Your spouse and any unmarried children under the age of 21 may be included in your asylum application. Additional applicants can "ride" on the lead alien's application. However, there are two conditio...
While you are not required to hire an immigration attorney or asylum attorney to handle your asylum application, having one is strongly recommended. Immigration law is a complex mixture of statutes, a...
Generally speaking, you cannot be deported while waiting for a decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). However, the filing of an appeal with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) only â...
The general purpose of the asylum process is to provide protection for individuals who are subject to persecution in their native country for certain reasons, including political and religious persecu...
Once your citizenship application if filed, the approval time to become a U.S. citizen varies by person and location. Learn more about how long it takes from application to interview and steps you can...
Someone who is temporarily in the United States on a student visa may be able to apply for permanent residency or citizenship, but not usually based solely on his or her status as a student. Whether a...
Voluntary Departure permits individuals who are otherwise removable to leave the United States at their own expense within a set period of time. Removable aliens may request to leave the United States...
Citizenship and residency are not required to start a small business in the United States. Some small business opportunities may allow you to choose to reside in the United States if you qualify for a...
Visitor visas are non-immigrant visas allowing people to enter the United States temporarily for purposes of business (B-1), pleasure or medical treatment (B-2), or both (B-1/B-2). Although B-1/B-2 vi...
Typically a temporary U.S. work visa requires that you prove significant contacts in your native county and that you do not intend to apply for permanent residence in the U.S. The H-1B work visa is an...
Although there are several options for ending a marriage, such as a divorce, an annulment, or legal separation, the most common option is divorce....
California child support is determined using a mandatory guideline, and child support levels in California can be very high. If you are considering divorce or filing for child support in California, r...
The definition of cohabitation varies from state to state, but the term generally refers to an unmarried couple living together in a romantic relationship. According to the U.S. Census, the number of ...
If you do not like the custody agreement that you have in place, filing for custody in another state probably won't be an option. While in the past it was possible for parents to take a custody agreem...
Courts encourage separating parents to make a child custody or visitation plan on their own without judicial intervention. This plan may be made through the parents working together with the help of a...
When a court is asked to determine child custody, they will do so by looking at the best interests of the child. In order for them to make a change to the custody agreement, there generally must be so...
A person with prior criminal convictions may find that those prior convictions become a factor in subsequent child custody proceedings. A family court judge typically has broad discretion to make cus...
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A preliminary hearing is most commonly used to determine whether or not probable cause exists that a defendant committed a criminal offense such that he should be held over for trial. Read on for comp...
In many cases any new debts incurred by one of the spouses after a couple has decided to separate are considered to be the responsibility of both spouses. This is true in both community property and c...
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