The past year has been one of the messiest years in immigration document processing we have ever seen. Between the Trump administration’s constant discouragement of immigration applications, and USCIS’s own issues with budget shortfalls and COVID-19 shutdowns, application processing times have suffered. Now, with President Biden in office, there is a push to get things Read more about How Long Will My Immigration Application Take to Be Processed?[…]

In our line of work, we answer a ton of immigration-related questions every month. Here are five questions we hear all the time, and their answers. What is conditional permanent residence? And how does it differ from legal permanent residence? Conditional residence mostly applies to marriage-based green cards. Because these marriages need to be tested Read more about FAQs for the Immigration Attorney: Our Answers[…]

Are immigrants good or bad for the economy? Do they take away jobs from Americans? Are they responsible for more crime than the average American citizen? In this time of malicious rhetoric against immigration and immigrants, this post will take a look at some of the common themes and disprove many of these myths. Are Read more about Mythbusting Immigration Myths[…]

One of the questions I get most often is how an applicant can improve his or her odds of getting United States citizenship. A variety of factors can help to steer your citizenship application toward the approval pile. These do not guarantee your chances in and of themselves, but help to build up your overall Read more about Factors that Improve Your Odds of Getting U.S. Citizenship[…]

A clean criminal record is frequently mentioned as one of the most important factors in being able to obtain citizenship to the United States. And, with good reason—in a pool of tens of thousands of applications, a criminal record is one easy way for officials to separate the applicants they think will be productive citizens Read more about Can You Still Get Citizenship If You’ve Been Convicted of a Crime?[…]