The Widow's Penalty
Current immigration law requires deportation of the alien spouse of a U.S. citizen if their marriage does not last past two years. This law was intended to prevent sham marriages where a non-citizen would marry a U.S. citizen to quickly gain legal residency and then just as quickly get a divorce. Now, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, USCIS, argues they are …
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Overstaying Your Visa
Visitors to the United States come to the US for a variety of reasons such as to work, to explore, to visit family or to get married. Many non-citizens wish to remain in the US beyond their visa time limit, but rather than take the proper legal steps or leave and return to the US, they will take the riskier step of overstaying their visa and staying below the radar of the …
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