From the category archives:

Immigration

Should You Litigate?

Just because you may have a claim to start a law­suit does not mean you should.  Litigation can be expen­sive.  It is absolutely crit­i­cal to assess the eco­nom­ics in start­ing a law­suit before doing so. 
Dur­ing your ini­tial con­sul­ta­tion with an attor­ney, you have to con­sider the amount you are plan­ning to sue for, what relief you expect to be […]

Immigration Basics: Grounds for Exclusion

The basis for exclu­sion and depor­ta­tion are grouped into sev­eral areas.  Here are the ten grounds for exclusion:

Crim­i­nal basis;
Health issues;
Pub­lic charge;
Employ­ment issues;
Secu­rity and Related Grounds;
Grounds based on ille­gal entry and immi­gra­tion vio­la­tions;
Improper doc­u­ments;
You were sub­ject to removal pre­vi­ously;
A ground based on inel­i­gi­bil­ity of the alien even­tu­ally to become a US cit­i­zen;
Mis­cel­la­neous grounds.

If you have one of […]

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Are you Inadmissable?

If you have found a basis for your green card, such as you are a part of a com­pany that trades with the United States and you plan on arriv­ing to the US to work here for your com­pany, your appli­ca­tion could still be denied.  unfor­tu­nately, the USCIS is able to deny your appli­ca­tion if […]

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How To Prepare for your Immigration Interview

After fill­ing your paper­work with the United States Cit­i­zen­ship and Immi­gra­tion Ser­vice, you may have to attend an inter­view at US Con­sulate or at Immi­gra­tion office, such as 26 Fed­eral Plaza in Man­hat­tan or the Gar­den City field office on Stew­art Avenue.  Often this is your first con­tact with  per­son from the Immi­gra­tion ser­vice. It […]

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Transferring a Intracompany Employee from Overseas to the US

If your com­pany is look­ing to trans­fer an employee to the United States on a tem­po­rary assign­ment, an L visa may be the way to go. Here are the impor­tant pro­vi­sions for obtain­ing an L visa:

The worker must have worked abroad for your com­pany for at least one year within the pre­ced­ing three years;
The for­eign and the […]

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Family Sponsored Immigration — Immediate Relatives

Of of the main objec­tives of the Immi­gra­tion sys­tem is to bring fam­ily mem­bers together. High pri­or­ity is given to fam­ily mem­bers of US cit­i­zens and per­ma­nent res­i­dents in immi­grat­ing to the United States. In addi­tion, their are spe­cial removal relief that is only avail­able to close fam­ily mem­bers of US cit­i­zens.
The high­est pri­or­ity is […]

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