- Divorce
- AnnulmentMy advice would be to review any previous annulments or divorces with a family law attorney to ensure that you and your fiancé are, in fact free to marry each other. (Believe it or not some people believe that their divorce has been finalized when in fact it hasn’t been finalized. Surprise! As a result they are still married to their “previous” spouse.)
- Child Abuse7. You cannot have been convicted of certain crimes. USCIS will be looking at the criminal background of the US citizen. The US Citizen must not have been convicted of a variety of crimes such as domestic violence, sexual abuse, child abuse, dating violence, stalking, controlled substance violations and homicide.
- MisdemeanorsAccording to USCIS: In order to qualify for the program a given applicant had to show the following: the person came to the U.S. under the age of 16; the person completed high school or that the person had a GED, or that the person was enrolled in school or that they had been honorably discharged from the U.S. military; the applicant could not have been convicted of a felony or serious misdemeanors, or three or more other misdemeanors; under 31 years old on June 15, 2012; had continuously resided in the U.S. from June 15, 2007; had entered the U.S. without being inspected before June 15, 2012; and were physically present in the US on June 15, 2012 and at the time of making the DACA request with USCIS.
- Drug Crimes9. Your fiancé will also have other requirements with USCIS. Your fiancé cannot be any of the following: a person who is likely to go on welfare; a person with a communicable disease, or a person with a dangerous physical or mental disorder. In addition, he or she cannot have committed very serious criminal acts (including prostitution or drug trafficking).
- Homicide
- Prostitution
- Land Use and Zoning
- Citizenship and Naturalization
- Family ImmigrationLawrence Gruner is an immigration attorney located in downtown Sacramento. His office handles family based immigration cases including fiance visa cases, permanent resident cases and U.S. Citizenship cases. His office handles cases in California, the United States and throughout the World. He may be reached at attorneygruner@gmail.com
- Green Cards
- Student VisasThese would include: violating student visa rules; entering the U.S. without a visa; overstaying a visa; working in the United States without work authorization. You can have our firm review the Immigration history of your fiancé to make sure there will not be any issues in your fiancé visa case. It is much better to deal with these issues prior to filing the fiancé visa.
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