Blog: Immigration -- "People Want to Know" about the USCIS form I-130

In this week’s segment “People Want to Know,” Attorney Jessica Dominguez and her son JP Dominguez talk about tips to file the I-130 form, what it is, how it works, who qualifies for it and when and where to start process. 

This week Attorney Jessica Dominguez answers a question from Sandy in New York who writes:

“I am a U.S. Citizen and I want to help my husband who is undocumented. He came to the U.S. without a visa, he has never been deported and he doesn’t have the 245(i) protection. I am ready to start the process for him to get his residency. Can I file the waiver already?”

Information and answers to the following questions may be found in this segment:

5 Recomendations for filling out the I-130 form

What is the I-130?

What is an immediate relative?

Is the I-130 petition a long process?