Category Archives: Green Cards

In 2010, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) reported on an interesting Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request made to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about its monitoring of social media accounts in relation to immigration petitions. According to the results of that above-mentioned FOIA request, DHS saw value in reviewing the social …Read More

It has been three decades since the Immigration Reform and Control Act came into effect and made I-9 forms a legal business requirement for all employees in the United States. The I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form must be completed by all new hires, and they must be kept on file for at least three years …Read More

When foreigners retain an immigration attorney, they often do so only after making a mistake that ends up delaying or compromising their legal residency status in the United States. In some cases, an immigrant applying for a green card could end up completing up to nine forms before an approval can be issued. According to …Read More

On October 1st, 2013, the United States began taking applications for its annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery (DV-2015), which will actually take place in 2015. This program is more commonly referred to as the “Green Card Lottery,” and it usually attracts hundreds of thousands of applications from around the world. The DV-2015 program provides a …Read More