Family-Based Immigration - Bay Area Immigration Services

Family-based immigration allows a foreign national (any person other than a US citizen) to become a lawful permanent resident through a relative who is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Both the immigrant and the U.S. citizen or permanent resident must successfully complete the immigration process to allow the foreign national to come to live and work permanently in the U.S. The U.S. citizen or permanent resident must sponsor the foreign national, showing that he or she has adequate income or assets to support the immigrant when he or she enters the U.S.