Unlawful presence accrues any time during which a person is present in the United States without being admitted or paroled and is at the heart of many other immigration concepts, including various grounds of inadmissibility , including the three and ten-year bars . This ...
Read MoreThe ‘health-related’ grounds of inadmissibly are found at INA §212(a)(1) and are the first set of grounds of inadmissibility listed in the Immigration ...
View MoreAbandonment of Residency How to Preserve Your Lawful Permanent Residency How Do I Maintain my Lawful Permanent Residency? When traveling abroad in ...
View MoreWhat is Abandonment of Residency? The term ‘abandonment of residency’ can mean various things; however, generally speaking, there are two ways to ...
View MoreIf you have applied for an immigration benefit and immigration believes that something is missing, they will issue a ‘request for evidence’ (RFE). An ...
View MoreWhat is Good Moral Character? Good moral character is an immigration law concept. Good moral character is as much about the absence of specific ...
View MoreFirst and foremost, you should be honest with your attorney and USICS about having worked without authorization. If you lie, and immigration finds out ...
View MoreImmigration law is a body of complex concepts, words, and phrases. Below is a list of commonly used words and phrases, simplified into understandable ...
View MoreNaturalization is a way for lawful permanent residents to become United States citizens. One of the basic requirements for a naturalization applicant ...
View MoreParole is a term of art used in immigration law and is a way for the U.S. government to let someone into the United States temporarily, without ...
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