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Immigration Adjustment of Status vs Consular Processing (+ advance parole) When you're getting a green card, there are two routes depending on where you are: Adjustment of Status (AOS, Form I-485) if you're already lawfully inside the US, or Consular Processing (an immigrant-visa interview at a US embassy abroad, e.g. Kathmandu) if you're outside. If you adjust from inside the US, don't travel internationally without "advance parole" or you can abandon your application. UnitedSewa hub
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Reviewed immigration guides for status, family petitions, TPS, citizenship, and green-card decisions.
Immigration Adjustment of Status vs Consular Processing (+ advance parole) When you're getting a green card, there are two routes depending on where you are: Adjustment of Status (AOS, Form I-485) if you're already lawfully inside the US, or Consular Processing (an immigrant-visa interview at a US embassy abroad, e.g. Kathmandu) if you're outside. If you adjust from inside the US, don't travel internationally without "advance parole" or you can abandon your application. 
Immigration Keeping your immigration status valid (and what to do if it lapses) Keeping your status valid is one of the most important things you do here — falling "out of status" can end your stay and create future problems re-entering the US. Know your status's conditions, never work without authorization, don't overstay, and if something goes wrong, get help immediately — acting fast matters. 
Immigration TPS & humanitarian options — what it is, and where to check the CURRENT status Temporary Protected Status (TPS) lets people from a designated country stay and work in the US temporarily during the designation. Nepal was designated after the 2015 earthquake, but its TPS status has changed and been litigated — so for anything that matters (whether it's active, any re-registration window, work-permit extensions), check the current USCIS TPS-Nepal notice + talk to an attorney. Do not rely on old information (including this page) for the current status. 
Immigration Bringing a spouse or fiancé(e) from Nepal (CR-1/IR-1 vs K-1) Already married? A US citizen or green-card holder files Form I-130, and the spouse immigrates via consular processing (CR-1/IR-1). Not married yet, and the petitioner is a US citizen? The K-1 fiancé(e) visa brings them to the US to marry within 90 days. Which path you use depends on marital status + whether you're a citizen or a green-card holder. 
Immigration Bringing your parents to the US (IR-5) If you're a US citizen aged 21 or older, you can petition for your parents to become permanent residents (green-card holders) — the IR-5 category. You file Form I-130 for each parent; after approval it moves to consular processing at the US Embassy in Kathmandu. (Green-card holders cannot petition parents — only citizens can.) 
Immigration Becoming a US citizen (naturalization / N-400) Naturalization is how a green-card holder becomes a US citizen — you file Form N-400, do biometrics, pass an English + civics test at an interview, and take the Oath of Allegiance. Confirm your eligibility first; the rest is very doable with preparation. Legal help and services
Immigration law firms with named offices and source links.
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Shrestha Law Firm, PLLC
Immigration and nationality law firm in Lower Manhattan serving the Nepalese community, with staff fluent in Nepali…
Community-listed New York
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Bashu D. Phulara, P.C.
Immigration law firm in Midtown Manhattan handling family-based and employment immigration, with a team proficient in…
Community-listed New York
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Chhetry & Associates, P.C.
Full-service law firm in Manhattan, established 1987, serving the Nepalese community with staff who speak Nepali…
Community-listed New York
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Adhikari Law PLLC
Immigration law firm in Washington, DC, led by a native Nepali-speaking attorney, serving the Nepalese diaspora across…
Community-listed Washington
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Dahal & Associates, LLC
Immigration and nationality law firm in Falls Church, Virginia, serving Nepalese-community clients across Virginia…
Community-listed Falls Church
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