Green Card Lawyers in New York

Acquiring permanent resident status allows you to live and work in the United States on a long-term basis. Once you are granted permanent residency status, you are given a green card, which authorizes permanent residency and identifies you as a permanent resident. Our green card lawyers in New York at Berger Berger & Slepian can help you to understand how to obtain a green card.

Green card eligibility

Some of the most common ways that a foreign national can become eligible for a New York green card are through:

• Employment-based immigration. See labor certification, EB1, EB2, and EB3.
• Family-based immigration. See family immigration for order of preference under immigration laws.
• Fiancé visa. You entered the United States on a K-1 visa and married a U.S. citizen.
• Asylum. Individuals who face persecution in their own country may gain entry to the United States as refugees or asylees. They may apply for NY green card status after remaining in the United States for one year.

Adjustment of status for your NY green card

Once you obtain an immigrant visa, if you are in the United States, you must go through a multi-step process called adjustment of status to receive your green card.

Consular processing for your New York green card

If you are outside the United States, you must go through a multi-step process called consular processing to obtain a green card.

Our green card lawyers at Berger Berger & Slepian can help guide you through the adjustment of status or consular processing procedure to obtain your green card.

Preventing loss of your permanent residency status

Legal advice often does not end when you obtain your green card. It is important that you understand what you need to do to preserve your permanent resident status. Loss of a green card can result from:

• Not obtaining a re-entry permit or returning resident visa before remaining outside the United States for a time period up to and including one year
• Failure to file income tax returns
• Declaration of non-immigrant status on income tax returns
• Moving to another country with the intention of living there permanently

Contact Berger Berger & Slepian to speak with green card lawyers in New York

With offices throughout New York State and in Atlanta, Berger Berger & Slepian is ready to help you with your citizenship or immigration issue, including business and individual visas, procedures, applications, and more. Call the firm's main office at (716) 634-6500 or just use the Quick Contact box on your screen.