{"id":832,"date":"2021-03-05T20:10:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T20:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villargarcia.com\/practice-areas\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T21:50:14","slug":"procesosfamiliares","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/villargarcia.com\/en\/procesosfamiliares\/","title":{"rendered":"FAMILIARES"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Focused on residency procedures for family members of residents and U.S. citizens. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Learn about our types of legal procedures and processes:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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An adjustment of status is an immigration process that allows you to get residency inside the United States. This process can be done for immediate family petitions, which include spouses of citizens, United States citizen children over 21 petitioning their parents, and United States citizens petitioning their children under 21. To qualify for this petition, the individual must have entered legally.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Consular processing is for individuals who want to obtain their residency from their home country. Residency is available immediately for spouses and children under 21, and parents of children over 21 of United States Citizens. It is also available for spouses and unmarried children under 21 of permanent residents.\nResidency is also available for other categories of family members, even if it isn\u2019t immediate (single) children over 21 of permanent residents, children over 21 (single and married) of United States citizens, and siblings of United States citizens. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Process to remove conditions on permanent residency for individuals that obtained their residency through a spouse to whom they\u2019ve been married for less than 2 years. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Process for citizenship for individuals that have been permanent residents for 3 or 5 years. To qualify for citizenship, the person must prove good moral character, and the applicant must be able to read, write, and speak English. Applicant must present a civics exam.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This process waives certain areas of inadmissibility to obtain residency. This includes the 10 year bar, the permanent bar, fraud and misrep, alien smuggling, among other areas. This can be used with consular processing and adjustment of status. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Process that allows children of United States citizens abroad to derive citizenship. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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PROCESOS FAMILIARES Enfocados en tr\u00e1mites de residencia para familiares de residentes y ciudadanos americanos. \u00a1TE APOYAMOS CON TU VISA! Conoce nuestros tipos de tr\u00e1mites y procesos legales: Ajuste de Estatus Un proceso ajuste de estatus es un proceso migratorio de solicitar la residencia americana dentro de los Estados Unidos. Este proceso se puede realizar para …<\/p>\n

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