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Reforming our immigration system is vital to creating a workforce that contributes to our economic security - both in times of prosperity and recession. Legal immigration is a highly regulated and tightly controlled system that serves our national interest by...
Starting June 4, 2012, persons abroad who have applied for certain visas and have been found ineligible will be able to mail requests to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility directly to a USCIS. This change affects where individuals abroad, who have been found...
A will in the state of Texas should be a requirement for any party who has hadmore than one marriage and has children from their first marriage. This is because thescheme for dissent and distribution of a person's property changes significantly whenthere are children...
Victims of Crimes in the United States Immigration laws provide assistance to victims of various crimes by providing immigration relief. Some of these crimes include: human trafficking, rape, murder, manslaughter, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Battered Spouse...
Withholding of Removal is available relief to avoid removal to a country where the individual immigrant is very strong likely to suffer persecution based on race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group. If USCIS is not...
What is Asylum? Asylum is relief for an alien to remain in the United States under legal status because he has suffered past persecution in his home country or because he has a justifiable fear of future persecution in his home country and such persecution is based on...
It is always a bad idea to lie on your immigration petitions. It is always abad idea to lie to or withhold information from a consular officer regarding your immigration matters. Lying to United States Government officials is a crime, and doing so may cause the...
There are many advantages to becoming a United States citizen. Some of these include: Protection from deportation Less restrictions on travel and easier re-entry with a U.S. passport Full protection of U.S. Constitution and law Right to apply for family members to...
A Will is a declaration in a legal document of the intention of the person who has executed a Will, with respect to his/her property, which he/she desires to be become effective after death. Having a Will often removes the possibility of all unwanted disagreements...
There is a presumption against spousal maintenance in Texas. Under Texas law, a person is only eligible to receive spousal maintenance if: 1) the other spouse was convicted of an act of family violence that occurred during the 2 years immediately before the date on...
