Family-Based Immigration
Your Family Belongs Together. We Know Every Step of the Path.
Petitions for parents, children, and siblings — with the priority dates and category rules explained in plain language.
At a glance
- You are a U.S. citizen wanting to bring a parent, child, or sibling to live here permanently.
- You are a green card holder petitioning for a spouse or unmarried child.
- First step — Strategy Session: We confirm your relationship category, your relative's place in line, and whether any priority date already lets the case move. You leave knowing the real timeline, not a hopeful one.
- Nationwide — all 50 states.
U.S. immigration law lets citizens and permanent residents petition for close relatives, but the path splits the moment you file. Some relatives wait only for paperwork. Others wait years in a line set by category and country. Knowing which line you stand in changes how you plan your life.
We sort that out first. Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens — spouses, parents, and unmarried children under 21 — face no annual cap. Everyone else falls into preference categories with waiting times that depend on demand. We read the visa bulletin so you don't have to guess.
As an immigrant-led firm, we treat these cases as what they are: the reunion of a family separated by borders and bureaucracy. We've walked this path. We build each petition to move as fast as the law allows and to hold up when an officer reviews it.
Who this is for
This path is built for you if
- You are a U.S. citizen wanting to bring a parent, child, or sibling to live here permanently.
- You are a green card holder petitioning for a spouse or unmarried child.
- You have a pending petition and need to understand your priority date and place in line.
- A child is aging toward 21 and you worry about losing their eligibility.
- You filed years ago, your category became current, and you don't know the next step.
- Your family's situation changed — a marriage, a death, a new citizenship — and you need to know how it affects the case.
How we work
A deliberate path, start to finish.
Strategy Session
We confirm your relationship category, your relative's place in line, and whether any priority date already lets the case move. You leave knowing the real timeline, not a hopeful one.
Case Architecture
We prepare the I-130 petition with the civil documents — birth records, marriage records, proof of status — that prove the relationship beyond question.
Filing and Monitoring
We file and track the priority date against the visa bulletin, so the moment a category becomes current, we are ready to move to the next stage without losing a day.
Decision and Beyond
When the date is current, we guide your relative through adjustment of status or consular processing to the green card — and advise on what comes after, including the road to citizenship.
We've walked this path. Now we lead yours.
Questions
What people ask us first.
What is a priority date and why does it matter?
Your priority date is the day USCIS receives your petition — it marks your place in line for categories that have annual limits. When the visa bulletin shows your category and country have reached your date, a green card becomes available. For immediate relatives of U.S. citizens there is no line at all. Every case turns on its facts — a strategy session settles yours.
Can I petition for my sibling or parent?
U.S. citizens can petition for parents, siblings, and married or adult children; green card holders cannot petition for siblings or parents. Parents of adult citizens are immediate relatives with no waiting line, while siblings fall into the category with the longest waits. The difference in timeline is large, so the petitioner's status matters enormously. Every case turns on its facts — a strategy session settles yours.
My child is about to turn 21 — will we lose our place?
Turning 21 can move a child from the immediate-relative category into a slower preference line, but the Child Status Protection Act freezes a calculated age in many cases to protect against exactly this. Whether it applies depends on filing dates and how long the petition was pending. This is time-sensitive, so it should be reviewed promptly. Every case turns on its facts — a strategy session settles yours.
Does my relative have to wait abroad during the process?
It depends on how they entered and their current status. Some relatives already in the U.S. can adjust status here and stay throughout; others must complete the case at a consulate abroad. Leaving the country at the wrong moment can trigger bars to reentry, so the decision is never casual. Every case turns on its facts — a strategy session settles yours.
Your American future deserves a strategy.
Immigration
Visas, green cards, citizenship — nationwide.