Philly.com It's not hyperbole to say that immigration is among America's most important economic advantages. Nothing makes our economy tick more than the energy of those who move here from the rest of the world. Not all of us benefit from the million or so...
A U.S. citizen from India had filed an I-130 Petition for the entry into the United States as a permanent resident of her married daughter over the age of 21. Her daughter’s husband and children under 21 were derivative beneficiaries. After nearly a decade of...
Getson & Schatz represented a U.S. citizen living in New York who was born in Sierra Leone in the K-1 fiancé visa application process. She wished to have her fiancé from Sierra Leone enter the US so that they could get married. Our client filed...
Brian H. Getson, Esquire writes that the American electorate is energized by the issue of immigration reform, and now that there is consensus among President Barack Obama and influential members of Congress on the central points of much-needed immigration reform, it is likely that Congress...
The Immigration Service has recently proposed a change in the way it processes 601 Waivers for illegal immigrants in the U.S. who are married to U.S. citizens. Any immigrant who has committed fraud by using a fake passport, for example, needs a 601 waiver in...
When a foreign national marries a US Citizen, the US Citizen can sponsor children of the foreign national for a green card so long as the child was under 18 years of age at the time of the marriage. This is the law under Section...
Our immigration lawyers handled a matter involving the application of a Form I-601 waiver for our client, a Jamaican national who had married a U.S. Citizen, both of whom reside just outside of Philadelphia. This Form I-601 waiver was necessary because our client had committed...
White House Fact Sheet titled: Fixing our Broken Immigration System so Everyone Plays by the Rules America’s immigration system is broken. Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living in the shadows. Neither is good for the...
USCIS published that starting Friday, Feb. 1, those who receive an immigrant visa package from a U.S. consulate or embassy abroad will be required to pay a new $165 immigrant fee. The fee is necessary to cover the costs of producing and delivering permanent resident cards. Important...
The National Journal reported that concerted immigration reform efforts begin next week, with President Obama unveiling a proposal and a bipartisan group of lawmakers working through the weekend to release principles by Friday. The immigration debate and the fate of any legislation will be so dependent...
