So, you are in the United States on a temporary visa, but you want to live in the country permanently. Do you have to go back to your country of residence and apply for a green card from there?It is not generally necessary to go through such a disruption. Changing...
Once naturalized, a foreign-born U.S. citizen enjoys virtually the same rights as natural-born citizens -- with one important difference. Occasionally, naturalized citizens have their citizenship revoked, and wind up deported from the country.This process is known as...
Many people who oppose increasing immigration to the United States say it is for economic reasons: immigrants take the jobs that should go to U.S. citizens instead. But is really the case?Look at it this way: the law of supply and demand says that, the more there is...
The decision whether to keep a condominium the way it is, or convert to apartments, usually comes down to a vote of the members of the condo association. But a loophole in Florida law is allowing real estate companies to take over a building and essentially force out...
Support for immigration reform comes from Corporate America as well as grassroots activists and some lawmakers, if recent comments by one of Google's top executives are typical.Speaking at the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute, Google's...
Florida residents may find that immigration law can be confusing, especially with regard to those born in the United States to foreign parents. Although an individual who is born in the United States is typically considered a citizen at birth, the child of a foreign...
The EB-5 visa program has attracted wealthy immigrants from around the world, but nowhere more often than from China. Chinese investors dominate EB-5 visa applications, Reuters reports. The news agency cites a report by real estate services firm Savills Studley that...
The United States is often called a nation of immigrants. Though people lived in the part of the world now known as the U.S. for centuries, possibly longer, before European settlement here, ever since the original 13 colonies began people have been coming to...
A resident alien or person with temporary residential status in the U.S. faces more than incarceration or fines if convicted of a crime in this country. He or she could end up being deported as well.Federal immigration agents have just completed a five-day nationwide...
The process by which a person's citizenship may be revoked is called denaturalization. It is an action based on federal law; in Florida, proceedings take place in federal courts. Cases begin with the filing of a complaint naming a defendant, who has 60 days to answer....
