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When is a Lawful Permanent Resident considered seeking admission to the United States?

October 23rd, 2011 Tushar Mathur

The United States immigration laws confer certain rights and privileges to a person who has been granted Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) status by the government.  These individuals, commonly known as green card holders, are authorized to work and live in the United States indefinitely.  Legal residents are also allowed to return to the United States after international travel.  Nonresidents, on the other hand, are considered applicants for admission and must establish that they are admissible to the United States in order to enter.

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DV-2012 Diversity Visa Lottery Results

August 16th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

The Kentucky Consular Center of the State Department has once again released the results of the DV-2012 diversity lottery.  The winners have been registered and notified by mail.  They may apply for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status (if they are in the U.S.) between the months of October 2011 and September 2012. 

This year there were a total of 14,768,658 applicants (19,672,268 if dependents are counted) who entered the lottery drawing during the 30-day application window of October 5, 2010 – November 3, 2010. 

Applicants should note that only the selected applicants (“winners”) were notified by mail.

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Diversity Visa ("Visa Lottery) still available for most countries; deadline is 09/31/2011

August 16th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

 The Diversity Visa Program runs on a fiscal year schedule.  For DV-2011, September will be the last month for selected applicants to apply for their immigrant visa or adjustment of status.  Diversity visas will not be issued to applicants after September 30, 2011.  The Department of State reports that visa numbers are still available for most countries.  Please see table below.

Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately
AFRICA CURRENT Except: Ethiopia 32,700
ASIA CURRENT
EUROPE CURRENT Except: Uzbekistan  UNAVAILABLE
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS) CURRENT
OCEANIA CURRENT
SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN CURRENT


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Green Card Medical Exam Report – Validity Extended Again

January 18th, 2011 Tushar Mathur
In an interim memo posted by the USCIS on 01/14/2011, USCIS announced that the policy of extending the validity period of the medical examination report (I-693) during the pendency of the I-485 green card application is extended for another year until 01/01/2012. 

All green card applicants must submit a medical examination report endorsed by a designated U.S. physician.  Normally, such a report is only valid for one year.  However, due to the delayed adjudication of I-485 applications, USCIS extended the validity of the I-693 report until the time when the I-485 is finally adjudicated.  Such a policy, which was set to expire in January, is extended again by USCIS for another year.   The only exception is that if the report indicates that the applicant is suffering from Class A or Class B medical condition (e.g., contagious diseases, drug addiction, etc.)


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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | The Marriage Route to Getting a Green Card

September 27th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

In my last two Seattle immigration lawyer posts, I wrote about the asylum route to a green card.

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Destination America!

June 12th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

It is not just naturalized American citizens who have the American dream. Many foreign nationals too seek to find opportunities in America in order to build a better future for them and their families. Many Indians have the same mindset as those of their countrymen – America is the land of plenty. Destination set, it is just left to the simple matter of obtaining the legal right to remain in the country. In other words, getting a green card or the process of being a permanent resident in America.

A common way to apply for a green card is through family based immigration i.e.

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The Green Card Process

May 31st, 2010 Tushar Mathur

To draw the world’s ” brightest and the most excellent”, the Democratic Senators planned instant Green Cards for foreign people with higher degrees from American colleges and institutes and job offers. This is very good news for Indians as there is a large number of students going to the US every year.

In order to achieve this goal, a Green Card or a permanent residency will be right away available to any foreign student having an advanced degree from any U.S. college/institute of higher education. Vocational student are mostly in a field of technology, science, industrial, or mathematics. India has the most number of students in these fields.

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Process of Green Card for Indian in US

April 26th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

For Indians United States of America always has been a vineyard or the place to achieve all the goals that have been setup in life. These vintage thoughts have always been very prevalent till now. Everyone wants to settle in the supreme country of the world and the thing that guarantees this permanent settlement is called the green card. There are different types of categories in which green cards that are offered by the US and the ones by which Indians get a green card are mainly sponsorship by a family member or an employer and investment as an entrepreneur.

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