Should I move to the US: all about the pros and cons
In Soviet times, leaving for America was not easy. Among those who managed to get out were the poet Joseph Brodsky, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and the future Google founder Sergey Brin. In the early 90s tens of thousands of Russians received the status of political refugees. Mostly they left here ...
Everything you need to know about naturalization in the United States: a lawyer answered readers' questions ForumDaily
From 2014 to 2017, about 2,3 million green card holders received American citizenship. At the same time, more than 220 thousand permanent residents were denied naturalization by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The reasons may be different - from deliberate distortion of information specified in form N-400,...
Life in New York after winning a green card: why everything is good and why we want to leave
Irina Ilyichenko never dreamed of moving to the USA. Her English level hovered around the Intermediate mark, and her vision of New York was limited to cutting scenes from Woody Allen's Manhattan and Sex and the City. But one day she was in company with ...
How to prove that you need political asylum in the US
This real story and how our hero was able to stay in the USA is an algorithm of action for those who have been persecuted for their political views. The number of our immigrants applying for political asylum in the United States has reached a 24-year high, eclipsing...
What awaits on the US border those who won the Green Card
Online registration for the 2020 Green Card Lottery began on October 3, 2018 at 12:00 pm ET. Applications will continue to be accepted until 12:00 pm ET November 6, 2018. Each participant expects to win, considering that she ...
Catch the tail of the American dream: six stories of people who won the green card
Someone played for about ten years, someone was lucky the first time, and someone has this third green card for a family. A family from Belarus, a couple from Kiev and a very young girl from Lipetsk. They all won green cards in the lottery. This year's reception ...
Immigration lawyers warn of new green card issues
As soon as it was announced that the Trump administration was going to make drastic changes to limit the number of immigrants who could get green cards based on their use of government benefits, the phone began ringing incessantly at the office of immigration attorney Lisa Galindo. According to a practicing lawyer ...
How to get a green card after tightening immigration policy: a lawyer answered readers' questions ForumDaily
In the United States, over the past two years, a number of innovations have been adopted that have complicated the process of obtaining a green card. It can be difficult for immigrants to follow all the changes, and sometimes frightening news comes. So, recently it became known that potential immigrants may lose the right to receive a green card if ...
To whom immigration is forbidden: personal observations of an emigrant from Russia
Perhaps you sometimes think about leaving your homeland forever. But emigration is not for everyone. The editor of the "Eva" magazine, who has learned about emigration from her own experience, has made a list of points that speaks volumes about the fact that you should not leave your native land. (Written ...
Immigration in the USA - how not to fall for the scam
The United States has been and remains a desirable country for immigrants. However, American immigration law can rightfully be called one of the most confusing in the world, which is successfully used by fraudsters. At any stage, you may encounter immigration fraudsters of various sizes, which knowingly ...