Feb 27th, 2010
Imagine you’ve just married the love of your life. You’re a United States citizen. He’s from Ireland. You’ve decided that you’d like to make a life in America and contact an immigration lawyer to discuss how to go about getting a green card through marriage for your husband so that he can move to the US.
An immigration lawyer will likely discuss all the ways he can get a green card...
Jan 17th, 2010
In response to the deadly earthquake that recently hit Haiti, immigration TPS has been approved by United States immigration officials for Haitians who were physically present in the US before the day of the earthquake.
What is Temporary Protected Status (TPS)?
When used in the US immigration field, temporary protected status (or TPS) is a temporary immigration status granted by the US government to foreign...
Jan 13th, 2010
US Immigration officials announced on January 13, 2010 that Haitian deportation would be halted in recognition of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country of Haiti the day before. For nationals of most countries, US immigration deports or removes them to their home country either upon attempting to enter the US or after deportation proceedings have been concluded. When countries are experiencing...
Aug 18th, 2009
A former Houston immigration lawyer was sentenced this week to time served for his role in a scheme to obtain fraudulent employment-based visas for Chinese immigrants. Apparently immigration from China is big business; the Chinese immigrants were willing to pay up to several hundred thousand dollars a piece for the visas. The immigration attorney spent 14 months in jail prior to his sentencing and has been...
Jun 23rd, 2009
SB81, the new immigration law recently passed in Utah is scheduled to take effect later this summer. The law, which is based on the Oklahoma immigration law, has many critics. Immigration attorneys with AILA, an immigration lawyer group, will file a lawsuit, claiming at least four of the provision of the law are unconstitutional.
For example, the law requires proof of US citizenship in order to get a...