Agora você pode incluir seu novo cônjuge em sua petição de visto U pendente
Denice Flores • August 10, 2023
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Você tem uma petição de visto U pendente com a imigração (USCIS)? Você se casou recentemente e deseja incluir seu cônjuge imigrante em sua petição de visto U pendente? Sem problemas. Nós podemos ajudá-lo com o processo.
Em 3 de dezembro de 2020, o Tribunal do Nono Circuito da Califórnia ouviu o caso Medina Tovar v. Zuchowski
e considerou que os cônjuges adquiridos posteriormente dos solicitantes principais do visto U (U-1) são elegíveis para “juntar-se” ou serem incluídos em seus cônjuges pendentes da petição de visto U. A decisão do tribunal mudou a exigência da USCIS de que o relacionamento conjugal exista no momento da apresentação do Formulário I-918, Petição para status de não-imigrante U ou petição de visto U com a USCIS.
Antes desta nova decisão, se um requerente principal de visto U preenchesse sua petição de visto U e depois se casasse, o requerente principal não poderia adicionar ou incluir seu cônjuge na petição pendente de visto U. Em vez disso, o principal solicitante do visto U e seu cônjuge teriam que esperar até que a petição do visto U fosse julgada pelo USCIS, seguido por um tempo mínimo de espera de 3 anos (que é o tempo mínimo que um beneficiário do visto U deve manter o status U de não imigrante antes de ser elegível para ajustar o status para um residente permanente legal), em seguida, preencher a petição de ajuste de status apropriada para preencher o Formulário I-929, Petição para Membro Familiar Qualificado de um U-1, para solicitar que seu cônjuge seja incluído no caso. Observe que o solicitante principal do visto U deve ter pelo menos apresentado sua petição de ajuste de status na USCIS e recebido avisos de recebimento porque cópias dos avisos de recebimento devem ser incluídas no Formulário I-929. No entanto, Medina Tovar
reduz significativamente o tempo de espera e o processo.
Medina Tovar, permite que os principais requerentes de visto U que se casam enquanto o visto U já está pendente perante a USCIS para preencher o Formulário I-918 Suplemento A, Petição para Membro Qualificado Familiar do Beneficiário U-1, para incluir seu cônjuge na petição como um membro familar qualificado. O requerente principal não precisa mais esperar para incluir seu cônjuge na etapa de ajuste de status.
Se você tiver alguma dúvida sobre cônjuges adquiridos posteriormente em um caso de visto U e o que isso pode significar para você e seu novo cônjuge, agende uma consulta com um de nossos advogados experientes.
Estamos ansiosos para trabalhar com você.
Este blog não se destina a fornecer aconselhamento jurídico e nada aqui deve ser interpretado como estabelecimento de um relacionamento advogado-cliente. Por favor, agende uma consulta com um advogado de imigração antes de agir com base em qualquer informação lida aqui.
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