Woodstock, GA Immigration Law Firms & Lawyers

It may be very difficult for you to do so with a temporary ID. Looking at the more liberal forms of identifications required by the Transportation and Safety Administration (TSA) on its website, a foreign government issued passport is OK along with driver’s licenses or other state photo ID cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (or equivalent). I also note that the TSA may soon start enforcing a law that requires states to comply with a set of federal standards when issuing driver’s licenses in order to allow people to board airplanes. Due to the limitations of the Lawyers.com Forums, Alan Lee, Esq.'s (the "Firm") participation in responding to questions posted herein does not constitute legal advice, nor legal representation of the person or entity posting a question. No Attorney/Client relationship is or shall be construed to be created hereby. The information provided herein by the Firm is general, and requires that the poster obtain specific legal advice from an attorney. The poster shall not rely upon the information provided herein as legal advice nor as the basis for making any decisions of legal consequence. p>  

As you recognize, (1) your wife is out of status and if she were to come to the attention of immigration authorities she may be placed in removal/deportation proceedings; and (2) generally a U.S. citizen becomes married to a foreign national who entered the U.S. legally and with inspection, such as with a B1/B2 visitor's visa, he may sponsor his spouse to adjust status to become a Lawful Permanent Resident (to get a "Green Card"), and this is true regardless of whether the spouse overstayed her initial visa. In a marriage-based adjustment of status application, immediately upon filing the case the foreign national becomes an Applicant for Permanent Residency, lawfully authorized to remain in the U.S. while her application is being adjudicated. Generally she may expect to receive an Employment Authorization Document (an "EAD" or "work permit") within about 90 days of filing the application. The USCIS is inconsistent in the amount of time it takes to schedule an in-person interview with the couple and to complete adjudication, but generally where an application package is well-prepared and fully documented it takes about 4 - 7 months. The application process often can be far more complicated than it may appear just by reading the application forms and their instructions, and it would be wise for you and your wife to work with an immigration attorney who, after learning all of the relevant facts about your wife and your marriage, could advise about eligibilities, options and strategies and who could offer legal representation. Some immigration law firms, including mine, offer legal services on a "flat fee" basis so that a client will know the total expense from the very beginning, and a few immigration law firms, including mine, offer an initial consultation free of charge.

Well... You can contact respective fraud prevention units at the USCIS and ICE. Search their internet pages for this information. You can also report potential immigration fraud to the local District Attorney Office. That is all you can do. Whether it would be sufficient for her to get deported depends on the actual state of facts which will be determined by USCIS when she seeks an immigration benefit or any of the agencies in a potential investigation. The latter, you should not count on very much. It is highly unlikely that it would happen. USCIS will listen to her side of the story as well. Not only your son's. They are trained at detecting fraud. Hopefully they will in this case as well, if there indeed was fraud.