Miscellaneous Immigration Information

What You Need to Know About Immigration

If you, a loved one or a prospective employee want to explore the idea of immigrating and requires information, it is essential to get well informed and speak with a Charleston Immigration Lawyer from our firm. We will offer each of our clients critical facts and informative details regarding their particular case.

Below we have compiled a list of miscellaneous information that you may need to understand how we will handle your case:

Department & Office Addresses

First, who and where is Immigration:

• Atlanta Immigration Court
• Charleston Office of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Charleston Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement & Its Detention Facility (ICE)
• Charleston U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
• Charleston USCIS Field Office
• Charlotte, N.C. Immigration Court
• Ice Detention Centers
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice)
• Lumpkin, Georgia & Stewart, Georgia Immigration Court
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• U.S. Embassy or Consular Processing
• U.S. Entry, Customs & Border Protection (CBP)
• Greer USCIS Field Office

How to Implement Certain Changes

Second, how to effectuate changes:

• Change of Address
• Change of Non-Immigrant Status
• Election of Stay in Status
• Green Card Renewal
• Green Card Replacement
• How to Obtain a U.S. Passport
• How to Replace Lost or Stolen Foreign Passport
• I-94 Replacement Card
• Infopass
• Visa Revalidation

Acts, Definitions and Procedures to Understand

Third, some specific Acts, Definitions and Procedures to understand:

• Abandonment of Residence
• American Competitiveness in the Twenty First Century Act
• Consular Processing
• Deferred Inspection
• Dual Citizenship & Dual Passports
• Duplicate Approval Notice
• Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Work Permit
• Follow to Join
• Freedom of Information Requests (FOIR)
• Green Cards
• Immigrant Stateside Disaster Relief
• International Child Abductions
• Interview Process at the USCIS
• Letter of Invite
• Liability for Social Security and Medicare Taxes
• LIFE Act
• Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID)
• Permanent Bar from Entering the U.S.
• Permanent Residency (Green Card) General Information
• (PIMS) Petition Information Management Service
• Premium Processing
• Processing Times for Immigration Filings
• Public Assistance and Being Designated a Public Charge
• Re-Entry Permit
• Requests For Evidence (RFE)
• The Preference System to Immigrate to the U.S.
• Three (3) and Ten (10) Year Bar
• Visa Waiver Program (VWP)
• Voting in the U.S.

Speak With a Charleston Immigration Attorney

It is important to get all your questions answered if you are going through the immigration process. Hopefully our topic list, as written above, can help you to understand many different topics including Premium Processing Service, Re-entry Permit, Visa Revalidation and Requests for Evidence. No matter what your specific circumstance involves, obtain legal assistance by contacting us today! Keep in mind that "with immigration nothing is as simple as it first appears". (sm)