The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act renders ineligible to file a petition for immigrant status under any petitioner who has been convicted of a “specified offense against a minor” involving any of the following: An offense (unless committed by a parent or guardian) involving kidnapping. An offense (unless committed by a parent or …
Read more »The following communicable diseases of public health significance render a person inadmissible: Chancroid Gonorrhea Granuloma inguinale Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) Hansen’s disease (infectious leprosy) Lymphogranuloma venereum Infectious state syphilis Infectious tuberculosis (TB) (clinically active) In addition, the following physical or mental disorders can render a person inadmissible. Current physical or mental disorders, with harmful …
Read more »Foreign nationals with one or more criminal convictions in their past are typically ineligible to receive an immigrant visa to enter the U.S. (non-immigrants are likewise barred, although the bar is not quite as broad as it is for immigrant visas). There are some exceptions to the bar. The offense is not a crime of …
Read more »If your fiancé(e) is not a citizen of the United States and you plan to get married in the United States, then you must file a petition with USCIS on behalf of your fiancé(e). After the petition is approved, your fiancé(e) must obtain a visa issued at a U.S. Embassy or consulate abroad. The marriage …
Read more »Your fiancee, spouse or family member in the US, must sponsor or petition for you. He or she then files a the appropriate form with the US Citizenship & Immigration Service (USCIS). After USCIS approves the petition, they send it to an office in the US called the National Visa Center (NVC). The NVC will …
Read more »As more Americans lose their jobs, the U.S. government is actively discouraging the recruitment of foreign workers, from dude ranchers and fruit pickers to lifeguards and computer programmers. At least three avenues of legal immigration have seen roadblocks erected. In the most visible and controversial move, companies receiving federal bailout money now face extra hurdles …
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