The short answer: The K-1 visa is generally slightly faster for initial entry, but the Spousal Green Card (CR-1) is almost always the faster and safer path to overall permanent residency. Talk to a family immigration lawyer in New York who can review your current situation and advise you on which route is likely to […]
2026
Understanding the F-1 to H1B change of status is critical to planning what happens after graduation if you already have a job lined up. Through this path, you can move from a student visa to working in the US long term. Your employer must sponsor you and register you for the annual H-1B lottery to […]
If you’re planning to start or buy a business in the United States, the E-2 visa may provide a way to live in the country while actively managing your investment. The E-2 visa is a non-immigrant visa available to citizens of certain treaty countries who make a substantial investment in a US business. As long […]
The law hasn’t changed: Adjustment of status is still a valid and legal pathway for applicants who are eligible to get a green card from within the US. A USCIS policy memo does not have the power to rewrite federal law. What the memo may change going forward is how intensely officers scrutinize individual cases […]