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VISA PROCEDURES The Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, provides U.S. citizens with two options for facilitating the immigration of future spouses to the United States: the K-1 fiance visa and the alien-spouse immigrant visa. In many cases, the processing time for a fiance visa is shorter than that for an alien spouse. Fiance visa […]

Note: INS enforcement and service functions and responsibilities transitioned into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The latest immigration law, signed by President Clinton on November 12, 1999, is a technical fix. Through the Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-95, Congress sought to remedy certain narrow interpretations of existing […]

Whether you will find it easy or hard to become a U.S. citizen will depend on too many factors to discuss in this short article, but I will discuss eligibility requirements, age, disability, and relatively new laws governing children of U.S. citizen parents born overseas. There are only two ways to become a U.S. citizen: […]

On March 1, 2003, the Department of Homeland Security became responsible for securing U.S. borders and managing the immigration process. In the past, these two important missions were bundled together within one agency – the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Under DHS, however, immigration services and border enforcement functions will be divided into separate agencies, allowing […]

What is a Visa? A “Visa” is simply a stamp in a passport that gives the passport holder authorization to enter the United States. The USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) handles most matters involving visas. You may find an immigration lawyer to help you wit your H1 visa or any other visa on this […]

Each year, the Diversity Lottery (DV) Program (also known as the Green Card Lottery) makes 55,000 immigrant visas available through a lottery to people who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. The State Department (DOS) holds the lottery every year, and randomly selects approximately 110,000 applicants from all qualified […]