By Richard Hanus|2012-08-27T17:39:17-05:00August 27th, 2012|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), General, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: Board of Immigration Appeals, civic duty, estoppel, foreign national, government official, Illinois Secretary of State, inadmissable, Keathely, licensed driver, removal proceedings, U.S. congressional election, unlawful conduct, voter registrant|
Published: August 27, 2012 No doubt by now you have heard the one about the foreign national who walks into the local Secretary of State’s office to get a driver’s license, and walks out a licensed driver, an organ donor [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-08-16T15:51:19-05:00August 16th, 2012|Categories: 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, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, election, employment authorization document, green card, insignificant misdemeanor, Obama, permanent legislative mandate, removal proceedings, Romney, significant misdemeanor|
Published: August 16, 2012 Excitement and Confusion Reign as Obama’s Deferred Action Program is Implemented Is this complicated? Could I end up in removal proceedings if I apply? Will my family end up in removal proceedings? Will a filing under [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-08-06T08:24:31-05:00August 6th, 2012|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: DACA, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Obama, undocumented young adults|
Published: August 6, 2012 In the past week, the Obama Administration announced it will implement its “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” or “DACA” program on August 15, 2012. That’s the program that will allow certain undocumented young adults who arrived [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-07-03T10:24:36-05:00July 3rd, 2012|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, 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.|Tags: DREAM Act, initiative, reasonable suspicion, show me your papers, sole jurisdiction|
Published: July 3, 2012 To address the various issues presented by the hundreds of thousands of undocumented individuals living in their state, including the security of their state’s border with Mexico and the drain on state coffers, the State of [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-06-18T21:15:16-05:00June 18th, 2012|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: DREAM Act, employment authorization document|
Published: June 18, 2012 The “DREAM Act” Inspired Program In A Nutshell: Young adults who: A) have completed high school, their G.E.D. or were honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces, B) have lived in the U.S. for more than [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-06-01T09:33:04-05:00June 1st, 2012|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, 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., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: gay marriage, gay marriage debate, gay population, momentum, Obama, proscecutorial discretion, same sex relationships|
Published: June 1, 2012 The momentum is unmistakable. State by state, our country is taking a serious look at the issue of gay marriage, with the volume of the local and national discussion only getting higher. Whether you believe same [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-05-15T08:15:57-05:00May 15th, 2012|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law|Tags: eligibility, residence requirements|
Published: May 15, 2012 The requirements to become a U.S. citizen by way of an N-400 Application for Naturalization are generally not complicated, although situations frequently arise where significant questions regarding an applicant’s eligibility are raised. General Requirements for Naturalization: [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-04-30T10:50:36-05:00April 30th, 2012|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: accurate legal advice, criminal counsel, deportation consequences, fraudulent, noncitizen criminal defendants, petition to vacate, plea, post conviction relief, uninformed acceptance|
Published: April 30, 2012 Firstly, a review: On March 31, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of Padilla v. Kentucky, declaring that noncitizen criminal defendants seeking to plead guilty have a constitutional right to be [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-04-12T14:07:18-05:00April 12th, 2012|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|Tags: advanced degree holders, bona fide, eligibility, fiscal year, job offer, visa supply|
Published: April 12, 2012 For most government agencies, including Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), fiscal year 2013 starts on October 1, 2012. Starting on that date, U.S. employers are able to benefit from a new crop [...]
By Richard Hanus|2012-04-01T14:03:48-05:00April 1st, 2012|Categories: Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: extreme hardship, proposed rule, unlawful presence, waiver|
Published: April 1, 2012 On March 30, 2012, US CIS published a proposed rule for the implementation of the “stateside” I-601 Waiver program. That does not mean the program is now in effect, just that the government has commenced the [...]
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