601A Waiver

For many, a fast path to US citizenship results from an illegal crossing and subsequent marriage with a legal citizen. Due to hardship reasons, deportation mostly does not occur. However, an I-601 application may represent a path to remain in the United States. I-601 is a form that applicants have to file if they are ...

It is not uncommon for a foreign national to be required to leave the United States to obtain an immigrant visa. Unfortunately, many of these individuals have accrued more than 180 days of unlawful presence in the U.S. By obtaining a provisional unlawful presence waiver – or, simply, provisional waiver – an individual can protect ...

The Department of Homeland Security @DHSGOV has proposed a rule to expand the use of Provisional Waivers of certain grounds of inadmissibility based on unlawful presence of immigration applicants seeking visas. Currently, I-601A Provisional Waivers are used after a US citizen files an Immigrant Visa petition for a relative.  If the petition is approved, the ...