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Immigration & Citizenship
Accredited Representatives and Recognized Organizations
A plain explanation of who may represent you before the immigration agencies without a law license, how partial and full accreditation differ, and how to check a person's status.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Aging Out of Dependent Status at Twenty-One
Turning twenty-one ends dependent status for most immigration purposes. The Child Status Protection Act helps in some green card cases and does not help nonimmigrant dependents in the same way.
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Immigration & Citizenship
B-1 Business Visitors Doing Work That Looks Like Employment
A B-1 visitor may meet, negotiate and take orders, but may not perform productive work or draw pay from a U.S. source. The line is drawn by who benefits and who pays.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Country-Specific Parole Programs and What Happens When They End
Country parole programs are created by executive action and end the same way. When a parole period lapses, the person returns to whatever status they had before, which is usually none.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Deferred Enforced Departure: What It Gives and What It Does Not
DED comes from the President's foreign affairs power rather than from a statute. It pauses removal and usually allows work authorization, but it confers no lawful immigration status at all.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Disability Accommodations at a Naturalization Interview
How to ask USCIS for a disability accommodation at a naturalization interview, what kinds are commonly granted, and why an accommodation is not the same as an N-648 waiver.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Driver's Licenses and State IDs for Noncitizens
The federal REAL ID standards govern which state credentials work for federal purposes, but each state decides what else it will issue and what documents it accepts.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Dual Citizenship: What the United States Actually Requires
Why the renunciatory language in the naturalization oath does not mean losing another citizenship, and where dual nationality does create real practical complications.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Emergency Travel Documents and Boarding Foils
What to do when a green card or visa is lost, stolen, or expired while you are outside the United States, and how a boarding foil gets you onto a plane.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Fee Waivers and Reduced Fees on Immigration Filings
The three grounds for a USCIS fee waiver, how to document each one, why only some forms are eligible, and what happens when a request is rejected rather than denied.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Filing Taxes With an ITIN Instead of a Social Security Number
What an individual taxpayer identification number does, who needs one, how it is applied for and renewed, and the things it definitely does not provide.
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Immigration & Citizenship
Finding Free or Low-Cost Immigration Help
A practical search order for affordable immigration help, from the government's own provider list to law school clinics and bar associations, plus how to screen what you find.