Miami residents might be interested to learn about a man who was recently approved for a humanitarian visa. Born in Mexico, the man was brought to the United States by his family when he was 2 years old. Although the man was previously granted Deferred Action for...
Federal and state laws address how Florida handles immigration matters for individuals in a wide range of situations. In some cases, a child might need to be placed in long-term foster care because the parents are not U.S. citizens. Other children might qualify for...
Foreigners wishing to come to Florida to work for a short period of time may be interested to learn how to qualify for a temporary non-immigrant worker visa. In most cases, a non-immigrant visa would require an employer to petition for the worker before they arrive in...
Business owners in Florida have the option to recruit skilled workers from other countries under federal immigration policy. The H1-B visa program allows businesses to bring in certain categories of specialized labor, including computer programmers, engineers and...
The United States has developed a series of family immigration laws and processes that allow permanent residents to help an overseas relative become permanent U.S. residents. One can petition on behalf of a spouse or unmarried children, regardless of the children's...
Some people who are now living in Florida and who have emigrated from a foreign country may be interested in obtaining United States citizenship through naturalization. Like all countries, the U.S. has its rules, procedures and forms that are required in order to...
A security gap has led the Department of Homeland Security to losing track of more than 6,000 foreigners with expired student visas. As the number of foreign students coming to Florida and the rest of the United States has rapidly increased, immigration offices have...
Florida residents may be interested to learn how individuals qualify for U.S. citizenship and how the process of becoming a citizen works. To begin, some people are granted U.S. citizenship automatically. These people were either born in the United States or born in a...
Undocumented Florida residents often share the American dream of home ownership but may find it difficult to imagine being able to qualify for a mortgage. While some take questionable or difficult approaches to buying a home, the use of Individual Taxpayer...
Approximately 3,000 Cubans fleeing to Florida have been picked up by U.S. authorities so far in 2014, according to reports. That number has nearly doubled since 2013. Throughout the last two decades, more than 26,000 people have attempted to reach Florida by sea since...
