23 years living in the US Visa question

A friend of mine is encountering the following situation and needs advice. She has been here since the age of 7 and is now 30. Her parents have Permanent Residency and she has a son born here in the United States. She was married a couple of years ago and filed papers with her husband in 2002. She is now separated (not divorced) from her husband and he will not attend to their appointments.

Questions:

Being her parents have had permanent residency here since 1982 does she not qualify for citizenship?

Being she has been here for so long and has her entire family living here including a US born son, what can be done outside of her deadbeat husband leaving her to hang.

She has an appointment with DHS in about 4 weeks and is up in air about what to do.

Did this individuals parents ever become Naturalized Citizens?

I think a child automatically qualified for Permanent Resident status if that child’s parents receive their Green Card (Permanent Resident Status). I don’t understand why she does not have it yet. Does she have a social security number? Has she worked in the US? She will not be deported if she has a Green Card, unless there is something else going on that is not mentioned in your post.

Marriage to a US Citizen is one way of getting a Green Card. It does not get you citizenship. To become a citizen you must have lived as a permanent resident in the US for at least 7 years, then apply.

She may have to wait because to file the I-130, if your friend is over 21 she must be unmarried.