Living in a condominium means that you are tied into a community that shares in the maintenance and upkeep of the building, and must abide by certain rules. The condo association probably has a board that makes important decisions, but most residents will want to have...
Not long ago, we discussed how naturalized U.S. citizens can lose their citizenship and be deported, a process called “denaturalization.” Of course, resident aliens can also face deportation, perhaps due to committing a crime or failing to disclose...
In our previous post, we discussed the four main paths nonimmigrants in the U.S. can take to adjust their status so they can stay in this country, perhaps permanently. As we mentioned then, there is a process to applying for an adjustment beyond figuring out who files...
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...
