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What do you do if you lose your green card? First, don’t panic. Your permanent resident status is still intact, and replacing your green card is a fairly simple process. However, there can be complications for a lost or stolen green card, including fines, jail time, and an inability to travel. Using this guide, you can […]

After submitting your green card application, you might expect to be done with everything on your end. However, within the next three months, you may receive a request for evidence (RFE) from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).  Most green card applicants get a request for evidence. While an RFE does not necessarily

A new Green Card is good for 10 years from the date it was issued (unless it was a conditional Green Card, see below). You are still considered a legal permanent resident after this time; however, a valid card is necessary to prove your legal status to employers and customs agents if you travel outside

The high cost of filing the U.S. citizenship application, Form N-400, may give you second thoughts about applying for naturalization. Fortunately, applicants that demonstrate financial need can qualify to pay discounted rates, or even no filing fee, to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) when they apply.  The reduced fee, or partial fee waiver, is available

When applying for your permanent resident card, commonly known as a green card, you need to submit a photo. Government-issued identification cards have strict requirements for the photo you can use. If you take the picture yourself, it will likely be rejected. The U.S. embassy or consulate where you apply for a green card will have the

It’s tricky enough figuring out which immigration application to use and answer complicated questions to complete it. But what happens next? What should you expect after you file? With our automated software and informative blog posts, FileRight.com is here to help you at each step along the way. When you submit paperwork to help your

Marriage offers a legal path to permanent residency for foreign nationals. Among other requirements, the sponsoring spouse must be able to financially support their spouse. The minimum annual income required to sponsor a spouse for a marriage green card is 125% of the federal poverty guideline levels. This ensures that the sponsoring spouse is financially

Recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), also known as DREAMers, are typically people who entered the United States without inspection as children or who entered the United States lawfully as children but remained in the US after their visa expired. While DACA provides opportunities for DREAMers to live a normal life, it does

When filing immigration paperwork, supporting evidence, like a birth certificate, maybe in a foreign language. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) requires you to translate the document into English when sending supporting evidence. Those translations of evidence and application materials require a simple certification by the person who is translating the document. The translation and

There are many benefits to becoming a US Citizen. You probably knew the benefits of citizenship, even before reading the article. So why do the 9 million eligible Permanent Residents (Green Card holders) not become Citizens? There seem to be five major reasons why people don’t become Citizens: #1) Cost Becoming a citizen today will cost you