F-1 students can work off campus, but only through specific authorized pathways. Learn which ones exist, how to qualify, and what to avoid.

Learn the risks of traveling outside the U.S. while your asylum case is pending. Discover why advance parole is required.

Learn if you can clear your immigration record. Learn how filing a waiver of inadmissibility can protect your future & family.

Learn what the recent Supreme Court ruling means for birthright citizenship & why speaking with an immigration attorney is important.

Your permanent resident card is valid for 10 years. After spending nearly a decade in the United States, you may find it natural to take the next step and become a citizen. But with this, you may be confused whether to renew your expired green card, move forward with your naturalization application, or both. Well,... Read More

You may have put in the hard work to get citizenship status in the United States. Now, you may have time to focus on your next goal, which is to have your parents join you here as lawful permanent residents. Of course, if your parents are married, you may not want to split them up... Read More

Especially if you work in a creative field (i.e., the arts, athletics, television, motion picture, etc.), you may primarily do freelance work and constantly jump from one project or contract to another. So if you wish to apply for an O-1 visa, you may assume that your resume of extraordinary abilities and achievements speaks for... Read More

You may be abundantly grateful for the protection that temporary protected status (TPS) in the United States has afforded you. Still, though, you may yearn for a more long-term solution, with possibly even building a permanent future in the country. This may have you apply for other immigration benefits, all while carrying yourself in a... Read More

You may have a lot riding on your immigration application with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which is why it is understandable that you probably check its online case status tool daily. If the message is consistently stuck on “Case Was Received,” or eventually changes to “No Updates Available” or “Case Not... Read More

It happens far too often that foreign students studying in the United States mistake their visa’s expiration date with their I-94 Arrival/Departure Record’s duration of stay. That is, the latter is what indicates the deadline for a student’s lawful presence in the country, and therefore the date by which they must schedule their departure or... Read More