How Can Divorce Affect My Legal Status? By Zach Wallin In this post, Attorney Zach Wallin, breaks down how divorce can affect a Permanent Resident’s Legal Status. Many people have a misconception that if a person in the process of obtaining legal immigration gets a divorce they will automatically be…
I always counsel Lawful Permanent Residents with past criminal convictions to be careful before traveling abroad. Before the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) took effect on April 1, 1997, lawful permanent residents (LPRs) with criminal convictions who traveled abroad did not, upon their return, face…