By Richard Hanus|2013-05-01T09:56:27-05:00May 1st, 2013|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|Tags: biometric fingerprint, Customer Identity Verification, identity fraud prevention, national security|
Published: May 1, 2013 In the coming week, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services offices across the U.S. will begin implementation of a new “Customer Identity Verification” process. In the interest of national security and identity fraud prevention, applicants [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-04-27T09:35:04-05:00April 27th, 2013|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S.|Tags: electronic travel records, foreign nationals, formal inspection, nonimmigrant, paperless, streamline, visitor|
Published: April 27, 2013 For as long as anyone remembers, Form I-94 has been the white, passport sized card the majority of nonimmigrant foreign nationals have been issued and had stapled to a page in their passport upon entry into the U.S. Whether [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-04-15T07:59:18-05:00April 15th, 2013|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: bipartisan group, Gang of 8, path to legalization, proposed immigration reform|
Published: April 15, 2013 A draft of proposed immigration reform legislation has been released by the Gang of 8, that bipartisan group of U.S. Senators who have been attempting to style a legislative solution to our society’s current immigration related ills. The [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-04-10T07:53:41-05:00April 10th, 2013|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: cap subject, comprehensive immigration reform bill, expanded annual supply, lottery|
Published: April 10, 2013 The allotment of 85,000 “cap subject” H-1B work visas for fiscal year 2014, which runs from October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014, was exhausted within the first week applications were accepted by Citizenship and Immigration [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-04-01T08:20:38-05:00April 1st, 2013|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: border security, Marco Rubio, path to legalization, Ronald Reagan, undocumented foreigners|
Published: April 1, 2013 For the past two decades as a practicing immigration lawyer, I have come to be a student of everything immigration law – the actual laws, the way the laws are applied, the mindset of the powerful decision-makers who preside [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-03-09T09:35:21-06:00March 9th, 2013|Categories: Asylum in the United States, Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: criminal arrest, criminal background, criminal sentence, denied application, denied asylum, renewal, traffic stop, Travel in the U.S.|
By: Richard Hanus, Esq. Published: March 9, 2013 With over 11 million+ undocumented individuals living in the U.S. and only a fraction of that population currently the subject of removal proceedings, a commonly asked question is: how does one become unlucky enough to [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-02-27T13:51:15-06:00February 27th, 2013|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|Tags: financial health, guidelines, income requirements, joint co-sponsor, Poverty Guideline Level, poverty level, sizable liquid assets|
Published: February 27, 2013 Before intending family-based immigrants are issued their visa, or approved for adjustment of status, the petitioning U.S. family member or their joint co-sponsor will have to submit an I-864 Affidavit of Support (or acceptable I-864 variation) [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-02-19T11:31:00-06:00February 19th, 2013|Categories: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: applications, complicating factor, criminal arrest, demographic, DREAM Act, fingerprinting process, pending removal proceedings, processing time frame, proposed legislation|
Published: February 19, 2013 As of February 19, 2013, more than 438,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (“DACA”) applications have been received by U.S. Department of Homeland Security. DACA applicants are also known as “DREAMERS” since they make up the [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-02-11T09:52:50-06:00February 11th, 2013|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, General, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: Consultation, due diligence, immigration consultants, indictment, legislation, notarios, regulate, sham marriages, Tahawwur Rana, Teresita Zarrabian, unauthorized practice of law|
Published: February 11, 2013 By the end of the summer, if not sooner, it is very possible Congress will act to provide undocumented individuals an avenue toward legalizing their status in the U.S. Exactly what the terms or requirements of [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-01-18T11:51:48-06:00January 18th, 2013|Categories: General, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: debate, driver's licenses, Governor Quinn, Illinois, Illinois drivers, path to legalization, undocumented population|
Published: January 18, 2013 In recent weeks, the State of Illinois passed legislation to allow the state’s population of roughly 250,000 undocumented drivers to obtain driver’s licenses. The bill, which is expected to be signed by Governor Quinn, will make Illinois the [...]
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