EXPLODING MYTHS ABOUT ILLEGAL ALIENS The immigration debate is raging in America. There are an estimated 11 million illegal aliens in the U.S. and the proposals regarding what to do about them run the entire spectrum from "throw them all out" to "give them all Green Cards". There are many myths regarding who immigrates to [...]
Visa Bulletin for July 2010 Number 22Volume IXWashington, D.C. A. STATUTORY NUMBERS 1. This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during July. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment of status. [...]
When an individual is deported, the government is forcing those to leave against their will. No choices are given whether they can remain in the United States. Generally, the Department of Homeland Security issues deportation orders because the individual has somehow broken the law. Many people think that if the government places them in deportation [...]
To qualify for an H-1B visa, you must first have a job offer from a U.S. employer for duties to be performed in the United States. In addition, the requirements for getting an H-1B visa include that: You are coming to the U.S. to perform services in a specialty occupation with a college degree or [...]
According to § 109 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code, almost any person may be a debtor under chapter 7 only if such person or entity is not a railroad, financial institution, foreign insurance company, and foreign financial institution. A business that is not a partnership, corporation, or business trust, cannot file a separate bankruptcy petition [...]
Human Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. Sex trafficking occurs when a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or when [...]
The K-1 visa petition can be filed by U.S. citizens who wish to marry their foreign national fiancé (male) or fiancée (female) in the U.S. To apply for the U.S. Fiancée Visa both the partners should either be unmarried or their previous marriages should have been legally settled through a divorce, annulment, or death of [...]
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