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How to apply for a Green Card with Attorney Jacob Sapochnick

Occasionally, we like to host webinars and do a deep dive on a particular process or issue facing immigrants going through the immigration process. Below is the transcript from our most recent webinar with Immigration Attorney Jacob Sapochnick that covers just about everything you need to know about going through the green card application process. […]

Filled Out Form I-485 Sample Download

If you are inside the U.S. for an allowed reason and are currently trying to adjust your status to permanent resident, then you can use Form I-485. Form I-485 Sample Download: Download a sample of the I-485 Here. Fill out the I-485 Online Here. Who can submit the Form I-485? Relatives of United States citizens: […]

La Guía Completa de cómo Obtener una Green Card

Para inglés, haga clic aquí. Estados Unidos tiene un largo y orgulloso historial de acogimiento e integración de inmigrantes. El número de personas que han obtenido la residencia legal permanente en los Estados Unidos anualmente se ha mantenido en alrededor de 1 millón, durante los últimos años, según el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional la Oficina […]

How to Renew a Missing Green Card

First of all, don’t panic. You can notify the police department in the jurisdiction where you lost your card to obtain a police report. If that doesn’t turn up anything, you simply have to renew your green card to get a new one. On the bright side, if you’re a permanent resident, your new green […]

What is Consular Processing?

“Consular processing” is the term for what happens when you live outside the U.S. and you apply to come to this country and be admitted as a permanent resident. You’ll file your forms and have your interview at a U.S. Department of State consulate office in the country where you reside. If you live outside […]

What is Adjustment of Status?

Thinking of making the United States your home? You’ll need a green card. Although the process can be rather long and seemingly complex, SimpleCitizen is here to help make the process as smooth and easy as possible. Having a U.S. green card, in this case, is not only necessary but offers many benefits that only […]

The Ultimate Guide on How to Get a Green Card

For Español click here. The United States has a long and proud history of welcoming immigrants to its shores. The number of people granted lawful permanent residency in the United States has hovered right around 1 million a year for the past few years, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Immigration Statistics. […]

What happens after submitting your I-751 – Petition to Remove Conditions?

The USCIS provides “conditional permanent resident status” and a two-year green card to immigrants married to a Legal Permanent Resident or United States Citizen. Those who wish to attain their status as a Lawful Permanent Resident must file the Form I-751 – Removal of Conditions Application. Now, what happens after you submit your Form I-751? […]

Michelle: My Immigration Story

The journey began in Mexico right before Christmas. My mother picked me and my sister up early from school one day. I remember my sister and I were overjoyed to see her because she was usually busy with work and didn’t have time to pick us up from school. I was only seven years old […]

How to Apply For a Green Card in a Same-Sex Marriage

Since the birth of this nation, marriage was a right reserved for heterosexual couples. Gay couples, no matter their love and dedication to one another, had no legal right to marry or reap the benefits that came with marriage — including the ability to petition the U.S. government for legal permanent residency for an immigrant […]