You may be eligible for refugee status or asylum in the US if: 1) You have been in the US for one year or less. Even if you are illegally in the US, you can apply for political asylum. If you have remained illegally in the US for more than a year, however, your application […]
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Amnesty is a process for allowing illegal immigrants to gain legal status to remain the US. At various times in the past ten years, bills have been presented and laws have been suggested which would allow illegal immigrants to apply for amnesty in order to remain in the US and in order to gain legal
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When someone who is not a legal resident of the US is arrested in the US for a crime, he or she will usually be booked and charged with an offense. The individual can then be released on bond, which is a sum of money paid to ensure that the defendant appears in court. However,
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Your United States passport is an official identification document. It is issued by the United States Department of State and allows you to enter and leave the US. Your passport is your most important document when you travel outside the country. It shows that you are eligible to re-enter the US and allows you to
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USA immigration is the process of entering the US to live and/or work in the US after living as a resident or citizen of another country. From its inception, the US has been a land of US immigration. The persons who founded what is today known as the USA emigrated from England, France, and other
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H-3 Trainee Visa allows you to enter the US in order to get training from a US company. The trainee visa is intended to help immigrants get on-the-job training that is not available in their originating country. For immigrants, the H3 visa is an opportunity to live and work in the US while also getting
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An L-1 visa is a short-term non-immigrant visa. Usually valid for three years, the L1 visa is available to employees of international firms that hold offices in both the US and a home country or to companies who aim to open a US branch of their company while still maintaining a presence in their home
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has deployed the Secure Communities program to all 25 US counties which share a border with Mexico. The program allows authorities to use biometrics data to target and remove aliens in jails and prisons from the US. On 10 August 2010, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano
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The Registered Nurse Work Visa program is always changing and has changed often over the past two decades. The registered nurse work visa, also known as the H-1A Visa, was first created in 1989, as part of the Nursing Relief Act. By September 1, 1995, the nurse visa was no longer available to new applicants.
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New regulations issued by The Department of Homeland Security in August 2010 will expand the list of qualified dependants of foreign officials who qualify for -1, A-2, G-1, G-3, and G-4 nonimmigrant status. On 10 August 2010, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released final amendments to the regulations regarding A-1, A-2, G-1, G-3, and
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The US has long been a place of religious freedom. In fact, some of the first arrivals in this country helped to create the US precisely because they were fleeing religious persecution at home. Not surprisingly, today, there are many types of religious visa applications which allow people from different denominations to live and work
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