UNDER CURRENT U.S. immigration law, there are three primary ways to gain legal entry into the country other than for a limited stay as a tourist. • The first is through the annual “green card diversity lottery,” held each year by the Department of Homeland Security, for citizens of countries that have “low rates...
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President Obama has his hands full during this difficult legislative session (2009). Health care and the war in Afghanistan seem to have taken all his energy. Immigration reform has been passed over. It seems than congress does not have the time, or the will to tackle immigration reform at this time and possibly not...
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Q:I’ve been a US legal permanent resident for almost ten years, and my green card visa is expiring soon. What is the current procedure for renewing it? A: Immigrants filing applications to renew permanent resident cards, commonly known as “greencards,” need to file Form I-90 (which can be downloaded at www.uscis.gov) with US Citizenship...
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Congress passed a bill Tuesday that would make widows and widowers of U.S. citizens eligible for greencard even if their spouses died before their applications were approved. The measure, part of the more than $40-billion Homeland Security appropriations bill, ends the “widow penalty,” which required couples to be married for two years before the...
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