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You cannot apply for deferred action status if you hold a temporary non-immigrant visa and this process is meant for undocumented immigrants and if your temporary visa is still valid, you are not an undocumented immigrant. But, if you had entered into the United States on a non-immigrant visa and if your visa is currently […]

If you have filed a USCIS form to obtain a particular immigration benefit, you can check the status of your immigration petition online and you can just visit the “My Case Status” page on the USCIS website and know about the status of your petition. Similarly, applicants can check the status of their petitions by

Citizens of foreign countries who hold US Green Cards will have to complete the naturalization process, in order to obtain US citizenship. If you are one such individual who wishes to obtain US citizenship, you must first determine that you are eligible for US citizenship, through this legal process. People below age 18 cannot apply

After filing Form I-751, Petition to Remove the Conditions of Residence, you and your spouse will have to appear for an interview at a USCIS office and being a conditional resident you will be issued a ten year Green Card only if you get through that interview. This interview is at times nerve-racking but you

Form I-130 is the immigrant petition that must be filed by a US citizen or a permanent resident, to sponsor a family member for a US Green Card. US citizens can sponsor a few other categories of relatives apart from their immediate relatives, whereas Green Card holders can only sponsor their spouses and their children.

If you are a US citizen or a permanent resident of the United States and if you wish to sponsor your family member for lawful status in the United States, you will have to know about the sponsorship process. Generally, US citizens and Green Card holders, who file Form I-130 for their family members must

A citizenship certificate is an important document that must be kept safe as this document is issued to a US citizen as a proof of US citizenship. In case you lose it, you must immediately report the loss of your document and file an application for replacement and the USCIS form that must be filed

United States allows people to have dual citizenship and it does not oppose dual citizenship. However, the country will allow US citizens to have dual citizenship only in certain circumstances. A US citizen may become a citizen of a foreign country by birth or by getting married to a foreign national. But US citizens must

US citizens and Green Card holders can file Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, to sponsor their immediate relatives for lawful status in America. Unlike Green Card holders, US citizens can file this form to sponsor few other relatives apart from their immediate relatives. Form I-130 may be filed to sponsor relatives who are currently

California Dream Act consists of two bills and these bills were signed into law in 2011, by Governor Jerry Brown. AB 130, which is the first part of the California Dream Act, allows non-resident students to receive privately funded scholarships and this applies to students who are exempt from paying non-resident tuition under the Assembly