Posts Tagged ‘Naturalization’

BIA held F2A visa beneficiaries may not "opt out" of automatic conversion to F1

October 6th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

The Board of Immigration Appeal (BIA) has just held that a visa beneficiary is not allowed to retain his F2A preference status by opting out of automatic conversion to the F1 category as a son of a United States citizen upon his parent’s naturalization. Matter of ZAMORA-MOLINA, ID 3729, 25 I&N Dec. 606 (BIA 2011)

The mother of the beneficiary son filed a visa petition on his behalf when he was under the age of 21.  However, while the case was waiting for a visa number, the son turned 21 and, subsequently, the mother became a naturalized citizen.

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How a Divorce Can Hurt Your Immigration Case

January 5th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

Three of the most common times when a divorce can negatively impact a person’s immigration case are: (1) when someone is waiting for their green card (a.k.a. applying to adjust their status); (2) when someone is trying to change a conditional residence status to permanent residence status; and (3) when someone is waiting on their naturalization (citizenship) application.

First, if an immigrant is married to a U.S. citizen and applies for a green card, but divorces the U.S. citizen before the green card is approved, the immigrant will no longer be eligible for a green card. The only exception is when the U.S.

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USCIS Revises Form for Naturalization Medical Disability Exceptions

January 3rd, 2011 Tushar Mathur

On December 22, 2010, the U.S.

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Seattle Immigration Lawyer | Eligibility for a Green Card through Employment

October 13th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

My last Seattle Immigration Lawyer Blog post provided an introduction to the rather daunting process of obtaining a green card through employment. This post will go a little deeper into the eligibility requirements. Before you consider this route, you must have these two things going for you: a job offer from a U.S.

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Rights that come with the US Citizenship

September 4th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

The United States government has been welcoming immigrants from all over the world. They appreciate the contributions of the immigrants to enrich their culture, and also encourage preservation the American legacy tradition of freedom and equal opportunity. Like I said freedom and equal opportunity is very important in the United States and the same is extended to all people who are or become a citizen to this country.

Primarily there are two ways by which you might become a citizen of the United States.

Birth – If you are born within the territorial boundary of the United States or, if you are born of an American parent, who already holds the American citizenship.

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