Zero One Legal

Adjustment of status · I-130, I-485, I-765, I-131, I-864

Marriage green card lawyer. $3,995, flat.

For a U.S. citizen married to a spouse who is already inside the country. We prepare and file the whole package, prove the marriage is real, handle the routine government requests, and rehearse the interview with you. Government fees separate. Everything else on this page is included.

Check if your case fits

Fit

Who this is for, and who it is not for.

This case fits when

  • You are a U.S. citizen and your spouse is in the United States now
  • Your spouse entered with a visa or other inspection, even if the visa has since expired
  • The marriage is legally valid where it took place and any prior marriages are fully ended
  • Neither of you has a criminal record or any history with immigration court
  • You can meet the income requirement, or a joint sponsor can

It does not fit when

  • The petitioner is a green card holder rather than a citizen
  • Your spouse entered without inspection, or is outside the country
  • There is a removal order, a court case, or a prior deportation
  • Either spouse has arrests, convictions, or a past misrepresentation to the government
  • A waiver of any kind would be needed

When it does not fit, we say so at the screening stage and refer you where we can. No fee.

The package

Five forms, filed together, explained in plain English.

Filing them as one package starts every clock at once: the work permit and travel document are decided while the green card application waits for its interview.

  1. I-130Petition for Alien Relative. The citizen spouse asks the government to recognize the marriage as a real family relationship.
  2. I-485Application to Register Permanent Residence. The green card application itself, filed by the immigrant spouse.
  3. I-765Application for Employment Authorization. The work permit while the green card is pending.
  4. I-131Application for Travel Document. Permission to leave and return while the case is pending, without abandoning it.
  5. I-864Affidavit of Support. The citizen's promise that the immigrant spouse will not need public benefits, backed by income above the federal guideline, or by a joint sponsor.

Included

Everything in the $3,995.

This list matches Schedule A of the engagement agreement word for word. If it is not on the list, we tell you the price before it becomes work.

Full price ledger

  • Strategy session and a written case planIncluded
  • All five forms prepared, assembled, and filed as one packageIncluded
  • Document checklist and review of every piece of evidenceIncluded
  • A written plan for proving the marriage is genuineIncluded
  • Responses to routine government requests for evidenceIncluded
  • Mock interview by video, both spousesIncluded
  • Monitoring and routine correspondence through the decisionIncluded
  • USCIS filing feesPaid by you, directly
  • Attorney at the interviewAdd-on, $750

Evidence

Proving the marriage is real.

The government is not testing whether you are in love. It is testing whether your lives are actually combined. The strongest files show money, housing, and time shared over the length of the marriage, not a stack of photographs from one weekend.

Your case plan lists exactly which documents to gather and in what order, and we review each one before it goes in. Thin spots get flagged early, while there is still time to fix them.

What a strong file usually holds

  • A lease, deed, or mortgage with both names
  • Joint bank accounts and cards with real activity
  • Health, auto, or life insurance naming each other
  • Tax returns filed as married
  • Photographs across time, with family and friends
  • Sworn statements from people who know you as a couple

The interview

One interview. Rehearsed once, by video, before it counts.

Both spouses attend at the local USCIS field office. The officer reviews the file, confirms the facts, and asks about your life together.

  1. 01

    The mock interview

    A video session with both of you, run the way the officer will run it: the file, the timeline, the questions people stumble on when they are nervous. You leave knowing what is coming.

  2. 02

    The real one

    You bring originals of everything in the file plus anything new since filing. We prepare the bring-list. Attorney attendance is available as an add-on, in person or by video where the office allows it.

  3. 03

    If the marriage is under two years old

    Approval comes as a two-year conditional card. Removing the conditions later (I-751) is a separate case with its own agreement and fee, and we tell you that now, not at year two.

  4. 04

    If the officer wants more

    Routine requests for evidence are inside the flat fee. A second, separated interview, a notice of intent to deny, or a denial is outside it, quoted separately or referred out. Our screening is designed to keep you out of that column.

Where your money sits

Five stages. Earned one at a time.

Your $3,995 goes into a client trust account and moves to the firm only when a stage is completed. Written statement at each stage. Unfinished stages refunded if you stop.

  1. 01Strategy session and case setup0%
  2. 02Documents collected and reviewed0%
  3. 03Complete filing drafted for your review0%
  4. 04Filed, receipt notices received0%
  5. 05Interview prep, through the decision0%

Questions

Asked by almost every couple.

The work permit application (I-765) is filed with the package. Once it is approved, your spouse can work while the green card application waits for its interview. We track the receipt and tell you when the card arrives.

Not until the travel document (I-131) is approved. Leaving the country before then can be treated as abandoning the green card application. We file the I-131 with the package and tell you, in writing, when travel is safe.

If the marriage is under two years old on the day the green card is approved, the card is a two-year conditional one. Removing the conditions later (I-751) is a separate case with its own fee. It is not hidden in this one.

Usually not for the spouse of a U.S. citizen who entered with inspection. Overstay by itself does not block adjustment of status in that situation. Entry without inspection is a different problem and is outside our scope.

A joint sponsor, usually a relative or close friend who is a citizen or permanent resident, can sign a second affidavit of support. Preparing the joint sponsor's I-864 is inside the flat fee. We confirm the numbers during the strategy call, before you spend anything on a filing that cannot be approved.

From the Insights desk

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The parts of a marriage case people get wrong on their own, explained with the official sources linked.

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