Immigration Law

The act of coming to the country with the intention to start living and working here is called immigration. The immigration laws in the United State cover a variety of situations where a foreign person is entering the country whether temporarily or to live.

The immigration system grants immigration status that is based on family relations, capital investment or work skills that are in demand. It also regulates asylum seekers and refugees and organizes an immigration “lottery” for those who don’t have more pressing reasons for immigration. How you get (or don’t get) a legal immigrant status depends on many factors related to your education, family and employment.

Millions of people have come to the US from all over the world. Immigration has helped the economic growth of the country. However, the attitude towards immigrants can vary from hostile to favourable.

Americans do know that they are a nation of immigrants, but the system that determines who can come to live and who can visit can sometimes be very confusing.

After the Homeland Security Act was passed in 2002, immigrations laws did change a lot. The administrative work with immigration is carried out by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the US Customs and Border Protection and the Customs Enforcement both protect the borders.

Deportation occurs when a non-citizen is ordered to be removed from the country by the government. This may happen because the immigration laws were broken or in some serious criminal offence cases.

Immigration laws can be very complex and trying to find you way in this maze can be too difficult to do on your own. A qualified lawyer can help to take on this challenge.