Family immigration is available to certain family members of U.S. citizens and permanent U.S. residents (green card holders). In some circumstances, particular family members such as spouses and children may be able to use family-based immigration if their connection has status as a refugee, political asylee, or U-visa holder. A Grand Rapids family immigration attorney with Kriezelman Burton & Associates, LLC can answer all of your questions in person to help you better understand this pathway that your loved ones can take toward green card status and U.S. citizenship.
Family-based immigration gives your loved ones living in another country a priority to legal residency here in the U.S. with you. For family members living in the U.S. without documentation, family-based immigration is their only pathway to living legally.
The immigrant percentage of the U.S. population is close to its historic high, according to the Pew Research Center, as immigrants now comprise 13.5% of the population. About a quarter of those individuals are living here without documentation—all of whom are at great risk of being detained and deported, considering the current hostile political climate towards immigrants. In order to protect your loved ones who are not here legally with green card status, U.S. citizenship, or refugee or asylee status, your only option is often family-based immigration. Family-based immigration is the only pathway that your loved ones have to be granted legal residency if they are already here in the United States without documentation.
Under the Trump Administration, there is a renewed attempt to shift immigration priorities away from family-based immigration that reunifies loved ones, and toward a point-based system, according to the Pew Research Institute. This point-based system would give priority to those with higher levels of education and employment qualifications. What does this mean for you and your family? It is best to act sooner rather than putting it off for additional months or years, as U.S. immigration policy and laws seem to be in constant flux.
To find out if family immigration is an option for you or your loved ones, contact the Grand Rapids family immigration attorneys of Kriezelman Burton & Associates, LLC. Call us today at 312-332-2550 to schedule a free consultation.
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