Family-Based Immigration: An Introduction to Concepts and Procedures CLE

Family-Based Immigration: An Introduction to Concepts and Procedures

February 2012

Family-Based Immigration: An Introduction to Concepts and Procedures - LIVE WEBCAST

Program Description:

· Introduction

· What are the Qualifying Relationships to Sponsor a Family Member?

* Defining Marriage

* Spousal Relationships

* Parent Child and Parent Sibling Relationships

* Differences between Immediate Relative and Preference Relatives

· What is the Process for Those Family Sponsored?

* Petition Process

* Visa Process OR Adjustment of Status Process

* Visa Bulletin

· Affidavit of Support Requirement

* What is it?

* What are the Obligations?

* How Does it Work?

· Other Options to Family Sponsorship

* Widowers and Those Where the Sponsor/Petitioner is Deceased

* VAWA - Violence Against Women Act Self Petitioners

* SIJ - Special Immigration Juvenile Self Petitioners

Processes for these in Brief

· Conditional Residence Status

* What is it?

* The Process for Removing the Condition

* The Impact of Divorce on this Process

· K-1 Fiancé Visa

* What is it and What are the Advantages/Disadvantages?

* How Does it Work?

· The Concept of Admissibility

* What Does it Mean?

* How Does it Impact Permanent Residence or Obtaining a Visa?

* Issues of Admissibility That Arise in the Family * Context and How To Anticipate Them

Presented by Catherine O. Brown

Agenda:

11:30 am - 12:00 pm Registration

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Program

About the Faculty:

Catherine O. Brown

LAW OFFICE OF CATHERINE BROWN LLC

Catherine O. Brown's practices immigration and naturalization law exclusively with a particular focus on family and business-related immigration. Family-based immigration includes working with families, children, including adopted children, on obtaining immigrant visas through the US Department of State or through US Department of Homeland Security obtaining permanent resident status in the United States. Her practice also includes K-1 fiance' visas, Special Immigrant Juvenile petitions, and reuniting refugee and asylee families. Business-based immigration includes obtaining visas for professional workers (H-1B, TN, L-1A and B, E-3), for entrepreneurs (E-1/E-2), and for artists and entertainers (O and P visas), as well as the permanent residence process through PERM and I-140 petitions. She has been a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association since 2002 and a member of the Colorado Bar Association, since 2001. She recently served as Chair of the Immigration Section of the CBA in 2010-11 and wrote the article “Family-Sponsored Immigration” for the Immigration Law for the Colorado Practitioner, 1^st Edition 2011. She has spoken on various topics, related to family and business immigration and refugee/asylee law. She obtained her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Notre Dame, her Masters in Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and her Juris Doctor from the University of Denver College of Law.