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• Agricultural Industry – losing its footstep in the nation due to insufficient labor resource

April 21, 2014

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• RENEWING YOUR GREEN CARD USING THE I-90

April 19, 2014

Although the status of permanent residence does not by itself expire, Green Cards, which are the official documentation of PR) needs to be renewed every 10 years. If you do not renew your Green Card within the stipulated time it might become difficult for you to travel abroad or to prove that you are eligible for employment in the USA.

To renew the green card at the end of 10 years you will need to use the form I-90. The same form can be used to replace a green card that has not expired, too.

WHEN SHOULD THE GREEN CARD RENEWAL FORM I-90 BE FILED?

• The renewal application can be filed within six months of the expiration date mentioned on the Green Card, it cannot be filed before this period or in advance.

• In case of the green card’s having expired already, the form I-90 should be filed immediately.

• In case you possess an older Green Card that does not have an expiration date, it is strongly recommended that you apply for a newer replacement card using the Form I-90.

SITUATIONS IN WHICH YOU NEED TO FILE FORM I-90

Apart from renewal requirements, the form can also be used  during the occurrence of the following situations:

• Loss of card or when it is stolen
• Mutilated card or at the eventuality of it being destroyed
• Spelling error
• Non-receipt of card
• Change of name
• If one becomes a permanent resident before one turned 14 years old, the card needs to be replaced after the 14^th birthday.

APPEAL FOR GREEN CARD RENEWAL

Sometimes green card renewals may not be granted for a lot of reasons. 2 of the most common reasons are 1). Adjustment of immigrant category and 2) Criminal actions.

1)  ADJUSTMENT OF IMMIGRANT CATEGORY: This implies that your status has changed in such a way that the reason for your being granted a green card in the first place no longer holds true anymore. For instance, if you were  issued a green card through your marriage to a US citizen but your marriage has now annulled your Green Card is now no longer valid.

2).  CRIMINAL ACTIONS: If you have perpetrated in a major crime, you can no longer be seen as a valuable part of American society. But this really proves applicable to major crimes such as murders or robberies. Crimes such as earning speeding tickets, etc. are usually seen as minor and these would not probably result in the denial of a Green Card renewal application.

DENIAL OR REJECTION OF GREEN CARD RENEWAL APPLICATION:

In the event of such a situation happening you have an opportunity to ask USCIS to reconsider their decision. What you could do is to submit a motion to reopen or submit a plea to reconsider – this has to be done with the same office that rejected your application. This will prompt USCIS to re-examine your case and reconsider your plea.

Be sure to write your application with clarity, while providing evidence as to why your application was denied and why USCIS should reconsider its decision.

Always carry your Green Card on your person- every legal immigrant in the United States is always required to carry the card, wherever he or she travels.

• Plight of Immigrant Women in U.S

April 9, 2014

The first word a baby utters are “MOM” or “Mother”, a man before marriage always depends on his mother for each and every thing and once married, he leans on his wife’s shoulder. She has always exhibited a diversified role in her life – as a mother, a sister, a life-partner, a friend, a daughter and of course a source of inspiration. In certain Asian countries, Woman (as Devi) is worshipped for wealth, health, etc., our lives are so influenced by women that we can’t deny their significance in our life. She needs to be given the utmost respect as a person in our society, but in real life when we really look in-depth, it’s sad to watch the amount of discrimination a woman undergoes are so miserable.

The role of a woman as a life-partner is the most important one, however good or bad her behalf is, she withstands every up and down like a smooth cream, and unites the family as one. That’s why they say “BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL MAN, STANDS A WOMAN!” hence the rolling stone is in the hands of a woman, if carried out wisely and dedicatedly, can build and flourish the family, but if not, can ruin the family too!!

Generations after generation’s woman have not only shown their versatile talent in making home, but equally contributed outside too, and more amazing part is with such ease she is able to carry out both home and office. The society has especially benefitted a lot when a woman came forward and started lending a shoulder to her husband in making a family happy place not only financially, socially but morally too. But to our great amazement society has not valued her role, but rather considers her as nuisance, like in some parts of Asia and many countries we can still see people abandoning the girl child, and when a woman go to work the amount of discrimination, domestic abuse, sexual harassment, wage theft and exploitation that occurs even in advanced countries like are innumerable.

This scenario is more commonly witnessed among the woman Immigrant’s in US. Among 12 million undocumented immigrants, more than half of them are women and children. Around sixty percent of these undocumented women work without any kind of paper agreement, in a very informal procedure, where they are paid on a daily basis. More than 35% of these women possess no work and are taking care of their children and home. 25% of the 400,000 people that get deported each year are parents of children who are American citizens, among them almost 177,000 of these children are orphaned each year.

Due to economic conditions back at home, women in order to a make good living for their future and their children come in hope of earning better and leading a good social life, by taking up as a domestic worker or care givers. But they fall to exploitation and work for substandard wages; they may have to leave their own children behind to be raised by relatives; and friends. Apart from this the women and children not only face language barrier, ethnic and community isolation, but live their life under the mercy of the society; they also suffer as victims of family and sexual violence with little or no resources to get help.

Twenty-eight percent of single mothers with children live below the poverty level. The most vulnerable  thing is, there is a lack of economic security for older women who have spent years doing low paid worker like caregivers, cleaning the mall, houses for which little or no Social Security taxes were paid and who eventually find themselves without any financial resources due to the wage gap.

As per the reports of the National Organization for Women, the reproductive health of immigrant women is profoundly affected by immigration policies. Most of the female immigrant are often forced to work in industries, which are undervalued, underpaid, and hazardous to one’s health, lacks basic worker protections and offer no benefits, especially like Immigration Medical Exam fees which are dire necessities to get done in order to gain citizenship and there is no doubt that a majority of female immigrants are not covered under any health care

History revels that the amount of contribution done by these immigrants are uncountable whether socially, economically and politically by making the lives of every U.S. citizen smooth and at ease.. According to the Census data, there are approximately 17.5 million immigrant women in the United States, among them 16 percent live under poverty. These women apart from encountering obstacles to employment and health access; also face violence and discrimination.

After an immigrant survivor of violence has left the abusive situation, whether it is domestic violence at home or human trafficking at her workplace, the role of the social and legal service providers is to apply for immigration relief, and help her find emotional and financial stability while she recovers. However, one serious obstacle that survivors frequently face is the inability to work legally in the United States while their visa application is pending.  The lack of financial resources, especially for women who left their home countries is a factor in choosing to remain and suffer in an abusive environment.

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”
― Brigham Young

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• An Overview Of The United States Naturalization Process

March 21, 2014

Some statutory requirements have to be met so as to become a citizen of the United States. Any foreign national can apply for citizenship to the United States, but some procedures have to be necessarily gone through. We shall look at some of the steps here:

 NATURALIZATION: This process involves several steps, and filing applications alone may not do. The first step involves filing an application for naturalization. Followed by that, the applicants must submit biometrics information, attend the naturalization interview, pass the tests and finally take the oath. An individual who successfully goes through the entire process alone will be granted US citizenship. The Form N-400, is the USCIS form that must be filed by an immigrant who aims at obtaining US citizenship. This form, like the other USCIS forms is not imple and is quite complicated.



DETERMINE WHETHER YOU ARE ELIGIBLE:

Remember that, to file an application for naturalization, you need to be a Green Card holder. If you are a Green Card holder, you should then qualify for naturalization with the following requirements:

18 or Older: You must not be a minor and at the time of filing Form N-400, you must be above age 18.

Good Moral Character: This is one of the most important requirements as you will never be permitted to become a US citizen if you are a criminal. You must not have falsely claimed US citizenship and you must not have been criminally convicted. You must be a law abiding person and must not be a member of any criminal organization.

Continuous Residence: You must have maintained residence in America for a certain period of time. If you are the spouse of a US citizen, at the time of applying for US citizenship, you will have to establish that you have been living in America for the past three years. If you are not the spouse of a US citizen, you will have to prove that you have been living in America for the past five years. If you had remained in a foreign country for more than 6 months within the past three or five years, you cannot apply for US citizenship. That is because, a trip outside the country for longer than 6 months will break continuous residency.

Physical Presence : If you are the spouse of a US citizen and if you are applying for citizenship after three years of permanent residency, to qualify, you must have spent at least 18 months in America. Similarly, if you are applying for US citizenship, five years after becoming a permanent resident, you must establish that you have spent 30 consecutive months in America. If you hold a Green Card and if you are in the US Armed Forces, you can apply for citizenship, after 1 year of service and you need not meet the physical presence requirement.

Residence : You must have resided in the American state in which you are applying for US citizenship, for a minimum of three months. However, this requirement does not apply to the members of the US Armed Forces.

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