Immigration Law

New Naturalization Test Almost Here
Upon satisfying certain requirements, lawful permanent residents of the United States may file applications for naturalization allowing them to become U...

USCIS Chart Shows Huge Spikes in Naturalization and Green Card Applications
(Click to enlarge) This USCIS chart was supplied today by Emilio Gonzalez, the USCIS Director, during a hearing on ?NATURALIZATION DELAYS: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND SOLUTIONS? before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law...

COURT ORDERS USCIS TO STOP REQUIRING FBI NAME CHECKS PRIOR TO FINISHING NATURALIZATION CASES
Wow. On the heels of a decision last week that resulted in USCIS agreeing to adjudicate adjustment applications pending more than 180 days even if an FBI name check is not complete, a federal district court in Pennsylvania has issued an order requiring USCIS to adjudicate four naturalization cases for long delayed applications and, more importantly, to revise its regulations to address delayed naturalization cases...

USCIS Making Progress In Naturalization Processing Delays
USCIS today announced the most recent projected time delays for processing naturalization applications...

GONZALEZ: BE PREPARED TO WAIT
This is hardly a shocker, but USCIS Director Emilio Gonzalez told the House Immigration Subcommittee yesterday that processing times for naturalization cases would be much longer for the foreseeable future...

USCIS EXPECTS NATURALIZATION CASES TO TAKE THREE YEARS TO PROCESS
The Migration Policy Institute has gotten hold of data showing that USCIS received 3 and 1/2 times the normal number of filings last summer and processing times are slowing accordingly...

General Naturalization Requirements
From the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Child Support
Disputing Paternity

Language Requirements for Citizenship
Naturalization without an English language test

What role does financial means determine which parent gains custody?
was(am) a single male that gained custody of my daughter when she was three. Thi...

What rights does a father have when a woman waits 13 years to tell a man he is a father & he missed out on the growing up of that child?
Actually, he has as much right as she to request a paternity test, plus he can f...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Does a Chapter 7 bankruptcy discharge a secured mortgage loan?
Yes if you file they cannot sue you to the knowledge I know. My brother is in re...

USCIS
faces class action lawsuit for allegedly denying visas to adult children of immigrant families

Exotic Meats USA
Announces Urgent Statewide Recall of Elk Tenderloin

Energy Price Gouging
Inergy Propane announces refunds to customers as part of lawsuit settlement.

Fatalities Associated with Dextran Iron Injection
Dexferrum Fatalities Associated with Test Dose

Water Samples
Govert Well & Pump agrees to $100,000 settlement after failing to test for coliform bacteria.

Canadian Government
allegedly used Canadian soldier as test subjects for nuclear explosion radiation exposure.