Marriage and Partner Immigration
Two Lives. One Future. A Strategy Built Around Your Marriage.
Marriage-based green cards for every couple — including LGBTQ+ couples — whether your spouse is here in the U.S. or waiting abroad.
At a glance
- You married a U.S. citizen or green card holder and want to build your life here.
- You are an LGBTQ+ or binational couple and want counsel that treats your marriage as the real thing it is.
- First step — Strategy Session: We map your facts: how you entered, your spouse's status, your history together. We choose adjustment or consular processing and name the risks before they surface.
- Nationwide — all 50 states.
A marriage green card is the most direct path to permanent residence, but the process scrutinizes the most private parts of your life. Officers read your messages, your lease, your joint accounts, and your story. The couples who clear that scrutiny are the ones who prepared a record that speaks for itself.
We represent every couple the same way: with rigor and respect. As a firm holding LGBTQ+ Bar Association membership, we build same-sex and binational cases with the same depth we bring to any other — because the law is identical and your future is no less real. We've walked this path, and we know where it gets steep.
Your case follows one of two routes. If your spouse is already in the United States, adjustment of status keeps you together while the petition is decided. If your spouse is abroad, consular processing runs the case through a U.S. embassy. The route you take shapes everything that follows, so we choose it deliberately at the start.
Who this is for
This path is built for you if
- You married a U.S. citizen or green card holder and want to build your life here.
- You are an LGBTQ+ or binational couple and want counsel that treats your marriage as the real thing it is.
- Your spouse is abroad and you need to bring them home through a U.S. consulate.
- You entered the U.S. on a visa and want to adjust status without leaving the country.
- A prior filing was denied, or you fear yours will be, because your evidence felt thin.
- Your relationship is genuine but unconventional, and a checklist firm would flatten your story.
How we work
A deliberate path, start to finish.
Strategy Session
We map your facts: how you entered, your spouse's status, your history together. We choose adjustment or consular processing and name the risks before they surface.
Case Architecture
We assemble the I-130 petition and the evidence of a bona fide marriage — financial, residential, and personal — into a record that answers an officer's doubts before they ask.
Filing and Interview Prep
We file, track every receipt, and prepare you both for the interview. You walk in knowing the questions, the documents, and how to tell your own story plainly.
Decision and Beyond
We carry the case to approval and, when conditional residence applies, prepare the petition to remove conditions two years later so your status stays secure.
We've walked this path. Now we lead yours.
Questions
What people ask us first.
What if my spouse entered the U.S. without inspection?
Entering without inspection complicates adjustment of status, but it rarely ends the case. Options can include a provisional waiver of unlawful presence followed by consular processing, and certain entries or relationships open other doors. The right path depends on dates, prior departures, and your specific history. Every case turns on its facts — a strategy session settles yours.
Do LGBTQ+ couples face a different process?
No. Federal immigration law has recognized same-sex marriages since 2013, and the green card process is identical. What can differ is documentation — couples married more recently, or who kept their relationship private for safety, sometimes need to build the evidentiary record more deliberately. We do that work with you. Every case turns on its facts — a strategy session settles yours.
How long does the marriage green card process take?
Timelines depend on which route you file, which USCIS office or consulate handles your case, and current government processing volumes — none of which we can promise. What we can control is preparation: a complete, well-documented filing avoids the requests for evidence that stall cases for months. Every case turns on its facts — a strategy session settles yours.
Will we both have to attend an interview?
In most marriage cases, yes — both spouses attend together so the officer can assess the relationship firsthand. Some cases are waived from interview, but you should prepare as though yours is not. We run you through likely questions and the documents to bring, so you arrive composed rather than caught off guard. Every case turns on its facts — a strategy session settles yours.
Your American future deserves a strategy.
Immigration
Visas, green cards, citizenship — nationwide.