Family Visas

U.S. Family Immigration Law Attorney

Discuss Your Visa Needs with a Leading U.S. Family Immigration Attorney

The Immigration and Nationality Act allows for immigration to immigrate to the United States based on your family relationship to a U.S. citizen or legal green card holder. Approximately 500,000 U.S. family-based immigrant visas are available each year.

Mistakes in your family-based immigration visa application can delay your green card for years. It is important to be sure your application is properly completed and all of the necessary legal documents along with supporting evidence for submission to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services-CIS (formerly known as the Immigration and Naturalization Service-INS) are properly filed. At the Law Offices of Marcine A. Seid, we offer professional legal assistance with U.S. family immigration, please call us at 408-271-9888 or fill out our intake form. We want to unite you with your family member as soon as possible.

Experienced U.S. Family Immigration Law Attorney

Marcine Seid has written extensively about immigration law, including family immigration law. In addition, she has lectured attorneys and other legal professionals on immigration law, keeps abreast of changes to family immigration laws, and has handled numerous family law immigration visas. For more information about why you should choose us to handle your U.S. family law immigration matter, please visit our Reasons You Should Choose Us to Handle Your Immigration Matter page.

There are currently five classifications for U.S. family-based immigrations:

  • Spouse and children under 21 years of age of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident (green card holder)
  • Unmarried sons and daughters of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident (green card holder)
  • Spouse, children under 21, and unmarried sons and daughters of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident (green card holder)
  • Married sons and daughters of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident (green card holder)
  • Brothers and sisters of an adult U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident (green card holder)

In order to obtain a family based green card (immigrant visa) the applicant must be an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident: spouse, parent, child (under 21 years of age), unmarried child (over 21 years of age), or sibling. The preferences for granting family based visas are as follows:

  • First Preference: Unmarried sons and daughters (children over 21 years of age) of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident
  • Second Preference: Spouses, children under 21 (2A) and unmarried sons and daughters (children over 21 years of age) of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident
  • Third Preference: Married sons and daughters of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident
  • Fourth Preference: Brothers and sisters of a U.S. citizen or permanent U.S. resident

For information about how we can assist you with your U.S. family visa, please call us at 408-271-9888 or fill out our contact intake form. We are here for you.

Tailoring Immigration Solutions to Meet Your Needs

Based in San Jose, California, the U.S.A. immigration lawyers at the Law Offices of Marcine A. Seid offer businesses and individuals immigration and visa services throughout the United States, including the all major U.S. ports of entry such as New York City (NYC), NY, Miami, Florida, Dallas, Texas, Seattle WA, Chicago IL, Los Angeles CA, Washington DC, Austin TX, and Research Triangle in Raleigh-Durham NC. Our U.S. immigration attorneys can help you with your immigration matter.

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