By Richard Hanus|2014-11-13T09:34:16-06:00November 13th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published: November 13, 2014 The next 45 days should be real interesting. President Obama put off any executive action on immigration until after the mid-term elections, where we all know the Democrats took a shellacking. Now that the mid-terms are [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-10-12T09:51:18-05:00October 12th, 2014|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, United States Embassies Abroad|
Published: October 12, 2014 I-864 Affidavit of Support: A Legally Enforceable Contract For the vast majority of individuals being issued U.S. lawful permanent resident, or “green card” status, their applications for residence are premised on a family based visa petition [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-09-24T09:38:20-05:00September 24th, 2014|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Uncategorized, United States Embassies Abroad, Visa Lottery and Diversity Visas to the U.S.|
Published: September 24, 2014 The Green Card Lottery (DV-2016) As in years past, millions of people from all over world will submit entries to have a chance at one of 50,000 diversity immigrant visas and obtain “green card” status in [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-09-10T08:24:04-05:00September 10th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published: September 10, 2014 First the U.S. Senate was ready to act on immigration. Then, the House of Representatives was not. Then President Obama was ready to act without congressional backing, and enact measures by way of his executive powers [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-08-27T08:10:56-05:00August 27th, 2014|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|
Published: August 27, 2014 As discussed in this column previously, the Green Card via marriage to U.S. citizen option can be a quick and easy route for most foreign nationals, whether residing in the U.S. or abroad. For example, a [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-07-28T08:45:38-05:00July 28th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published: July 28, 2014 First, some important facts. Last year, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to allow for the legalization of the vast majority of our nation’s undocumented population, now estimated at around 12 million. The House of Representatives, through [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-07-10T12:06:46-05:00July 10th, 2014|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, United States Embassies Abroad|
Published: July 10, 2014 In recent months, the line allowing foreign nationals seeking residence in the U.S., by way of a job offer as a professional healthcare worker, has moved forward considerably. So whether they are in the U.S. or [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-06-25T12:04:41-05:00June 25th, 2014|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Published: June 25, 2014 Foreign nationals, residing in the U.S., who are applying for lawful permanent residence by way of an I-485 Application for Adjustment of Status, are required to file a certified and sealed medical examination report in support [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-06-17T14:50:24-05:00June 17th, 2014|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., United States Embassies Abroad|
Published: June 17, 2014 The U.S. government issues permanent resident cards, or “green cards,” to individuals seeking to “reside” in the U.S. That means there are significant limits on the amount of time Green Card holders can spend outside the [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-06-01T12:07:37-05:00June 1st, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published: June 1, 2014 The stars continue to line up for the eventual enactment of a program to allow our nation’s undocumented to obtain some sort of legal status. Exactly what type of status that might be, and whether that [...]
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