Marriage based green cards may be obtained in several ways for persons already in the U.S. depending upon marriage either to a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident and depending upon whether he/she entered the U.S. legally or illegally. Marriage to U.S. Citizen There are several options: Get married and immediately apply for a marriage based [...]
Number 23 Volume IX Washington, D.C. A. STATUTORY NUMBERS 1. This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during August. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment of status. Allocations [...]
Two basic types of consumer bankruptcy cases are provided for under the Bankruptcy Code. The cases are traditionally given the names of the chapters that describe them. Chapter 7, entitled Liquidation, contemplates an orderly, court-supervised procedure by which a trustee takes over the assets of the debtor's estate, reduces them to cash, and makes distributions [...]
Renunciation (Surrender) of Indian Citizenship Indian Citizenship Indian nationality law follows the jus sanguinis (citizenship by right of blood) as opposed to the jus soli (citizenship by right of birth within the territory). Renunciation is covered in Section 8 of the Citizenship Act 1955. If an adult makes a declaration of renunciation of Indian citizenship, he [...]
Mauritania The U.S. Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Mauritania, and urges extreme caution when traveling there due to increased activities by the terrorist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). AQIM continues to demonstrate its intent and ability to conduct attacks against foreign nationals, including [...]
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced revised filing instructions for petitioners filing an Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker. The new form, dated 6/14/10, reflects an overall effort to transition the filing of benefit forms from USCIS Service Centers to USCIS Lockbox facilities. Centralizing form and fee filing to a Lockbox environment allows USCIS to [...]
H-1B Visa Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Cap Season The H-1B Visa Program U.S. businesses use the H-1B visa program to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields, such as scientists, engineers, or computer programmers. How USCIS Determines if an H-1B Visa Petition is Subject to the FY [...]
An Alien’s Motion to Continue Removal Proceedings to Await the Adjudication of a Pending Family-Based Visa... http://fb.me/E3LayL7F
The Board of Immigration Appeals has issued an important decision on the issue of when a continuance should be granted by an Immigration Judge when an alien is in removal proceedings but who has a pending family-based visa petition (an I-130) that makes him or her prima facie eligible to adjust his or her status [...]
Click here to watch video: DREAM Act The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act (The "DREAM Act") is an immigration bill that would provide certain undocumented students who graduate from US high schools, who are of good moral character, arrived in the U.S. as minors, and have been in the country continuously for at [...]
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