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Statutory-Bar From Adjustment of Status
 
 
            I was contacted today by a couple of people who wanted to know whether they can file adjustment of status applications to get their green cards and become permanent residents.  Sadly, neither person was qualified for different reasons.  The names of the individuals are concealed and the facts are slightly changed [...]

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Should I Appear After Being Served With A Motion for Protection Order?
        The short answer to the question above is, “YES!”  In Texas, a Motion for Protective Order is a quasi-criminal motion in family law, usually filed prior to or in concurrent with filing an Original Petition for Divorce.  There are criminal implications if the court [...]

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Domestic Violence & Immigration Consequences

By The Houston Immigration Removal Defense Lawyers - Veritas Legal Group, P.C.

 
            In addition to aggravated felony, crimes involving moral turpitude, drug crimes, and firearms and destructive device violations, foreign nationals (including legal permanent residents) who are “convicted” of a domestic violence crime may also be removed from the United States.  [...]

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What Is An Asylum Application?
In general, asylum is a type of relief that is granted to qualified applicants who are unable or unwilling to return to their country of nationality because of past persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion. [...]

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Naturalization : The Process of Filing For U.S. Citizenship
 
 
Naturalization is a straight-forward process in which those that meet the minimum requirements and passed the English, history, and government should be allowed to be naturalized to become a U.S. citizen.  However, the USCIS have recently use naturalization as a last tool to screen-out permanent residents, rather [...]

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