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Green Card Lottery Rules And Pitfalls: Time To Play!

Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova US Diversity Visa Lottery or green card lottery as some call it, is a program that allows to choose candidates for the permanent residency in the US from a pool of certain countries. The lucky persons will be able to apply for an immigrant visa and move the US with the whole family ( spouses and children ...

Move Immigration Case To The Court In My New State

Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova I have changed my address online and have moved to a different state. Can I move my case to the Immigration court in my state? Yes you may, if your new address is outside of the state your Immigration case is in, you may move your case to the court within your state. This is referred to as a “ ...

Discovery in Employment Discrimination Cases

Author: New York Employment Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova Majority of employment discrimination cases are filed in Federal courts, and hence the disclosure of the information by the both sides would be governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Sometimes, a question of whether to file a case a state or federal court is a strateg ...

Asylum For Victims of Domestic Violence

Author: New York Asylum Attorney Alena Shautsova A person may successfully seek asylum in the US if he/she can demonstrate that the asserted claims are based on political opinion, religious beliefs, race, nationality or membership in a particular social group. This last category is the most open one for interpretation. In the past, it has been re ...

International Travel Rules

Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova US citizens and permanent residents, as well as asylees who hold valid Travel Documents have to be aware that different countries have different rules regarding entry and exit documents during international travel. For example, when a person leaves the US, the person does not have to go throug ...

Denial of I 751 Petition to Remove Conditions from Green Card

Author: Marriage Visa Attorney Alena Shautsova Form I 751 petition to remove conditions on permanent residency, must be filed by those couples whose marriage (if one of the spouses is a non-US citizen) is younger than two years at the time of the adjudication of the immigrant visa application or application for adjustment of status. The form must ...

Adjustment of Status Based on Marriage After Illegal Entry

Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova A person who came to the US legally but overstayed his/her authorized time, may, nevertheless, receive a permanent resident status (or adjust his/her status to permanent resident). It does not matter if the entry happened a year ago or twenty years ago. As long as the person was inspected and ...

Asylum: How To Fill Out The I-589 Form

Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova To file for asylum in the US, a person seeking asylum has to fill out and submit to USCIS form I-589 that can be found on www.uscis.gov. The form is free. Make sure to download the latest edition of the form. Every person who is filing the case on his/her own has to read instructions to the for ...

What To Do After ICE Arrests A Loved One

Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova The first thing you should do is call an attorney, it never ceases to amaze me how many people wait a few days to call an attorney. The problem with waiting a few days, is that your loved one can be detained without bond, waive possible defenses to deportation without knowledge, or worse: be deported wit ...

Citizenship: Appeal Of Denial

Author: Citizenship Attorney Alena Shautsova Recently I have had many people come to my office after they were denied citizenship and tried to appeal the decision themselves at an N-336 hearing. After the hearing, they were also denied. The big question I get after they tell me this story is "Is there anything I can do now?" Yes, after you have e ...