Helping You to Bring Your Fiancé, Spouse, Parent, Child or Sibling to the United States

• Are you a U.S. citizen or green card holder who wants to bring a parent, child, brother or sister to the United States?
• Are you a citizen or legal permanent resident who is engaged to a non-resident? Do you want to bring your fiancé here to get married?
• Are you married to a foreign-born spouse? Do you need a K-3 visa for your husband or wife to enter the United States? Do you need help adjusting your spouse's immigration status?

At The English Law Group, P.S.C., we are here to help in your efforts to bring family members to the United States. Our immigration lawyer, Colleen English, is fully knowledgeable of all family immigration laws and policies. She is dedicated to helping family members gain lawful permanent residence in the United States.

If you want to obtain a visa, green card or certificate of citizenship for yourself, your spouse, fiancé or other family member, call us at (502) 425-8717 or contact us online. We can help you with your family immigration matters. At our family-based firm, unlike some larger immigration law firms, you will always meet with a dedicated immigration attorney — not a paralegal.

Our Kentucky law firm works hard to provide you with the advice and assistance you need for success in family-based immigration matters. We can help ensure that your visa application, immigration petition and all other forms are correctly completed and timely filed with the USCIS. Please note, we also represent immigrants facing deportation or removal.

Avoid Mistakes That Can Interfere With Successful Immigration of Your Family Members

You may harm your chances of success if you try to handle complex immigration matters by yourself. Giving the wrong information or failing to follow the correct procedures can mean being separated from your family members for months or even years. In some cases, your spouse or family member could be permanently barred from entering the U.S.

We can help you with a variety of family immigration issues, including:

Marriage-Based Immigration: Fiancé Visas and K-Visas for Spouses

Immigration of Fiancés of U.S. Citizens Living Abroad: A K-1 visa allows the entry of a foreign national who is engaged to marry a United State citizen or legal permanent resident. The marriage must take place within 90 days of receiving the K-1 fiancé visa. If you bring your fiancé into the United State on a fiancé visa and do not marry within 90 days of arrival, your fiancé will be required to leave and will not be able to adjust or change his or her status.

We can help you apply for and obtain a K-1 visa for your fiancé, as well as K-2 visas for your fiancé's unmarried children under the age of 21.

Immigration of Spouses of U.S. Citizens: If a U.S. citizen marries an alien, there are several different ways for the spouse to obtain a green card.

• Is the alien spouse outside of the United States? A K-3 visa allows a non-citizen spouse to enter the United States to complete the immigration process. We can help you apply for a K-3 visa and K-4 visas for your spouse's unmarried children under the age of 21. We can also help you complete and file Form I-130 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Relative).
  
  If the couple does not want to file a K-3 visa, the alien spouse must wait outside of the U.S. while his or her application for residency is pending and process in the U.S. consulate in their home country.
  
  
• Did your spouse legally enter the country? If your immigrant spouse came to the U.S. with proper documentation, our immigration attorney can help you complete the immigrations forms and provide the documentation needed for adjustment of status.
  
  
• Did your spouse enter without proper documentation? Marriage to a U.S. citizen does not change immigration status. Your spouse will have to leave the country and be processed at a consulate outside the United States.

Immigration of Children, Siblings, Parents and Other Relatives

An immediate relative (IR) visa allows the immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen or permanent resident to enter the United States. Immediate relatives include spouses, unmarried children who are under 21, and children adopted from a foreign country and parents of a U.S. citizen who is 21 or older. The number of visas based on these close family relationships is unlimited. Visas for more distant relatives, however, are limited to a certain number per year. 

For more information about family-based immigration, please contact us today.