A French immigrant and atheist who lives in Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against the US government, claiming that the phrase "so help me, God", which was sworn in to obtain American citizenship, violates the Statute of the US Constitution. Reported by The Christian Post. “By its very nature ...
US Army recruiters abruptly canceled military contracts for hundreds of immigrant military personnel to join the army, subjecting many of them to deportation. This was reported by several injured recruits and a former army officer familiar with their situation. Many of them have been waiting for years to serve in ...
In 1850, the Russian political emigrant Alexander Herzen was forced to think about acquiring some other citizenship: the Russian emperor Nicholas I ordered Herzen to return to Russia immediately, which the socialist, who had already lived in exile, did not want to do this at all. Herzen refused. Remain a subject ...
Foreign investors who invest at least $10 million in the Russian Far East will be able to obtain Russian citizenship in a simplified manner, President Vladimir Putin said. Interfax reported this on September 7. “For foreign investors who will invest 10 or more $10 million in the Far East,...
The Migration Service of Ukraine confirmed that by decree of the country's President Petro Poroshenko, the former governor of the Odessa region, Mikheil Saakashvili, was deprived of his only Ukrainian citizenship. Now the politician is on a visit to the United States and will not be able to return to Ukraine. “The President of Ukraine issued a decree on deprivation of citizenship,”...
Ukrainians who provide the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with an application for renouncing their country's citizenship will be allowed to obtain a Russian passport in an expedited manner. The department says that this measure will help a million Ukrainians living in Russia, the BBC reports. The State Duma Committee on State Construction and Legislation on Tuesday ...
The US Supreme Court limited the government's right to strip immigrants of American citizenship for lying during the naturalization process. The judges unanimously ruled in favor of an ethnic Serb from Bosnia, who, during naturalization, lied about her husband's military service, writes ...
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko signed a decree on the deprivation of citizenship of the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Artemenko and the deputy of the Odessa City Council Alexander Borovik. This became known from the Facebook page of the People's Deputy from the Radical Party Dmitry Linko. According to the decree of the President of Ukraine, Borovik and Artemenko ...
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko introduced to the Verkhovna Rada as an urgent bill providing for the deprivation of Ukrainian citizenship of those persons who have dual citizenship. “The bill concerns solving the issue of dual citizenship. This law will establish that a person who voluntarily acquired citizenship of a foreign state...
After 20 years behind bars and 10 years awaiting deportation, the convicted immigrant will become a US citizen. On Thursday morning, January 26, 47-year-old Xiao Fei "Eddie" Zheng will take the oath of office at a naturalization ceremony in Oakland, California. “For me, my family, my...