Immigration Benefits for Family Members
Family Based Immigrant Visa Petition(Form I-130)
$1200-$2000 Base Legal Services Fee. These fees are calculated based on a minimum of 8 hours to 13 hours and 40 minutes spent on your case. If my work time exceeds these amounts, I charge for further time at the rate of $150 per hour, billable in one minute increments. If I use less than the predicted time, that fee is credited towards future legal services fees on your case, or is kept as a minimum flat fee, as applicable.
This is an application filed by a Citizen or Resident for a spouse, parent, child, son, or daughter who does not have resident status in the United States. We have a preliminary consultation to see if you are eligible for this petition. We fill out the petition. I prepare the supporting documents. I file it with the relevant Department; the Department of Homeland Security if the petitioner is living in the United States, or the Department of State if the petitioner is living outside of the United States. If the petition is approved, you will have to file another petition to get your residency. I-130’s based on marriage have a base fee of $2000, due to the extra documentation that must be provided in order to prove a marital relationship to USCIS Once the petition has been approved, the beneficiary may proceed to apply for permanent residency if he/she is present in the United States. If the beneficiary is outside of the United States, he/she will have to apply for an immigrant visa at a United States Embassy abroad. (See “Overseas Visa Applications”, below.)
Family Based Nonimmigrant Visa Petition for Fiancé (Form I-129K for K-visas)
$2000 Flat Legal Services Fee. This fee is calculated based on a minimum of 13 hours and 40 minutes spent on your case. If my work time exceeds these amounts, I charge for further time at the rate of $150 per hour, billable in one minute increments. If I use less than the predicted time, that fee is credited towards future legal services fees on your case, or is kept as a minimum flat fee, as applicable.
This is an application filed by a Citizen for his or her fiancé where the latter is seeking to enter the U.S. in order to marry the citizen within 90 days after the fiancé’s entry into the US We have a preliminary consultation to see if you are eligible for this petition. We fill out the petition. I prepare the supporting documents. I file it with the I-129 with USCIS. I follow up the petition with up to six monthly inquiry letters if it is not approved within the appropriate timeframe. In the event that there are complicating factors in your case, the Fee will be adjusted to reflect the work I will have to devote to your case. If the beneficiary is outside of the United States, he/she will have to apply for a nonimmigrant visa at a United States Embassy abroad. (See “Overseas Visa Applications”, below.)
Family Based Nonimmigrant Visa Petition for Certain Spouses and Children of Legal Permanent Residents and United States Citizens (V-visas)
$2000 Flat Legal Services Fee. This fee is calculated based on a minimum of 13 hours and 40 minutes spent on your case. If my work time exceeds these amounts, I charge for further time at the rate of $150 per hour, billable in one minute increments. If I use less than the predicted time, that fee is credited towards future legal services fees on your case, or is kept as a minimum flat fee, as applicable.
This is an application filed by a Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident for his or her spouse or child when the spouse or child has been waiting for three years or more after the sponsoring Resident or Citizen has filed an I-130 for their relative, or if the Resident’s or Citizen’s relative has been waiting for the date on which he or she becomes eligible for residency for over three years. This type of visa is only available to beneficiaries of I-130 visa petitions filed before Dec. 21, 2000. We have a preliminary consultation to see if you are eligible for this benefit. We fill out the appropriate petition(s) with either USCIS or the Consulate in the applicant’s country of origin. I prepare the supporting documents. I follow up the petition with up to six monthly inquiry letters if it is not approved within the appropriate timeframe. In the event that there are complicating factors in your case, the the will be adjusted to reflect the work I will have to devote to your case. If the petition is approved, you will have to file another petition to get your permanent residency. If the beneficiary is outside of the United States, he/she will have to apply for a nonimmigrant visa at a United States Embassy abroad. (See “Overseas Visa Applications”, below.)