Adjustment of status is available to aliens who are already in the United States and are eligible to adjust their status to that of lawful permanent residency without leaving the US.
Generally, all petitions for adjustment of status should be filed while an alien is maintaining a lawful presence in the US.
There are limited exceptions to this rule that our attorney would be happy to discuss.
In our experience with numerous scenarios for adjustment of status, some being more complicated than others, the beneficiaries of our adjustment of status petitions receive their green cards within weeks.
Adjustment of status is available to aliens who are already in the United States and are eligible to adjust their status to that of lawful permanent residency without leaving the US.
Generally, all petitions for adjustment of status should be filed while an alien is maintaining a lawful presence in the US.
There are limited exceptions to this rule that our attorney would be happy to discuss.

Scenarios are as follows:
● H-1B to Employment Based Lawful Permanent Resident Status (green card).
● H-1B to Family Based Permanent Lawful Resident Status (green card).
● F-1 to Family Based Permanent Lawful Resident Status (green card).
● B-1/B-2 to Family Based Lawful Permanent Resident Status (green card).
● J-1 to Family Based Lawful Permanent Resident Status (green card).

There are a number of factors which can work to significantly delay an approvable petition.
Many of these are minor factors which can be easily anticipated and avoided with an experienced immigration attorney.
This is why it is best to choose an immigration attorney who has substantial experience with a wide variety of adjustment of status applications and is aware of constantly changing US federal government regulations.
Through our experiences working with clients, we have been told numerous stories regarding the ways their particular cases have gone wrong.
These details can be as minor as method of payment to something more substantial such as failing to provide adequate evidence to support the petition.
It is unfortunate that in many of these cases, even where an error was committed through no fault of the applicants, it is necessary to pay additional government and/or attorney fees to rectify the situation.
Deciding to retain a responsible and well-versed immigration attorney to work on your case minimizes the chances of your application being delayed by many years or denied altogether.
Aliens and their petitioners should be aware that preparation of an adjustment of status petition is a procedure that takes time and significant US, such alien should retain an immigration attorney.