At least politically speaking, immigration has proven to be a polarizing topic with fierce and passionate emotions on both sides. While proponents of immigration reform scramble to shore up momentum and salvage any last hopes of legislation before the end of the year,...
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Month: October 2013
Three Things You Need To Know Before You Get Married to Someone Abroad
If you are intending on getting married to your loved one abroad and then filing immigration paperwork for his/her permanent residence so that the both of you can spend the rest of your married life here in the United States, the best thing that you can do is educate...
The State of Immigration–Post Shutdown
The government shutdown is over! (At least temporarily.) That certainly is good news all around. However, over at USCIS, the agency is grappling with over a sixteen-day backlog. Many may not realize that national parks and monuments were not the only things impacted...
Is A New Jersey Drunk Driving (DWI) A Crime Of Moral Turpitude?
What exactly is a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude (also commonly known by its acronym "CIMT")? There are few terms in the English language as frustratingly enigmatic as the above rubric. It is a legal term of art that, in many ways, defies strict definition. The case...
Top Three Reasons Why You Need A Consultation With An Immigration Lawyer in New Jersey
If you are not a US Citizen, and are filing an application or petition with immigration (whether it be USCIS, NVC, ICE, or EOIR), you might be asking yourself whether you really need an attorney to represent you. There is nothing inherently wrong in representing...
What is the new immigration bill in the House about?
The "Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act": A Constructive Step Forward for Comprehensive Immigration ReformOn October 2nd, 2013, in the midst of the chaos that has loomed over the country's capital these past two weeks with the...