February 2012
Family-Based Immigration: An Introduction to Concepts and Procedures - MP3 Download
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