How a criminal record affects citizenship eligibility
May 18, 2015
Applying for citizenship with a misdemeanor or another criminal offense is still possible. See what crimes may make you ineligible or talk to an immigration lawyer to review your case....
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Immigration Guide: Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude, Inadmissibility, and Categorical Analysis (3)
Oct 22, 2013
A trio of recent federal court decisions has repudiated the three-step Silva-Trevino CIMT analysis and given new hope to non-citizens burdened with convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude.[19]...
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Immigration Guide: Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude, Inadmissibility, and Categorical Analysis (2)
Oct 22, 2013
Of course, just what constitutes a CIMT has been a source of controversy. Equally controversial has been what evidence may be considered in establishing that a non-citizens conviction qualifies as a c...
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Immigration Guide: Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude, Inadmissibility, and Categorical Analysis (1)
Oct 22, 2013
Section 212(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act renders inadmissible any non-citizen convicted, or who admits committing, or who admits committing the essential elements of, a crime inv...
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Your Papers Please: DUI Checkpoints, Auto Impounds, and the Undocumented Immigrant Driver
Mar 10, 2011
California law enforcement officials declared 2010 the
"Year of the DUI Checkpoint". A report by Pulitzer Prize winning Journalist Ryan Gabrielson
of the UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program rev...
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Returning Immigrant Residents with Prior Crimes: Avoiding Traps and Pitfalls
Mar 10, 2011
A client of ours, a resident of California's Central Valley and 19
year U.S. legal permanent resident (LPR), was returning home via Phoenix International Airport after attending his father's
funeral ...
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How to Survive Your Green Card Marriage Interview
Nov 09, 2009
Approach is Everything The approach you take to the interview is critical. The immigration officer knows nothing about you or your marriage. Accordingly, your task is to *educate* the officer about...
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