5 months
Years out of status forgiven automatically
U.S. Citizen Petitioning for Parents
Background
The parents entered on visitor visas in September 2020 and never left. After their child naturalized as a U.S. citizen, the child filed for their green cards.
Challenges
The parents had been out of status inside the United States for more than two years.
Strategy
We filed based on their status as immediate relatives of a U.S. citizen child.
Outcome
Filed in August 2023 and approved for green cards in January 2024. The more than two years of overstay inside the U.S. were automatically forgiven, and they have since traveled in and out of the country several times.