Deferred Entry

Non-immigrant visas are obtained at your home country consulate before seeking admissions to the United States. If you wish to obtain Legal Permanent Residency while on a non-immigrant visa, you must get an Adjustment of Status (please see Immigrant Visa/Adjustment of Status below).

• Entering The U.S.
• Deferred Inspection

Citizenship

A person is entitled to seek U.S. Citizenship if he or she has been a Legal Permanent Resident for 5 years and is of good moral character during those five years.  A person may apply within 3 years if the legal permanent residency was based upon marriage to a U.S. citizen and the person is still married.

• Citizenship
• Good Moral Character/Criminal Convictions

Immigrant Visa/Adjustment of Status

An Immigrant Visa grants you the right to make the United States your home and is obtained from a U.S. consulate in your home country.  Adjustment of Status is an “adjustment” of your status to legal permanent resident granted by USCIS while remaining in the United States and does not require returning to your home country.

• Legal Permanent Residency – Overview
• Consular Processing
• Family
  • Fiance Visa
• Labor Certification
• Asylum

Non-Immigrant Visas

Non-immigrant visas are obtained at your home country consulate before seeking admissions to the United States.  If you wish to obtain Legal Permanent Residency while on a non-immigrant visa, you must get an Adjustment of Status (please see Immigrant Visa/Adjustment of Status below).

• P Visa – Athletes and Entertainers
• O Visas (Persons of extraordinary ability in Sciences, Arts and/or Business)
• Tourist Visa
• H-B1 Visa
• J-1 Visa
• Student Visa
• Other Visas