Workers
  • Visa classification H-1B, H-1C , H-2A, H-2B, H-3, H-4
• Foreign Media Representatives
  • Visa Classification I
• Exchange Visitors
  • Visa Classification J1-J2
• Fiance(e), wife and children of U.S. Citizen
  • Visa Classification K1-K4
• Vocational and language Students
  • Visa Classification M1-M2
• NAFTA
  • Visa Classification TN and TD
• NATO
  • Visa Classification NATO 1-NATO 7
• Workers with Extraordinary Abilities
  • Visa Classification O1-O3
• Athletes and Entertainers
  • Visa Classification P1-P4
• International Cultural Exchange Visitors
  • Visa Classification Q1-Q3
• Religious Workers
  • Visa Classification R1-R2
• Witness or Informant
  • Visa Classification S5-S6
• Victims of a Severe Form of Trafficking in Persons
  • Visa Classification T1-T4
• Victims of Certain Crimes
  • Visa Classification U1-U4
• Certain Second Preference Beneficiaries
  • Visa Classification V1-V3

Adjustment of status is the process used by a foreign national who is physically present in the United States to become a lawful permanent resident (LPR). Adjustment of status is an alternative to obtaining an immigrant visa through a U.S. Consulate.

Methods to becoming an LPR:

The quickest and most efficient way to become a lawful permanent resident is to be an immediate relative of a United States Citizen. An immediate relative is a parent, spouse, or unmarried child under 21.

The next method of adjustment is based on a family relationship to a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident. This method has four preferences and depending on which preference you fall will determine how soon you receive your visa.

1. Family-based

a. First Preference: Unmarried adult children of U.S citizens

b. Second Preference: Spouses and unmarried adult sons and daughters of permanent resident aliens.

c. Third Preference: Married sons and married daughters of U.S. citizens.

d. Fourth Preference: Brother and sisters of U.S. citizens of the citizens who are at least 21 years of age.

2. Employment-based and investors

a. First Preference: Priority Workers

b. Second Preference: Professionals with advanced degrees or exceptional ability in business, science, or the arts.

c. Third Preference: Skilled workers, professionals, and other workers.

d. Fourth Preference: Special Immigrants such as Religious workers, employees and former employees of the U.S. government abroad and special juveniles.

e. Fifth Preference: Investors

3. Other Methods

a. NACARA- Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act

b. Asylees and refugees

c. Battered Spouse and Child

d. Diversity Lottery

Adjusting your status to that of a lawful permanent resident (LPR) MUST be done properly and carefully, depending on your personal facts and situation. Ask Attorney Strickland which route to Permanent Residency is best for YOU.
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