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Need more information regarding family based immigration? The McLean Law office can help you understand your options regarding many of immigration and related topics, such as the Family Unification Program. The Family Unification Program’s goal is to provide the child welfare system with the necessary resources to prevent family separation due to homelessness and prevent homelessness among aging-out youth. Aging-out-youth include those that are age 16 and in foster care or those who are between the ages of 18 – 21 and are homeless or are at high risk of becoming homeless.

What is Family Based Immigration – V Visa?

According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) a V Visa is a “nonimmigrant visa created to allow families to stay together while waiting for the processing of immigrant visas”. The V Visa is part of the USCIS’s Family Based Immigration assistance program. A V Visa allows certain beneficiaries of immigration visa petitions to enter the United States, or change the status of a V Visa if already in the United States) to join the sponsor of their pending immigrant visa while they wait for a priority date to become current. This enables family unity while the petitions for visas are pending.