Category Archives: Morristown Immigration Lawyers

Morristown Immigration Lawyer Discusses a Past Criminal History Preventing Citizenship

Prior Arrests Preventing Citizenship

Morristown Immigration Lawyer Discusses a Past Criminal History Preventing Citizenship I am often asked as a Morristown Immigration Lawyer if prior arrests can prevent you from becoming a U.S. Citizen.  If you have traffic violations, traffic tickets, a misdemeanor or something not violent will not usually affect your application for citizenship.  I will advise my clients […]

Morristown Family Immigration Attorney Discusses Sponsoring Your Spouse with a 601 Waiver

American citizen married someone with no visa, is an adjustment or a 601 waiver possible?

Just this week, a woman came to my office as a Morristown Family Immigration Attorney with her husband, they’d been married many years, and she had a very important question: I’m a citizen, can I sponsor my husband? The only tricky part was that he hadn’t come in with a Visa, they had come in across […]

Morristown Family Immigration Lawyer Discusses Family Sponsorship with Different Last Names

Being sponsored by your father with out his name on the birth certificate.

Fairly recently, someone came to my office as a Morristown Family Immigration Lawyer with a very interesting question: her mother and father were not married and her father’s name was not on her birth certificate. He was a citizen and he wanted to sponsor her.  Is it possible?  It definitely is. If you have a father […]

Morristown Immigration Lawyer Discusses Waiting Outside the US During an I-601A Waiver

I601-A Waiver

Lately, the I-601A Provisional Waiver Program has become very popular and we’ve been helping many clients achieve success through this program. One of the typical questions that I’m asked as a Morristown Immigration Lawyer is if the I-601A waiver is approved, how long would my spouse have to remain outside of the US.  We all know […]

What are the Requirements for DACA?

Over the last six months, many, many clients have come to our office inquiring about Deferred Action and the Dream Act. Somebody recently asked me if the Dream Act was approved. The answer is no, the Dream Act was not approved. However, a very important program called Deferred Action, the acronym is DACA, has been […]

How do I know if my employer qualifies to be a sponsor for a green card?

One question that I am constantly asked, equally from the foreign-born as well as from US employers is: How can I sponsor my key individual? Or a foreigner might ask me: My boss wants to sponsor me, would he qualify? These are my thoughts. In order for an employer to qualify to sponsor an individual […]

Requirements to File for Citizenship

As an experienced Morristown, New Jersey immigration lawyer, an important question that often comes up concerns the requirements for filing for citizenship. There are multiple requirements: one is that someone must be a Green Card holder. Sometimes, three years is sufficient if you are married to a US citizen. Otherwise, it must be Green Card holder […]

Feliz Día De los Presidentes

El lunes 17 de Febrero celebramos juntos como un país el Día de los Presidentes. El día fue creado para conmemorar el nacimiento de nuestro primer presidente de EE.UU., George Washington, así como para honrar a la oficina de la Presidencia. ESTADO DE LA UNION En el Estado de Unión del Presídete Obama el Martes […]

WELCOME TO SPRINGTIME!

NEW N-400 APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION FORM Last month, USCIS issued a revised Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. This new form includes a technologically advanced 2D barcode at the bottom of each page to help USCIS directly add the data into their systems. Additionally, it contains clearer instructions involving the eligibility requirements and application process as […]