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About the Special Immigrant Visa Program Congress passed the Special Immigrant Visa Programs (SIVs) in 2009. It is a set of three programs that allow the safe relocation of threatened Afghans who were employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government in Afghanistan to...

Do you have family members outside the US and wish to help them immigrate? You can do that if you are a lawful permanent resident/citizen of the US. The process involves two steps. You need to start by filing a petition on behalf of a family member. Upon approval, the...

Alimony, also known as spousal maintenance, refers to an individual’s legal obligation to support their spouse financially before or after a divorce/marital separation. This compulsion emanates from the divorce law or family law of the respective country. However,...

About DACA Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is an immigration program that was established by the United States Government in the year 2012. It is a kind of administrative relief for eligible immigrant youth who were brought to the country as children. DACA...

Individuals who are not legally entitled to enter or remain in the United States are deemed inadmissible. The Immigration and Nationality Act overlooks grounds for inadmissibility. There are different categories of inadmissibility. The general categories of...

If you have applied for a Green Card, you might get a conditional permanent residency which is valid for 2 years. A conditional residency is referred to as “CR1” on the physical green card. But don't worry yet! You can remove conditions on residency and become a...

The last couple of months have been very difficult for almost everyone in the country. However, the Covid-19 pandemic is disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable members of society - detained children. A spike in migrant children crossing the U.S. border is...

Nearly after 5 months of issuing the Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory, the Trump administration, rescinded the ban and reimposed the previous country-specific regulations on travel. The level 4 advisory was lifted by the State Department on August 6, shortly after the...

The Trump administration’s ‘public charge’ rule that they have been pushing has been the source of controversy and distaste for a while, especially as it is a rule during pandemic only meant to make things harder for the immigrants. On this Wednesday, 29th July, a...