by HeitzLaw | Feb 13, 2020 | Citizenship, Green Card
You may have heard of self-petitioning under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as a potential path towards lawful permanent residency. But did you know that you don’t have to be a woman to petition for yourself under this act? Did you know that you also do not...
by HeitzLaw | Jan 27, 2020 | Citizenship
Are you a green card holder? Have you considered taking the steps to become a naturalized U.S. citizen? At Heitz Immigration Law, we’ve met many people who have been lawful permanent residents for many years without realizing all the ways their lives could improve if...
by HeitzLaw | Dec 20, 2019 | Family, Green Card
Sometimes people use marriage as a way to defraud the U.S. Department of Homeland Security — a U.S. citizen will marry a foreign national in return for cash or favors so that the foreign national can get Lawful Permanent Resident status much more quickly and...
by HeitzLaw | Oct 19, 2018 | Breaking News, Family, Green Card
While the news is focused on the dreadful situation of asylum seekers being separated from their children at the border, Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump are quietly launching an attack on legal immigration the likes of which we have never seen before. The goal of this...
by HeitzLaw | Apr 14, 2018 | Family, Green Card
You may have heard me say that you have to have a ticket in the immigration line in order to get your green card. Translated to immigration law, this means your qualifying family member needs to file the I-130 family petition to get you that “ticket.” But...
