Filing Form N-600K To Apply For Citizenship Based on Parentage It is not uncommon to find a child with one or both parents as a US citizen but the
VISA BULLETIN JUNE 2021 The Visa Bulletin June 2021, highlights the latest revision of visa procedures and availability by the USCIS. Introduction; What is the Visa Bulletin? With each passing
Driver’s license for undocumented migrants: Virginia will allow them to drive legally In what is one of the newest wins for aspiring Americans, the Commonwealth of Virginia passed a law
Trump’s unfavorable H-1B regulations were STRUCK down by a U.S. district court. This spells favor for aspiring Americans, especially those stuck in interminable backlogs. Read on to find out what
FIND OUT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS ABOUT YOU. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) provides a user-friendly form for making a FOIA request, which is called Form G-639. It
What Is A Travel Visa? Generally speaking, if you wish to travel into any foreign nation, you’re required to possess a travel visa. In the same vein, the United States
We won! They can’t keep me out! The University of Michigan has tried for 4 years to keep me out of the courthouse in my quest to unseal the papers
The Virginia immigration driver’s license makes it the 15th state to pass a similar measure. This law will allow about 300,000 immigrants to drive legally. In what is one of
What is DACA? Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a U.S. immigration policy for certain people who came to the U.S. as children They also need to meet several guidelines to
What should you know about waivers under 212 (h)? Many people believe that a past mistake immediately makes them deportable or ineligible to live in the US. This is far from
As reality set in for the entire U.S. regarding the furlough of 70% of USCIS’s workforce, a counter announcement on August 25, 2020 may have just turned the situation on
Recent furlough developments threaten to put USCIS, its workers, and all of its activities to a halt. This event has an earful in store for USCIS, aspiring immigrants, and the
BUYING A FRANCHISE IN THE US Many well known businesses are run by individuals and families as franchises. This is a great opportunity for the foreign investor who is looking
…for immigrants who already got the short end of the stick. On January 13, 2011 the Virginia Supreme Court (VSC) reversed the decisions of two circuit court judges granting modification
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The US immigration system is based on precisely defined categories of immigration benefits. Whether you will get an immigration benefit depends on how well you fit in a category. The
Being an immigration lawyer has taught me at least one important lesson: it is far easier to prevent a mess than it is to clean up one. If you qualify,
Laws are shaped by culture. What may be legal or lawful in one country is not in another. In a diverse country like the United States, the courts frequently have
The H-1B visa status has perhaps one of the largest bodies of law regulating it than any other nonimmigrant status. The H-1B is the temporary professional work visa. It’s good
As an immigration and criminal defense lawyer I hear a lot about “criminal aliens.” Legally, the term usually refers to people who happen to be aliens (whose status may be