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US immigration in practice: H-1B, L-1, E-2 and O-1 visas, green card petitions, the DV lottery, asylum, immigration court and recent rule changes.
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Did DMV auto-register you to vote as a noncitizen? This can count as a false claim to U.S. citizenship and permanently bar a green card. Steps to fix it.
Entry fee is $1, photo must be 600×600 px and under 6 months old, birthdate goes month-day-year. A field-by-field walkthrough of the DV-2027 entry form.
An F-1 student who married a US citizen and filed for a green card must notify the school before leaving the program. Otherwise, SEVIS will close without explanation.
A 212(e) stamp on a J-1 visa is only a consular officer's preliminary guess. Learn who it actually binds, what it blocks, and how to get a Department of State ruling.
An LLC won't get you a visa or a bank account. Here's when a US company actually makes sense for a non-resident — and when it's just extra cost and paperwork.
E-2 and L-1 visa holders can leave the US for extended periods to work abroad. Learn how to meet the requirements and keep your status intact.
Visas are issued by the Department of State through consulates, applications inside the country are decided by USCIS, and enforcement belongs to ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Nonimmigrant visas grant temporary status, while immigrant categories lead to a green card.
Humanitarian parole under Uniting for Ukraine and Temporary Protected Status let Ukrainians stay in the US, but neither is a visa or leads to a green card on its own.
Ukrainians travelling for tourism or business apply for a B1/B2 visa by completing the DS-160 online and attending a consular interview. The visa's validity is not the permitted stay: a CBP officer sets that at entry, and it appears on the I-94 record. Overstaying by more than 180 days triggers a three-year bar on return, and by more than a year a ten-year bar. Rules change often through executive orders and court rulings, so requirements should be checked on the State Department and USCIS websites.