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Humanitarian Parole
Humanitarian parole is used sparingly to bring someone who is otherwise inadmissible into the United States for a temporary period of time due to a compelling emergency.
USCIS may grant parole temporarily:
To anyone applying for admission into the United States based on urgent humanitarian reasons or if there is a significant public benefit
For a period [...]

Courts. Naturalization within the United States is a judicial function exercised since 1790 by various courts designated in statutes enacted by Congress under its constitutional power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization. The authority of Congress to confer jurisdiction upon State courts was recognized at an early date, and under legislation prior to the [...]

Legislation has been issued in the House of Representatives to eliminate prohibitions on adjustment of status for those who are here in the U.S. unlawfully or who accepts employment with proper documentation. It appears based on recent media attention that the Congress are wanting to move forward to legalize undocumented immigrants. We will have to [...]

Published in Christian Post
Though Congress still has to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of legislation to revamp the nation’s health care system, the next issue in line is already stepping forward in Washington and at the grassroots.
Sun, Dec. 27, 2009 Posted: 03:49 PM EDT

Though Congress still has to resolve differences between [...]

VISA BULLETIN FOR JANUARY 2010

A. STATUTORY NUMBERS

This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during January. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment of status. [...]

Understanding Visa

What is a U.S. Visa?

A citizen of a foreign country who seeks to enter the United States generally must first obtain a U.S. visa, which is placed in the traveler’s passport, a travel document issued by the traveler’s country of citizenship.
Certain international travelers may be eligible to travel to the U.S. without [...]

Each year, over 400,000 citizens of the United States marry foreign-born persons and petition for them to obtain permanent residence in the U.S. Spouses of U.S. citizens are considered “immediate relatives” under the immigration laws, and are exempt from all numerical quota limitations. In other words, marriage to a U.S. citizen is the fast lane [...]

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