Immigration Law

If you are in a same-sex marriage and you want to sponsor your husband or wife for permanent residency in the United States, you may worry about whether USCIS recognizes LGTBQ relationships. Although the federal government has recognized marriage equality since 2015,...

When a company wants to fill empty positions with workers from outside the country, they may sponsor them for an H-1B visa. Immigration law then allows the approved individual to move to California and work for this employer. However, there are times when the employee...

Children born through surrogacy outside of the United States to same-sex couples now have a clearer path to obtaining U.S. citizenship thanks to a new policy issued by the State Department in May. This new policy makes the process easier for same-sex couples in...

If you are an immigrant living in California and serving in the United States military, you can use your service to the best of your advantage. You have the right to become a naturalized citizen through your military service. Learning more information can help you...

Journeying through the process of international adoption comes with numerous challenges. If you are looking to expand your family by adding a new child from abroad, one of the first aspects you may want to consider is the U.S. immigration process. The information on...

Over the past few years, California legislators have made an effort to protect immigrants. The state has passed several laws to uphold labor and civil rights when it comes to immigration. These laws give immigrants access to higher education and dictate the role law...

Once an immigrant attains lawful permanent resident status, he or she gains many benefits. One benefit centers on the ability to petition to bring relatives into the United States. Lawful permanent residents may one day become U.S. citizens, but until naturalization...

U.S. immigration law can prove quite complex and confusing. With that stated, many people in California and elsewhere in the country are unsure whether any real or substantial differences exist between a green card and a visa. The fact is that there are. What is a...

Many immigrants without a Social Security number may believe that they won't benefit from government stimulus payments. However, undocumented workers in California can get money from the Golden State's Stimulus package if they have an individual taxpayer...

California has not used the word "alien" to describe foreign nationals in its labor code since 2015, and the federal government is now working to replace "alien" with "noncitizen" in a move that is widely seen as a sign of the Biden administration's break with the...