Immigration Blog
Posted on Jun 16, 2013
Getting US asylum allows a person to live and work legally in the United States. It normally leads to a US green card within one year of being granted asylum status, which can in turn lead to a grant ...
Continue reading "Getting Asylum in the US - Changing Motivations and the "On Account of" Requirement" »
Posted on Jun 15, 2013
Persons who receive a grant of asylum in the United States can live and work legally in the country and are eligible to apply for a US green card one year after receiving asylee status. Being a green ...
Continue reading "Asylum - Mixed Motives and the Persecution/Protected-Ground Nexus" »
Posted on Jun 14, 2013
Foreign professionals in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields will have a much easier time getting the documentation they need to live and work in the United States if a ...
Continue reading "STEM Professionals and Immigration Reform - Working in the US Will be Easier" »
Posted on Jun 13, 2013
Immigration reform is coming, immigration attorneys and analysts say. A bill under review in the United States senate would, if passed, bring major changes to the US immigration law system. It would ...
Continue reading "Some Immigration-Related Offenses to be Treated Less Severely Under CIR" »
Posted on Jun 12, 2013
A criminal history related to drugs can have dire consequences for one's USA immigration status and future immigration hopes. Some drug-related crimes can lead to deportation from the United ...
Continue reading "Can a Drug-Related Criminal History Keep Me From Getting a Green Card?" »
Posted on Jun 11, 2013
United States immigration law affords several protections for victims of human trafficking. In addition to affording long-term status to certain victims of crime by way of a self-petition under a T or ...
Continue reading "Grant of Continued Presence for Victims of Trafficking" »
Posted on Jun 10, 2013
Unlawful presence - in the immigration context, it strikes fear into the hearts of persons seeking a US green card or a temporary visa alike who have spent time in the United States in undocumented ...
Continue reading "Waiver for Unlawful Presence to Get Makeover with Immigration Reform" »
Posted on Jun 9, 2013
United States asylum law affords a grant of asylum to persons physically present in the United States who demonstrate, either to an immigration judge in the deportation context, or to an asylum ...
Continue reading "Asylum for Persecution On Account of Religion - Where do Atheists Fit In?" »
Posted on Jun 8, 2013
Comprehensive USA immigration reform is likely to occur, US immigration law experts agree, in 2013. A bill submitted by the so-called "Gang of Eight" - a group of four Democrats and four ...
Continue reading "US Citizenship through Registered Provisional Immigrant Status" »
Posted on Jun 7, 2013
Crimes involving drugs, whether use or trafficking and whether a conviction was made or a person simply admits to having committed the crime, can have serious negative consequences with respect to an ...
Continue reading "Drug Offenses and US Immigration Law Inadmissibility - What You Need to Know" »
Posted on Jun 6, 2013
Individuals who seek to get a US green card through the process known as adjustment of status or through what is referred to as consular processing cannot do so if they are deemed inadmissible under ...
Continue reading "Evidence for Proving Extreme Hardship in an I-601 Waiver Application - What Works?" »
Posted on Jun 5, 2013
The federal government has broad discretion in enforcing the law. Decisions as to whether or how to prosecute an individual under the law are largely wholly within the discretion of the relevant law ...
Continue reading "Prosecutorial Discretion in Deportation Cases - Administrative Stay of Removal" »
Posted on Jun 4, 2013
Immigration reform is back in the spotlight. There has been no shortage of media coverage of a recently-submitted bill in the United States senate. The proposal, were it to become law, would ...
Continue reading "USA Immigration Reform - Can the DREAM Act be Revived?" »
Posted on Jun 3, 2013
Individuals facing possible deportation from the United States because they are either present without valid immigration documentation or because they have done something that makes them ...
Continue reading "What is Deferred Action in the Deportation Context, and How do I Get It?" »
Posted on Jun 2, 2013
The laws governing temporary US business visas may be about to change significantly. As part of a major proposed revision of broader US immigration law, the non-immigrant work and business visa ...
Continue reading "Major Changes to Temporary US Business Visas On the Horizon" »
Posted on Jun 1, 2013
Individuals who are physically present in the US and who are or were previously the victim of a severe form of human trafficking, and who meet certain other qualifications, can get a USA visa called ...
Continue reading "All About the T Visa for Victims of Human Trafficking" »
Posted on May 31, 2013
The time, it appears, has almost come - comprehensive immigration reform looks to be at last on the horizon. Reforming in a profound way the US immigration system is something that many have tried but ...
Continue reading "What You Need to Know About the Proposed Comprehensive Immigration Reform" »
Posted on May 30, 2013
By now most immigration-watchers in the United States have heard of the comprehensive immigration reform bill pending in the US Senate. Sponsored by the "Gang of Eight" (four Democrats and ...
Continue reading "The Other Immigration Reform Bill - What's Happening in the House of Representatives" »
Posted on May 29, 2013
A major overhaul the US immigration law system is in the works. A bill introduced in the senate would, were it to eventually become law, change US immigration policy in a multitude of ways. In ...
Continue reading "Winners and Losers in Proposed Immigration Reform Bill - Family Implications" »
Posted on May 28, 2013
The comprehensive immigration reform bill currently pending in the United States Senate will not afford US citizens the right to sponsor their same-sex partners for a green card. An influential ...
Continue reading "Why Same-Sex Partners Will Not be Allowed a Green Card Under Immigration Reform" »
Posted on May 27, 2013
US immigration policy appears set to make a major paradigm shift. A system that once placed "family unification" above all else will move toward an emphasis on benefitting individuals who ...
Continue reading "Earn Your Way to a Green Card - The Points System in the Proposed Immigration Bill" »
Posted on May 26, 2013
People are rejected by the millions each year by the United States government, deemed undesirable enough that they cannot enter the USA, whether for tourism, business or to live. US immigration law ...
Continue reading "Why Would Someone be Denied Entry to the US at the Airport or Border?" »
Posted on May 25, 2013
A sign of increasingly closer relations between the United States and what has emerged as the Latin American leader in sustained economic growth and overall stability, Chile, the US-Chile Free Trade ...
Continue reading "A US Business Visa Just for Chileans - The H-1B1 Professional Visa" »
Posted on May 24, 2013
Persons who qualify for US asylum can live and work legally in the United States, and can apply for a US green card after spending one year in asylee status. An individual gets asylum in the United ...
Continue reading "How to Get Asylum in the US in 5 Steps" »
Posted on May 23, 2013
Getting asylum in the US allows one to live and work legally in the country and generally leads to a US green card, which can in turn lead to US citizenship. Asylum is given to persons who are ...
Continue reading "USA Asylum - What "On Account of" Means in the Refugee Definition" »