Friday, March 6, 2009

Immigrating Into The United States

By Keith Harris

Immigration into the States is not as easy as it once was. Just 10 or 20 years ago, crossing the border and obtaining citizenship in the US by registering was easy. Immigration laws though, have become much more strict however, and in order to become a citizen of the US. It is more often than not necessary to hire an American immigration attorney to help you. Not only will this help you to be able to gain entry into the United States without much hardship, it will also assist you to be able to steer clear of any pitfalls that could slow the process along as you are applying for citizenship.

One of the easiest ways of obtaining citizenship in the United States is to marry one of its citizens. But this is no guarantee however, that you are going to gain citizenship of the United States without difficulty. What it does say, is that if you marry this person for reasons beside from becoming an American citizen, you will be given a chance to apply to be a citizen. With that a large amount of forms will be provided that you must fill out being either their fiance prior to marriage or as their spouse after you're married.

A few of the regulations that are required in your effort to become an American will be covered by your attourney for you. This is a great help for those who can't or are not educated in the English language or cannot speak it as a native tongue as some of the regulations can get quite lengthy and be very wordy. They will help you to make sure that you understand and can comply with all of the immigration laws and and that you have your forms filled out right and with black ink, and sent off to the proper places. This will make it easier, and assure you that you will pass through the process as smoothly as possible.

If you met your fiance away from the United States, and you want to come into the United States for the purpose of marriage there are particular forms that you will need to fill out as well. Your attourney will help you through filling out these forms and the regulations that show whether your marriage will or will not be accepted by the United States for citizenship or not. Some reasons for why you might not be accepted is because you had been acquainted with your fiance for too little of time, you did not get married within three months of entering America or else it is illegal for the two of you to get married according to the laws in either the United States or their country.

If you wish for this process to go off without a hitch then hiring an immigration attourney can benefit you in a number of ways. As well as knowing all of the details of immigration in the US they have also completed all the forms that need filling out many times. If the forms are perfectly completed and sent into the proper people they will be streamlined through the immigration process. If you fill them out yourself and they are filled out wrong, you will have delays upon delays in getting into the country. - 15437

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