New York Lawyer's Legal Updates
TN Work Visa’s For Canadian And Mexican Citizens
06 June 2016Author: New York Employment Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova A TN visa is a work visa available for citizens of Canada and/or Mexico. The visa is much easier to receive than other work visas and in fact, may be applied for at the border. The traditional, in-conuslate application can be submitted as well, and sometimes is preferred. The proces ...
Immigration Benefits For Military Personnel
31 May 2016Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Generally speaking, it is not easy to qualify for immigration benefits in the United States. To promote family unity and, perhaps, to thank those who put their lives in danger for the safety of all of us, the government provides certain exceptions and benefits to current and former military membe ...
Dangers Of Domestic Violence Convictions For Immigration Purposes
31 May 2016Author: New York Deportation attorney Alena Shautsova Domestic violence chargers are probably the most common ones. They can originate from both Family or Criminal courts. For example, in New York, a person may obtain an order of protection from a Family or from a Criminal court. If a family member is found in violation of an order of protection f ...
Non-Immigrant (212(d)(3)(A)) Waiver
31 May 2016Author: New York Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova Immigrant waivers such as I 601 or I 601A waive grounds of inadmissibility for those who seek adjustment of status or an Immigrant visa. They are difficult to obtain, as usually, an applicant must demonstrate extreme hardship to a qualifying relative. There is however a waiver for those who do ...
Choices For Abused Spouses
24 May 2016Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova When somebody enters into a marriage, they usually hope that the union would last forever and spouses would respect each another, and they would live happily –ever- after... Some marriages last for a long time, some forever, and some for days or hours. United States Immigration laws require that a non-c ...
Denaturalization: How US Government Can Take Citizenship Back
18 May 2016Author: US Citizenship Attorney Alena Shautsova The scariest nightmare for any former Immigrant: to be placed in proceedings where the US government is seeking to take back the granted citizenship. The good news here (yes, there is good news everywhere!): you would have rights and an opportunity to defend yourself in Court! Denaturalization must ...
Citizenship And Arrest
16 May 2016Author: Citizenship attorney Alena Shautsova Citizenship is, perhaps, the ultimate goal of any Immigrant. Generally, to qualify for citizenship through naturalization, a person has to hold a permanent resident status for 3 (if the permanent residency was based on marriage to a US citizen), or 5 years. An applicant should use form N400 and submit ...
USCIS Helps Those Affected By Earthquakes In Ecuador, Burma And Japan
05 May 2016Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova Recent earthquakes and natural disasters affected thousands of nationals of Ecuador, Japan and Burma. While these regions have not been designated for Temporary Protected Status, USCIS promised to help nationals of these countries. What does that mean? It means that first, a national or a citiz ...
Filing I-130 Abroad By Military Petitioner
28 April 2016Author: Green Card Lawyer Alena Shautsova An I-130 form is a U.S. Immigration document that needs to be filed in order for a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident to sponsor a family member. This form is necessary for a husband to sponsor wife, for a brother to sponsor a brother and for a parent to sponsor a child. Usually, the form has to be f ...
Children As Dependents For Immigration Purposes
25 April 2016Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Earlier, I wrote a blog about who qualifies as a child for Immigration purposes. Here, I would like to discuss some situations when it is important not only to originally qualify as a child, but to retain such a qualification at the time of the adjudication of certain applications. When it come ...