Article Written By: John Mayer
People often do not resort to the help of an experienced immigration lawyer till it is a bit too late. This is most likely because they have the idea that the immigration process only deals with filling out forms and such, and does not require any great extent of external knowledge, and that, having read the instructions provided by the USCIS, is knowledge enough.
In the immigration process, there are various things that could go wrong, and to avoid those things from going wrong, it is the external knowledge that is required. For example, let us consider a situation where, a US citizen is married to a foreign national. The couple may be mislead by the belief that, since, one of them is a US citizen, the other person, after marriage, is automatically entitled to a citizenship. However, it may not be that simple. If the foreign national entered the country illegally, he or she will have to apply for an immigrant visa at the foreign board to get approved for citizenship. Most people are not aware of the level of risk attached in such a situation. If a person has stayed in the country for a year or more, after entering the country illegally, and if the person is of eighteen years of age or above, he or she will not be allowed to return to the country, once he or she is made to return to her home country. He or she may only return, if it is proved that his or her, US resident, partner will face extreme difficulty, if he or she does not return. Such a situation is nothing uncommon. A six month old couple was separated because one of them had illegally entered the US, at the age of five. Even though the couple was aware of the fact, they did not take professional help. They discussed it with a friend and decided to go with the normal procedure of receiving an immigrant visa. Even though they got approved by the USCIS, they got rejected during the immigrant visa interview. Thus, one of them ended up being barred from entering the US, for ten years. The couple finally contacted an attorney, when they had no other option. The US resident, partner had lost his previous wife in an accident and had gone through a rough time. He even had children who severely suffered from the loss and had been known to perform suicide attempts. His new wife brought a change to that and had helped them recover. Departure of his new wife after marriage had again impacted his life in a negative way. By utilizing these facts, the immigrant attorney successfully reunited the couple, after three years. This long wait of three years could have been easily avoided if the couple would have contacted a professional immigration attorney in the first place. For a good qualified attorney, it is always best to contact an immigration attorney from LA (Los Angeles).John Mayer is author of this article on immigration lawyer. Find more information about immigration attorney here.
This Article Has Been Published on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 and Read 225 Times