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    http://www.shusterman.com This presentation discusses family-based immigrant visa petitions, adjustment of status and consular processing. Schedule a legal consultation (by Skype, telephone or in person) at http://shusterman.com/schedule-immigration-consultation.html US citizens can sponsor their spouses, children and parents for green cards as immediate relatives. This process is quick. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-immediate-relatives.html They can also sponsor adopted children for green card as long as the adoption takes place before the child's 16th birthday and the child has been in their legal and physical custody for at least 2 years. See http://shusterman.com/adoption.html US citizens can also sponsor their unmarried adult sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-unmarried-sons-and-daughters.html They can sponsor their married sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-your-married-children.html Permanent residents (green card holders) can sponsor their spouses and children for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-spouse-and-children.html They can also sponsor their unmarried adult sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-unmarried-adult-sons-and-daughters.html For more information, please see our Green Cards through Family Members page at http://shusterman.com/greencardsthroughrelatives.html

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    http://www.shusterman.com This presentation discusses family-based immigrant visa petitions, adjustment of status and consular processing. Schedule a legal consultation (by Skype, telephone or in person) at http://shusterman.com/schedule-immigration-consultation.html US citizens can sponsor their spouses, children and parents for green cards as immediate relatives. This process is quick. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-immediate-relatives.html They can also sponsor adopted children for green card as long as the adoption takes place before the child's 16th birthday and the child has been in their legal and physical custody for at least 2 years. See http://shusterman.com/adoption.html US citizens can also sponsor their unmarried adult sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-unmarried-sons-and-daughters.html They can sponsor their married sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-your-married-children.html Permanent residents (green card holders) can sponsor their spouses and children for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-spouse-and-children.html They can also sponsor their unmarried adult sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-unmarried-adult-sons-and-daughters.html For more information, please see our Green Cards through Family Members page at http://shusterman.com/greencardsthroughrelatives.html

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    Introduction To Immigrant Visas

    Uploaded by

    Carl Shusterman
    http://www.shusterman.com This presentation discusses family-based immigrant visa petitions, adjustment of status and consular processing. Schedule a legal consultation (by Skype, telephone or in person) at http://shusterman.com/schedule-immigration-consultation.html US citizens can sponsor their spouses, children and parents for green cards as immediate relatives. This process is quick. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-immediate-relatives.html They can also sponsor adopted children for green card as long as the adoption takes place before the child's 16th birthday and the child has been in their legal and physical custody for at least 2 years. See http://shusterman.com/adoption.html US citizens can also sponsor their unmarried adult sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-unmarried-sons-and-daughters.html They can sponsor their married sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-your-married-children.html Permanent residents (green card holders) can sponsor their spouses and children for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-for-spouse-and-children.html They can also sponsor their unmarried adult sons and daughters for green cards. See http://shusterman.com/green-cards-unmarried-adult-sons-and-daughters.html For more information, please see our Green Cards through Family Members page at http://shusterman.com/greencardsthroughrelatives.html

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    Introduction to

    Immigrant Visas
    Carl Shusterman
    Immigration Attorney

    The Preference System


    Who Qualifies for Green
    Cards?
    Per-Country Quotas
    No Limits on
    Immediate Relatives

    Immediate Relatives
    Children of US Citizens
    No Numerical Limits
    Spouses of US Citizens Parents of US Citizens
    Now Including Same-Sex

    Preference Categories

    1st Unmarried Adult Sons and Daughters of USC

    2A Spouses and Children of LPRs


    Spouses Now Include Same-Sex Marriages

    2B Unmarried Adult Sons & Daughters of LPRs

    3rd Married Sons & Daughters of USCs

    4th Brothers & Sisters of USCs

    Availability of Visa Numbers


    226,000 Persons per Year
    7% per-Country Limit
    Principal and Derivative
    Beneficiaries
    Each Category Has a Limit

    Waiting Times
    State Department
    Monthly Visa Bulletin
    Range from 2 to 23
    Years on Paper
    Reality is Much Worse
    Visa Bulletin Looks
    Backward, Not Forward

    Changing Categories
    Marriage
    Divorce
    Naturalization
    Opt-Out Under
    CSPA

    Changing Country of Chargeability


    Alternate Chargeability
    Though
    Spouse/Marriage
    Child Though Parents
    CSPA

    Immigration Reform Bill Would


    Raise FB Per-Country Quotas to 15%
    Exempt 2A Immigrants from Quotas
    Reduce the 3rd Preference
    Category
    Eliminate New Filings for
    Category

    4 th

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