Archive for the 'Immigration' Category
By Andrew Bartlett
To be sure, there are stories of people out there who have had success and built wonderful new lives via the EB-5 immigrant investor program. They have, in essence, “invested” their way to permanent residence in the United States. Meet the Green family…
The Green Family
Shortly after the EB-5 immigrant investor programs were [...]
May 15th, 2010 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Chris Grifin
A great number of people is confused about immigration law and citizenship in the United States. Here are a few of the many common misconceptions about immigration laws and United States citizenship:
If I marry a U.S. citizen I can automatically become a citizen. False. To become a citizen, you still need to follow [...]
April 28th, 2010 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Douglas M. Lightman
One of the most common and highly sought after U.S. work visas is the H-1B visa. Every year on April 1 the U.S. government makes available 85,000 new H-1B visas. Of the 85,000 spots made available every year, 20,000 are allocated to the “advanced degree cap exemption” (i.e. those with a U.S. [...]
November 13th, 2009 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Sutton Hartnet
There are many popular misconceptions about the United States permanent resident card – more commonly known as the green card – floating around these days. Many people don’t realize that a lot has changed when it comes to gaining permanent residence in the United States. Based on legislation that was passed back in [...]
November 5th, 2009 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Juliette Giannesini
After you become a landed immigrant, you must apply for three very important pieces of IDs: a permanent resident card, a SIN card and a health card.
The Permanent Resident Card
This card will be the easiest to obtain, because you don’t need to apply for it! Once you become a landed immigrant, the officer [...]
October 14th, 2009 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Jai Cherian
The Denmark Greencard Scheme is a 3-year residence permit for those who wish to immigrate to Denmark and work over there. An applicant receives a Greencard to Denmark only after an evaluation process which is a point-based system. One needs a minimum of 100 points to acquire a Greencard to Denmark. An applicant [...]
September 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Chris Whitelaw
How to Choose a Good Visa Service Provider?
While it is not a legal requirement in Australia to engage a registered visa service provider, it is advised that you do. Isn’t it always better to engage someone who is qualified and really knows what they are doing, because your visa application can be a [...]
September 6th, 2009 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Ben Hart
A question upon the lips of many people who research the K-3 marriage visa is: why do we use a different application form?
The K3 visa was initially designed as a way of getting spouses of American citizens to the United States in as fast a manner as possible. Back when the United States [...]
August 19th, 2009 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Diana Camacho
A very good friend of mine whom I considered a smart guy failed the Canadian Citizenship Test. It was a disappointed blow to him as he waited so long to be a Canadian. He was so confident and thought it would be just a walk over only to realize he had to wait [...]
August 6th, 2009 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments
By Billings Farnsworth
The government has recently released a new Naturalization Test, which is to provide a more standardized, fair and naturalization process. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) took some years to revise the test to reflect the fundamental concepts of American democracy and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. The redesigned test will [...]
June 25th, 2009 | Posted in Immigration | No Comments