Finding Work, Housing and Happiness as an Immigrant

My name is Lisa, and I work as an immigration attorney in the state of California. I thought I knew all about immigration when I left law school, but I have learned much more as I have negotiated this complicated world as part of my job. The public in general does not understand immigration, and as a stranger in a new world the immigrant has no way of knowing how to best navigate these waters. With this blog I hope to better educate the public about immigration and to help immigrants themselves in understanding how best to be true to themselves in an unfamiliar place.

2021

You Or Family Lost German Citizenship In WW2? May Reclaim Citizenship Under Article 116

9 July 2021

There's no doubt it was very difficult growing up in Germany during World War 2. For some, however, it was even more difficult because they had to escape their homeland due to political reasons and consequently lost their German citizenship. Not only did they lose their German citizenship, their descendants who would have rightly been German citizens did as well. Fortunately, in 2020, the German Constitutional Court amended the criteria for citizenship in Article 116 to extend it to this group of people.
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Critical Reasons To Hire An H1B Visa Lawyer To Maintain Residency

5 February 2021

The visa that you were issued when you came to this country allowed you to work and live here under special circumstances. You must abide by its terms carefully to avoid the risk of being deported. To ensure that you can remain in the country, you need to know what the laws regarding it are and what is expected of you as a visitor to this country. You can abide by them fully by hiring an H1B visa lawyer to represent you.
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