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The Long and Winding Path from Student to Green Card Holder
Interested in immigrating to the U.S.? If you are an educated person, this is eminently possible, but requires strategy and long-term planning. This article summarizes the journey a foreign student studying in the United States will typically...
What do I do if my TN petition is denied?
For starters, you go home and write down everything the officer didn’t like about your petition. Try to remember whether the officer flat out denied your TN petition, or said he/she was unable to process it because something was missing. If the TN was denied, what...
TN Visa as a Management Consultant for Canadians
As a U.S. lawyer who was based in Toronto, Canada for 10 years, I have prepared the paperwork on many, many TN visa petitions, particularly in the management consultant category. Canadians seeking to work in the U.S. as management consultants frequently enlist the...
One Family’s Immigration Story
A Canadian man called me asking how he, his wife and their daughter could become U.S. permanent residents. He and his wife were tired of the Canadian long winters and wanted to be closer to his U.S. citizen daughter from a previous marriage living in California with...
Path to Green Card for International Students Studying in the U.S.
Quite often, international students are not interested in returning to their home countries immediately after graduating from an American University. The U.S. has so much to offer, and studying in the U.S. has just whet their appetites for more. Now they want a...
Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver of Inadmissibility
On January 2, 2013 Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced the posting of a final rule that reduces the time U.S. citizens are separated from their immediate relatives (spouse, children and parents), who are in the process of obtaining visas to...
President Trump announces that the U.S. will withdraw from NAFTA. TN and E-1/E-2 Visas in Danger!
President Trump announced that he is “terminating” NAFTA. The U.S. and Mexico have apparently agreed to a new bi-lateral trade deal but we don’t yet know if this will include some equivalent to the TN and E-1/E-2 for Mexicans, especially in light of President...
Can I Enter the United States While My Immigrant Visa Petition is Pending?
The answer to this question is a qualified yes. If an I-130 petition has already been filed on your behalf, the officer inspecting you at the U.S. border will be aware that you are an intending immigrant. Because you are seeking entry as a visitor,...
Naturalization Requirements: Physical Presence
Another key requirement for naturalization in the United States is that the applicant be physically present in the U.S. for thirty months within the five year period before applying, OR, in the case of qualified spouses of U.S. citizens, physically present in the U.S....
Naturalization Requirements: Continuous Residence
Another key requirement for naturalization in the United States is that the applicant be physically present in the U.S. for thirty months within the five year period before applying, OR, in the case of qualified spouses of U.S. citizens, physically present in the U.S....
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