Law Office of Bhupinder Gill

Law Office of Bhupinder Gill The Law Office of Bhupinder Gill is located in Santa Clara, CA. Bhupinder's practice primarily focuses on U.S. Immigration Law.

After admitted to practice as an attorney in California in 2008, he worked for the major immigration law firms in the San Francisco Bay Area. Before starting his solo practice, he was the co-founder and senior partner of the Law Offices of Gill & Heridis where he exclusively practiced in the area of Immigration for about eight years. He, therefore, has extensive experience in employment-based immi

gration, family-based immigration and asylum-based immigration. Bhupinder represents Employers and Workers for their immigration needs, such as H-1B, L, and Green Card Processing for nonimmigrant workers. Since he obtained a diploma in Computer Science from Herzing Institute, a reputable institute located in Montreal, and then worker as a Software Developer for several years, his IT background helps his clients with the successful outcome of H-1Bs, PERMs and I-140s. Bhupinder represents his clients requiring assistance in their family based immigration before USCIS and consulates. He also represents his clients before Asylum Office, Immigration Court, Board of Immigration Appeals, and United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Bhupinder is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). In the past, he had been a member of the American Bar Association (ABA). Being an immigrant, Bhupinder desires to help others who are caught in relentless immigration dilemma. He, therefore, has dedicated his practice exclusively to Immigration matters. He is fluent in Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu.

06/08/2026

06/03/2026

USCIS MEMO REGARDING ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS

Represented him before Immigration Court in removal proceedings. Now he got his green card.
01/01/2023

Represented him before Immigration Court in removal proceedings. Now he got his green card.

Represented her in removing conditions on green card. She was a victim of domestic violence. She is soon becoming a US...
01/01/2023

Represented her in removing conditions on green card. She was a victim of domestic violence. She is soon becoming a US Citizen.

I represented her in removal proceedings and got her green card.
01/01/2023

I represented her in removal proceedings and got her green card.

05/09/2021

Green Card through Marriage with US Citizen

When a US citizen marries a non-citizen, the US citizen may petition for lawful permanent residency for the spouse. The process begins when the citizen spouse files a Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative (I-130), which acts as a request for immigration authorities to formally recognize the validity of the marriage. USCIS then conducts “an investigation of the facts” and adjudicates the petition. Once the I-130 petition is approved, the non-citizen spouse may apply for permanent residency, which—if successful—he or she receives only “on a conditional basis,” and which can be revoked if the marriage is later found to be a fraud.
A US Citizen who is petitioning for his or her non-citizen spouse is required to prove with substantial and probable evidence that their marriage is a good-faith marriage and is not to evade the US immigration laws. This standard can be met by showing that the couple is living together as a husband and wife and have comingled their financial assets and liabilities.
USCIS interviews a petitioning US citizen and his/her spouse to test their bona fide marriage by asking questions ranging from their first meeting to daily routine and even by inquiring about their intimate moments, depending upon their culture. Sometimes a husband and a wife are separated and asked the same set of questions to elicit the truth. In a few cases, the officer makes a house visit to see if the couple is residing in the stated house.
Once the marriage petition and the adjustment of status application are approved, the nonimmigrant spouse becomes a conditional permanent resident of the US for two years, and the couple is required to file the joint petition ninety days before the expiration of the conditional resident status.
The continuity of bona fide marriage is again tested with the substantial and probable evidence standard, requiring the couple to show that they continue to live together as a married couple and continue to comingle their financial assets and liabilities.
If the marriage falls apart during those two years, the non-citizen spouse may seek a waiver based on the good faith marriage which ended in divorce, or based on the good faith marriage but was battered or abused by the US citizen spouse.
If USCIS determines—even after approval of the petition and grant of conditional residency—that the non-citizen spouse entered into a marriage for the purpose of evading the immigration laws, it will revoke the existing approved petition as well as will not approve any future petition filed by anyone on behalf of the noncitizen.

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4677 Old Ironsides Drive, Ste. 260
Santa Clara, CA
95054

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14089406065

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