http://www.immigrationnavigator.com US Immigration and Green Card Law Blog Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:47:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/10-years-green-card-marriage-fraud/ http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/10-years-green-card-marriage-fraud/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 06:05:42 +0000 Gary Goodin http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/?p=2655 Continue reading →]]> http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/10-years-green-card-marriage-fraud/feed/ 0 As a Las Vegas immigration lawyer dealing with marriage immigration cases, it is true that love knows no borders. Many bi-national couples have long and happy marriages. But it is also true that not every foreign national marries a US citizen or permanent resident with the best of intentions. Continue reading → http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/green-card-ticket-american-dream/ http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/green-card-ticket-american-dream/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2012 21:50:51 +0000 Gary Goodin http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/?p=2596 Continue reading →]]> http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/green-card-ticket-american-dream/feed/ 0 A US green card is the most desired card in the world. Hundreds of millions around the world dream of having a green card to begin a new and better life in the United States. The US green card (officially called Form I-551) is evidence of your permanent resident status in the United States. Continue reading → http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/presumptive-immigration-marriage-fraud/ http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/presumptive-immigration-marriage-fraud/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 22:46:26 +0000 Gary Goodin http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/?p=2436 Continue reading →]]> http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/presumptive-immigration-marriage-fraud/feed/ 0 When a permanent resident obtained a green card by marriage which later ends in divorce, an immigration petition for a new spouse cannot be approved if filed within 5 years of obtaining permanent residence unless the permanent resident can prove that the earlier marriage by which he obtained a green card was in good faith. But the standard of proof of the earlier marriage is raised beyond that required when the permanent resident was issued a green card by that marriage. Continue reading → http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/renouncing-citizenship-avoid-paying-taxes/ http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/renouncing-citizenship-avoid-paying-taxes/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 17:21:29 +0000 Gary Goodin http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/?p=2411 Continue reading →]]> http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/renouncing-citizenship-avoid-paying-taxes/feed/ 0 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 → http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/application-fourth-amendment-unreasonable-searches-deportation-cases/ http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/application-fourth-amendment-unreasonable-searches-deportation-cases/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 18:51:23 +0000 Gary Goodin http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/?p=2391 Continue reading →]]> http://www.immigrationnavigator.com/application-fourth-amendment-unreasonable-searches-deportation-cases/feed/ 0 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 →