As an immigrant living in the U.S., you likely already know that the courts tend to divide crimes into misdemeanors (less serious) and felonies (more serious). You may therefore think that conviction of a misdemeanor will not affect your immigration status or make you...
When you adopt does your child automatically become a US citizen?
International adoption is a common process. You may assume that because you adopt the child and he or she becomes your legal offspring that U.S. citizenship is automatic. However, it does not happen that way if your adoption occurred outside of the U.S. You actually...
