Applications and Process

US Immigration Applications and Process Center has information concerning various aspects of applying for citizenship, permanent residency, visas, green cards, refugee status, naturalization and more. Here you will find an explanation of the many steps and options involved, and how they pertain to you immigration status. You can find help with the forms required for different circumstances, what options are available to illegal immigrants and some things you can do to expedite the filing and applications process.

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Current Immigration Reforms
Immigration is an ongoing process that increases the population of the United States from year to year. It also adds to the country’s workforce. It is illegal for companies or independent contractors to hire or employ any illegal immigrants that emigrate to the country via illegal processes. The United States accepts the most legal immigrants as permanent residents of the country out of all the countries across the globe.
Green Card Lottery
The United State Citizen and Immigration Services offers a host of programs, initiatives, and efforts to promulgate the safe and efficient immigration of immigrants into the country. One such effort, initiated as part of the Immigration Act of 1990, is the Section 131 Diversity Immigrant Visa program, or otherwise known as the immigration lottery. The Diversity Immigrant Visa program is vernacularly also referred to as the Green Card Lottery, in addition to the Immigration Lottery.
Immigrant Status
Relocating to a different country involves a complicated process to determine eligibility. Simply crossing the borders and claiming allegiance is not enough, although many people try. In an effort to bring order to this process, prevent threats to national security, curb illegal drug trafficking, and maintain order in America, the United States implements a consummate and complex process for immigration. In America, immigration status falls under three main categories:
Immigration FAQ's
The process for naturalization begins with proper paperwork. Adults must submit an Application for Naturalization (form N-400). Children under the age of18 are required to apply for Certification of Citizenship (form N-600). Finally, adopted children from a foreign country...
Immigration Forms
Currently, immigration to the United States is a hotly debated issue in regards to national security and the intentions of foreigners wishing to enter the country. In many regards, the immigration process of the United States prior to the September 11, 2001 attacks was somewhat stringent, complex process, as the 1990 Immigration Act limited the yearly number of immigrants to 700,000 persons. However, in the years fo
Immigration Law
Immigration law governs the rules, regulations, and procedures associated with immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, asylum, adoption of foreign-born children, marriage to foreign nationals, citizenship and naturalization, etc. these laws and procedures are enforced by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which is overseen, by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the U.S. state Department of State (DOS).
Immigration Lawyer Assistance
Immigration lawyers represent countless individuals and families who want to immigrate to the U.S. every day. According to the Annual Flow Report compiled by the Office of Immigration Statistics for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in 2007, 36 percent of all immigrants naturalized in the U.S.
Immigration Service
An immigration lawyer can help with a myriad of immigration services including immigrant and nonimmigrant visas, work permits, visa extensions, change of visitor or immigrant status, family petition immigration, or employer sponsored immigration.

Immigration Statistics
United States immigration is a contemporary issue not only affecting all American citizens, but also, any foreign national wishing to reside within the United States as well. In 2006, America allowed thirty-seven and a half million immigrants enter United States soil, which was significantly more than any other country throughout the world. In the year 2006, immigra
Immigration to the United States: An Overview
According to the Office of Immigration Statistics Annual Flow Report, in 2007, 1,052,415 persons became lawful permanent residents (LPRs) of the United States. Fifty-nine percent of those were already living in the U.S. when they were granted permanent residency. Two-thirds were granted permanent residency because they had a qualifying U.S. citizen or LPR sponsor.
Political Asylum Overview
Political asylum is available to persons who have a well-founded fear of persecution upon return to their native country based on reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular
Removal Due to Criminal Conviction
A person who is not a United States citizen, including lawful permanent residents, can be deported because of criminal convictions that are considered “aggravated felonies” or “crimes of moral turpitude” under United States immigration law...
U.S. Immigration based on marriage
Generally, a spouse may petition for the residence of the other if that spouse resides in the U.S.
US Immigration Lawyers
Immigration to the United States is the dream of many people that wish to live as U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents (Green Card). However, that dream is hard to attain for most people. The immigration process and the laws governing the process are lengthy and complex. It is important to have a professional that has experience with the process and understands the laws that dictate immigration policy. A U.S.
US Immigration Policy
An immigration policy deals with the migration of individuals across a country’s borders. Particularly, it relates to those individuals who plan to remain in the country, legally or illegally, and to find work. Immigration policies can run the gamut, from completely prohibiting all migration to allowing some or all migration.

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