Another quicksilver change in immigration policy is happening, based on a proclamation issued by Trump on Sunday evening. A mix of travel restrictions, and outright bans are being placed on eight countries, most – but not all – of which are Muslim. These new restrictions replace the parts of the controversial March 2017 travel ban that had expired on Sunday night…
Dreamer Applications (also known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) have been in the news a lot lately, with President Trump’s administration talking about ending the program, but now also claiming they will preserve the close to 800,000 youth currently protected by the program in the United States.
The most notable public perception of President Donald Trump and immigration policy has manifested in daily stories about deportations. These heartbreaking pieces — parents detained and removed from their kids; husbands and wives permanently separated; and adults returned to nations where they have not lived since childhood…
Trump’s administration has just added another delay to immigrants wanting to get green cards in the US. In a move that, in my opinion, is a wasteful use of resources, USICS announced that certain immigrants will now be required to have in-person interviews.
In the United States there is a lot of talk about Mexican immigrants…and a lot of assumptions about who they are, and what that means.
Getting a work visa through employment is tough these days. Ask anyone in any industry. If you are a highly skilled foreign professional, athlete, or artist – who is not currently seeking a job change – you may want to consider applying for an “extraordinary ability” visa to get into the United States.
With worksite enforcement a priority for ICE, employers need to take heed: even employers that have not been accused of knowingly employing undocumented workers can expect site visits and can be held liable for clerical violations and subject to steep civil fines.
As a rule, I believe that the people at Immigration try their best. Most of them are reasonable and well-intentioned. Many years ago, I heard one Director say, “People need to remember what the word ‘Service’ means. We serve the public.” That said, our immigration system isn’t perfect…
Immigration is all over the news these days, making front page headlines with such wild claims as :”Lawmakers, After Meeting With ICE, Say ALL Undocumented Immigrants at Risk of Deportation.” Trump is making headlines all over the news for our current “immigration crisis”, but after more than 20 years exclusively practicing immigration law, I wanted to thank our new president. THANK HIM?!
New USCIS regulations are going to into effect starting July 17, 2017. If you are an international entrepreneur, with a start-up or business you want to implement in the US, you should be reading this article now.
As most of you know, this weekend President Trump signed an executive order called “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” This order has wide-ranging implications for foreign refugees, particularly from seven main countries. There is confusion and a lot of panic out there about what this order means. On Monday, January 30, 2017, I appeared on Bloomberg Radio – broadcast worldwide on Sirius XM Radio – to help alleviate some of the confusion.
Once again President Trump has made US immigration policy front page international news this past week with his remarks about not wanting immigrants from what he described as “shithole countries”. While the language is shocking, the sentiment is one that has held a long place historically in US immigration policy. The colors of skin, or countries may change with the times, but the US has never really been the open-armed “land of the free” it likes to claim to be.
People often contact us saying that they have an "easy" immigration case, but they have just run into a snag. Now they need help. Things get stressful when items such as work permits, travel documents, green cards and citizenship papers are not issued. Here...
We are on the eve of the swearing in of our new President Elect, and many immigrants in the United States are wondering what the next four years will have in store for them. Trump’s campaign was filled with numerous infamous sound bites about “Mexican rapists” and “bad hombres” along with a promise to “build the wall” between the US and Mexico (and Canada), and threats of deportation for millions.
So many people think that marriage is an instant ticket to a green card. They breathe a sigh of relief once they are married assuming that they are now safely living in the US. While there are some faster ways to get a green card, simply marrying your US Citizen (or Green Card holder) significant other may not be the answer.
The short answer? Yes. There is no law to prevent an illegal or undocumented immigrant from marrying a US citizen. Most of the laws around marriage in the United States have to do with age ( legal consent ranges from 15-17 in most states with parental consent, and is 18-21 without it), and relationship status ( 1st cousins are Ok, in many states, but no siblings including half siblings).
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