Generally, U.S. citizens can bestow greater benefits on their alien relatives, and often the first course of action is to obtain naturalization for the alien’s U.S. permeant resident relative. If a permeant resident previously filed an I-130 petition for spouse and/or minor children they can upgrade the petition when they become a U.S. citizen. [...]
More than just the right to vote, what are the Benefits of U.S. Citizenship? Following the election of Donald Trump as President, there has been an enormous uptick in applications for U.S. Citizenship and with good reason, I might add. Yet, many permanent residents apparently are content to remain aliens, even when they become [...]
The Employment Based First preference category always reminds me of Tina Turner’s song “You’re simply the best” because it pretty much sums up the standard for EB-1A immigrant category. The legal standard in the EB1 extraordinary ability category is very high. While the EB-1A category was intended to apply to a small group of individuals, it [...]
On Friday, January 27, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” The Executive Order has far reaching and significant impact not only on the admission of refugees into the United States but also on the immigration system at large and even international travel from [...]
