Immigration Law Experts Providing Information on New Bills in 2008
ImmigrationLawHelp.info, a Web site that offers information about legal immigration, is providing facts and advice about the plethora of immigration bills proposed this year.
The Right Medical Immigration Attorney Makes All The Difference
Immigration into the United States as a Physician, Medical Graduate or Nurse can be a lengthy procedure, especially if you don?t know all the rules, regulations and forms to fill out. You can spend a lot of time that you will never get back if you proceed the wrong way. This is why finding a good Immigration Lawyer is key. For International Medical Graduates, Physicians or Foreign Nurses who want to immigrate to the U.S., it is essential that you contact an effective, knowledgeable immigration attorney who has specialized most of their career in J-1 Visa, CGFNS, H-1B Visa and NCLEX RN requirements.
Why People Apply For American Citizenship
There are many reasons for applying for American citizenship. For many people the thought of obtaining US citizenship is a dream come true. These people view America as the land of opportunity and the chance to start their life brand new. The only way to make this dream come true is to go through the process of applying for American citizenship. Even though the process to receive US citizenship can be lengthy, it is well worth the wait and all the paperwork for those wanting to make this dream come true.
U.S. Citizenship
There are many wasy to become a U.S. citizen.
Green Card Lottery Visa
A Green Card Lottery Visa. Boy, what a mouthful! Yet, when you pick it apart and get down to the details, it is really a very simple program. Every year, the United States allows a certain number of people to (legally) enter the country. Each is issued a visa to do so, the so called ?Green Card.? Well, each year, the U.S. Government sets aside between 50,000 to 55,000 of those visas to give out via a lottery held in October.
Immigration Law Help Offers Information and Advice as Immigrants Remain a Hot Topic
One of the biggest concerns for presidential candidates this election year is the immigration law, and ImmigrationLawHelp.info is providing information and legal advice for those trying to understand this complex issue.
Green Card: Dont Pay to Get One!
It's amazing. The very first spam ever sent was from a couple of lawyers who offered
to help people get a Green Card if they paid the law firm a small fee.
Jennings Immigration Law Office Launches First Spanish-Language Version of its Website
Jennings Immigration Law Office, (www.jenningsimmigration.com), a Knoxville-based immigration law office providing knowledge, counseling, strategy, and representation in all areas of immigration law, announces the launch of its first Spanish-language website.
Leading Canada Immigration Law Firm Announces Revamp of Canadavisa.com
New Canadavisa.com caters to speeding up the Canadian immigration application process.
Canada and Nova Scotia Enhancing Cooperation on Immigration - Comment from Canadian Immigration Attorney
The Agreement for Canada-Nova Scotia Co-operation on Immigration provides Nova Scotia with more control over immigration to the province, facilitating the selection and retention of newcomers to meet labour market needs. Canadian immigration lawyer David Cohen comments on the implications from a legal perspective.
Immigration Law ? Classes Of Parent Visa And Application Process Fact Sheet
Classes of Parent Visas
Entering the Green Card Lottery
So many people around the world want to live and work in the United States of America, and have the rights and privileges ? and responsibilities ? of a US citizen. The culture of freedom and opportunity, along with the USA?s excellent record on human rights means that many people are queuing up to get their Green Card.
2008 Green Card Lottery Rules Explained in New Booklet from myGreencard.com
Marybeth Rael and J. Stephen Wilson announce the 2008 edition of their annual booklet, Win the Green Card Lottery! for the upcoming DV-2010 diversity visa lottery.
All Certified Foreign Workers Can Claim Green Cards on July 1 Says Immigration Law Specialist
The State Department’s July Visa Bulletin has unleashed a frenzied, viral buzz through all ethnic communities. Leon Snaid, a Certified Immigration Law Specialist practicing in San Diego, claims that the Immigration Services will once again be swamped with immigrant visas.
Green Card Weddings Website Launches New Site at GreenCardWeddings.com
The newly-launched GreenCardWeddings.com, the website of a Boston-based company, offers a unique wedding planning service that includes guidance through the legal process of obtaining green card through the marriage to a United States citizen. With the launch of the website, information on this immigration process is available online 24/7 to interested parties around the world.
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Immigration Law - What To Do With Our Parents?
Commonly there is an expectation amongst parents of children in close knit families, particularly when a family is of humble means, that the children will grow up, gain a good education and be successful. Taking this one step further those parents of Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents expect to be able to join their children in Australia as permanent residence and eventually as Australian citizens.
Australian Migration Laws however do not allow parents of every Australian permanent resident or every foreign born Australian citizen to migrate to Australia as a permanent resident. There are a number of conditions that the parents have to fulfil or gateways that they successfully have to negotiate to migrate to Australia. Some of the more important ones are discussed below.
Balance of Family Test
The "balance of family" test is defined in Regulation 1.05 of the Australian Migration Regulations. Briefly, to pass this test a parent must have at least half of his or her children permanently residing in Australia (including eligible New Zealand citizens i.e. children with subclass 444 visas) OR they must have the greatest number of children permanently residing in Australia than in any other single overseas country. By way of an example, a parent who has 5 children and 3 of them live in country A and 2 of them live in Australia, that parent would not satisfy the balance of family test. However if the same parent has 1 child in country A, another child in country B and third child in country C and 2 children in Australia, that parent would satisfy the balance of family test. Further if the parent had 3 children in Australia and 2 in other countries then the balance of family test will be satisfied. If the parent had 4 children and 2 were permanently resident in Australia, the balance of family test would be satisfied.
A person is considered the child of a parent if the person is a child, adopted child or stepchild of the parent or of the spouse of the parent. A child can also be the child of a parent if the child is the child of a former spouse of the parent if that child was adopted by the parent before the parent became the former spouse i.e. while the parent was the spouse of the former spouse.
In assessing children for the balance of family test the following children are not to be considered the children of the parent:
- children who have been adopted by another person;
- a child who has been ordered by a Court to be removed from the exclusive custody of the parent;
- children who have been recognised by UNHCR as refugees and are in a refugee camp;
- children who are not able to be reunited in another country with their parents and who are resident in a country where they are subject of persecution and abuse of human rights;
- step children of a person if those children were born after their parent and a step parent separated;
- step children of a person if the children were over 18 years of age and their parent entered into a relationship with the step parent and relationship between the parent and the step parent has ended by death, separation or divorce.
Unless the "balance of family" test is satisfied, there is no flexibility in succeeding in an application for an Australian permanent resident visa on the basis of being a parent of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
Frank Egan is the Chief Executive Officer of LAC Lawyers Sydney http://www.laclawyers.com.au and has over 27 years of experience as a lawyer.
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