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The Diversity Immigrant Visa program, also known as the green card lottery, is a United States government lottery program for receiving an immigrant visa followed by a permanent resident card. The Immigration Act of 1990 established the current and permanent Diversity Visa (DV) program.
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) (sometimes also written as Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) Status) is a special way for minors currently in the United States to adjust status to that of Lawful Permanent Resident despite unauthorized entry or unlawful presence in the United States, that might usually make them inadmissible to the United States and create bars to Adjustment of Status.
A green card can be granted on the basis of an EB-1A (but not an O-1) approval. Once the green card is granted, the standard waiting period of five years--which applies to immigrants in many categories--is generally required before applying for citizenship.
A backlog in cases of abused or abandoned young immigrants seeking green cards has more than doubled in the last two years, according to a new analysis of federal data by advocacy groups that was ...
Green cards are only available to immigrants who fall under one of these categories Previously, Form I-90 receipt notices provided a 12-month extension of green card validity , immigration ...
Laura S. Diaz. November 11, 2022 at 8:30 AM. Teresa Jimenez knew her and her daughters’ green cards were set to expire in June 2021, so they applied to renew their documents six months in ...
Prucol. Permanent Residence Under Color of Law (PRUCOL) is an immigration-related status used under some US federal and state laws for determining eligibility for some public benefits, an example being unemployment benefits ( 26 U.S.C. § 3304 (a) (14) (A) ). [ 1] It allows for a broader group of non-citizens to qualify for benefits than just ...
Passed the Senate on June 27, 2013 (68–32 [1]) The Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013 (Bill S.744) [2] was a proposed immigration reform bill introduced by Sen. Charles Schumer ( D - NY) in the United States Senate. [3] The bill was co-sponsored by the other seven members of the "Gang of Eight", a ...