The Obama Administration is reportedly considering a change in the waiver rules to allow undocumented immigrant spouses and children of U.S. citizens who are in the U.S. to spend more time with their citizen relatives while seeking legal status. The news about the new...
Family Visas
US House passes immigration measure on 389 to 15 vote
Tuesday the United States House passed an immigration measure lifting the per country cap on family-based visas from seven to 15 percent. The measure also would affect employment-based visas by eliminating the seven percent per country cap on the roughly 140,000 visas...
Choosing the proper family visa application
On occasion, people can be confused by the complex variations of potential family visa forms and applications. The application process can be time-consuming and daunting, even when the proper forms are identified. For instance, this blog recently discussed the...
Two widows allowed to resume permanent residency applications, P.2
Yesterday this blog began a discussion of the so-called widow penalty under pre-2009 U.S. immigration law. The discussion was more theoretical in nature. Today the story continues with a discussion of two real-life applications of the law. Foreign nationals who may...
Two widows allowed to resume permanent residency applications, P.1
The road to permanent residency in the United States can take some time. Federal laws allow for United States citizens who are related to foreign nationals to apply for family members to become permanent residents in this country and eventually move toward becoming...
USCIS quickly reverses itself in same sex spousal visa cases
Immigration authorities say they have changed course again on how it will handle applications for green cards in cases involving same sex couples. Last week U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) officials announced that applications from foreign nationals...
USCIS announces future possibility for same-sex spousal green cards
There are numerous provisions that allow U.S. citizens to petition for immigrant family members of the citizen to become a permanent resident in the country. Experienced family immigration lawyers in Florida, as across the country, understand that many U.S. citizens...
Is Birthright Citizenship The Next Immigration Law Target?
Immigration reform has been on the public consciousness for some time now. Last year, an effort to pass the DREAM Act failed, while Arizona passed a controversial anti-immigration state law. Now it appears the 14th Amendment may be the subject for some politicians....
Military Spouse Amendment to Immigration Law Under Consideration
The Japanese widow of an American serviceman killed in Iraq hopes to gain citizenship from a new law that is making its way through Congress. The woman met a U.S. Marine when he was stationed in Okinawa. The Marine was deployed to duty in Iraq. The couple was...