Renouncing U.S. citizenship to avoid paying taxes

By On May 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

With concern over higher tax rates in the United States relative to some low tax destinations such as Singapore and Belarus, and the rise of economic citizenship in many emerging countries around the world a record number of United States citizens have sought to renounce citizenship to avoid taxation. Many have even inquired about “relinquishment” without full “renunciation” to avoid paying U.S. taxes while still preserving U.S. citizenship and its benefits.

Continue Reading →

Application of the Fourth Amendment to unreasonable searches in deportation cases

By On May 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A search under the Fourth Amendment takes place any time there is an intrusion into an area where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. An example of a place where a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy is in a house or dwelling. This is consistent with the age-old English law maxim that every man’s house is his castle and fortress [Sir Edward Coke, Semayne's Case (1605)]. Therefore the Fourth Amendment applies when the police or ICE agents enter a dwelling or intrudes upon anything on which a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. The Fourth Amendment requires that the search be reasonable.

Continue Reading →

Refiling a spousal immigration petition after a withdrawal

By On May 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A petitioner who withdraws a petition with admissions of a fraudulent marriage (e.g. the marriage was a favor to a friend, and we only lived together to make it look real) and then re-files a petition for the same beneficiary has a heavy burden of proof to get approval of a visa petition for the beneficiary.

Continue Reading →
Set your Twitter account name in your settings to use the TwitterBar Section.
All original content on these pages is fingerprinted and certified by Digiprove