rmiodp.com 20 Sat, 19 May 2012 17:03:37 GMT rmiodp.com http://www.rmiodp.com http://www.rmiodp.com/images/upload/site/rss_logo.png http://www.rmiodp.com 144 120 In October 2010, the consulate general allowed certain visa cases to have expedited appointments at the request of the Consulate’s executive office, or at the request of local Vietnamese employees. As a result of the OIG report, this practice was stopped.
]]> (1) Traces of mutual suspicion still linger from the Vietnam War– which the Vietnamese call the "American War." However, trade between the US and Vietnam has increased 17-fold in the past decade.
]]> The new I-601A Waiver Application has been in the news a lot recently because it will give some people a chance to receive provisional waivers of the 3 or 10 year bar for being in the US illegally. If they receive a waiver, they can feel confident when they return to their home countries for the immigrant visa interview.
]]> A few months after immigrating to the US, she returned to Vietnam for a six month stay. Then she came back to the US, stayed for only one month, and returned to Vietnam again. Her relative asked us what CIS will do if the woman continues to spend so much time in Vietnam.
]]> In the denial process, the first step that CIS takes is sending a Notice of Intent to Deny. This notice includes the reasons why CIS suspects that the relationship is not genuine. Within the time allowed by CIS, the applicant must provide a convincing rebuttal with substantial supporting evidence.
]]> This usually means we are referring to the spouse, parent or unmarried child of a US citizen, or a fiancée who has married her sponsor within 90 days of entry to the US.
]]> The processing of adoption cases for children from Vietnam will resume when the United States and Vietnam enter into a new agreement on adoptions, or when the Government of Vietnam begins to follow the Hague Convention on Inter-country Adoptions.
]]> Congressman Rivera says “This bill provides an opportunity for young people who have established long-standing ties in the United States, and who have a desire to serve our country, to fulfill their goals of serving in the military and achieving the American dream. If these young people are willing to die for America, then certainly they deserve a chance at life in America.”
]]> To participate in this program, applicants must currently possess a valid 10-year U.S. passport book, upload an acceptable digital photograph and make an online payment in U.S. dollars via Pay.gov.
]]> One of the ongoing problems with America’s immigration policy is that it is not a single, unified policy. It is a mixture of various immigrant, nonimmigrant, and refugee policies, all operating quite separately.
]]> The Obama administration wants to reunite Americans more quickly with their illegal immigrant spouses and children. Currently, many illegal immigrants must leave the country before they can ask the federal government to waive a three- to 10-year ban on legally coming back to the U.S. The length of the ban depends on how long they have lived in the U.S. without permission.
]]> U.S. immigration law does not contain any special visa for foreign "Seniors" hoping to spend an extended period of time with their American children and grandchildren.
]]> Just like 2010, Congress failed to enact any meaningful immigration legislation in 2011, leaving in place a badly flawed immigration system and allowing some disturbing trends in immigration now.
]]> The petitions of visa applicants who will be processed at a US Consulate are forwarded by CIS to the Department of State’s National Visa Center (NVC).
]]> The US State Department recently reported that surrogacy is a growing part of India's medical tourist industry. Over 350 clinics in India offer commercial surrogacy services.
]]> Who will benefit from HR 3012? Those likely to benefit are the high-skilled immigrants who have been waiting a long time to become eligible for a visa. This would mainly apply to people from India.
]]> A German manager with Mercedes-Benz was freed after being arrested for not having a driver’s license with him under Alabama’s new law targeting illegal immigrants.
]]> Visas for Immediate relatives of US citizen sponsors do not have a quota. These include a US citizen’s spouse, minor children and parents. All other family based petitions are in the “Preference Categories” and they do have a quota. At the beginning of each month, the Visa Office receives a report from each consular post, listing totals of qualified immigrant visa applicants in categories that have a quota.
]]> We need to remember that the CSPA was not created by the 5th circuit. The law was passed by Congress. After that, it has been the responsibility of each District Court in the US to interpret the CSPA law. This is the nature of most laws. They are interpreted differently by different courts.
]]> In the past, only widows and widowers of U.S. citizens could continue to apply for a Green Card after the death of their petitioning spouse. INA §204(l) expands eligibility for immigration survivor benefits to other categories of relatives, including derivative beneficiaries in family-based preferences.
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