Example of a naturalized citizen who has been convicted of immigration fraud for not disclosing his foreign criminal record. The fraud only surfaced after he was recently charged with being a terrorist. It will be interesting to see if they start denaturalization proceedings against him...
Story about a 95 year old veteran who always assumed he was a USC since his parents were US born, but he had nothing on paper all these years.
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/118474059.html
Moral of the story: make sure you have it on paper that you are a citizen.
Interesting article on the growing number of US expats giving up their US citizenship due to tax laws.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1983238,00.html?hpt=T2
No surprise that USCIS is very strict on marriage based applications:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/16/actress.sham.marriage.arrest/index.html?hpt=T2
During a return flight last week from Mexico, I presented the CBP officer my US passport and custom card. What puzzled me is that the CBP officer asked if I'm a US citizen eventhough he swiped my US passport. In the back of my head I felt like answering "no, I just carry a US passport for fun"...
Good article on obtaining a duplicate US passport in instances where you have to send in your US passport to a foreign embassy while you still need to travel elsewhere:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/10/how-to-get-a-duplicate-u-s-passport/
Here's a good story on the deportation of US citizens..scary stuff, especially if you are mentally ill.
http://www.newsobserver.com/110/story/1667768.html
For those of you have been stopped for secondary inspection at POE, CBP doesn't consider it as "being detained" when you are questioned at the airport:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/20090816_In_the_Nation.html
Interestingly, CBP says it does not keep land crossing travel records..they only keep air and sea travel records:
https://help.cbp.gov/cgi-bin/customs.cfg/php/enduser/popup_adp.php?p_sid=undefined&p_lva=undefined&p_li=undefined&p_faqid=976&p_created=1167341280&p_sp=undefined
Good article about what to do if you loose passport while on travel outside US:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/traveltips/03/02/passport/index.html
Always a good idea to scan copies of your travel documents and upload them to your email account in a password protected file.
Good article about study on how Indian and Chinese are returning home due to worsening US economy and immigration policies:
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1426230.html
So if the Pittsburgh Steelers win the SuperBowl (or is it Superball?) will I be denaturalized for illegal gambling?
:D:D:D Ok, that was a silly thing to say..for all of you waiting for you interview or oath, good luck on this Superbowl day !!
Makes for a good read, especially the documented tension between USCIS and district courts:
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/cisomb_naturalization_recommendation_2008-12-16.pdf
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