Recently, we had a consultation with a man on the East Coast who had received a Notice to Appear (NTA) before an Immigration Judge for a deportation hearing. Relief from Deportation? He had been convicted of a drug offense and numerous immigration attorneys had advised him that there was no hope for him. He would […]
Acquisition of citizenship through parents and grandparents is one of the most complex portions of our immigration laws. In this video, former INS Citizenship Attorney Carl Shusterman discusses the laws which determine which persons born abroad are eligible for acquisition of citizenship through parents and grandparents, and how they can go about applying for a U.S. […]
A U.S. citizen whose child is born abroad may convey U.S. citizenship to the child. In some cases, derivative citizenship may be transmitted from a grandparent to a parent to a child. This “double derivative” transmission of U.S. citizenship is particularly prevalent among Canadians, Mexicans, Filipinos and Israelis. The laws regulating acquisition of U.S. citizenship […]
It all started out with a phone call that I received from a man named Brian Olsen in a tiny city in Alberta, Canada near the U.S. border. He was born in Canada, as were both of his parents, yet he felt that he might qualify as an American citizen through his grandparents and great-grandparents. […]
