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Texas Driver’s License Renewal for Non-Citizens

May 26, 2017 by Lynn Olinger

Texas DPS has shared the following information for non-citizens who have lawful status and need to renew a Texas driver’s license. If possible, the customer should visit a driver license office at least 30 days before your driver license or limited term status expires to allow enough time if a 3rd verification of your documents… Read More »

Filed Under: Citizenship, Department of Homeland Security, Enforcement

Protecting DREAMERs from Trump – What happens to DACA?

December 29, 2016 by Lynn Olinger

During the presidential campaign, president-elect Donald Trump said he plans to do away with the DACA program. Trump has provided no specifics, and has not said when this might happen. DACA was authorized in 2012 by the Department of Homeland Security.  Eligible undocumented persons who came to the U.S. as children got work authorization, protection from… Read More »

Filed Under: Citizenship, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Customs & Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Deportation - Removal, Enforcement, ICE, immigration, Immigration & Crimes, Rights, USCIS

USCIS Filing Fee Increase

October 25, 2016 by Lynn Olinger

USCIS announced its filing fee increase.  Effective December 23, 2016 applications and petitions must include the new fee. USCIS has a webpage with the old and new fees, here.   We’ve also reprinted it for you, below: Immigration Benefit Request New Fee ($) Old Fee ($) G–1041 Genealogy Index Search Request 65 20 G–1041A Genealogy Records Request… Read More »

Filed Under: Citizenship, Immigration Applications, USCIS

LGBT Green Card Through Marriage

February 4, 2016 by Lynn Olinger

LGBT clients who have questions about a green card through marriage often ask about the process for someone who illegally entered the U.S., or has HIV, or is not ‘out’ to family, or was previously in an opposite-sex marriage.     Board Certified Immigration Law Specialist Lynn Olinger, an immigration attorney in Dallas serving clients throughout the… Read More »

Filed Under: Citizenship, DOMA, immigration, Immigration Applications, LGBT, USCIS, Visas

Hiring an Immigration Attorney in Dallas – Fort Worth

October 28, 2015 by Lynn Olinger

If you are faced with the possibility that you will be removed (deported) from the United States, hiring Olinger Law, Dallas – Fort Worth immigration attorney, will benefit you greatly whether you must go to immigration court or not. EXPERTISE Attorney Lynn Olinger has over 20 years of federal trial and federal appeals court experience,… Read More »

Filed Under: Citizenship, Deportation - Removal, immigration, Immigration Applications, Immigration Court, Immigration Services, undocumented immigrants, USCIS, Visas

U.S. Citizen Children May Have Trouble Enrolling In Dallas ISD

August 7, 2015 by Lynn Olinger

Dallas County Drawn Into Birth Certificate Debate by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune August 5, 2015 Texas’ second-largest county has adopted a controversial policy that advocacy groups say could infringe on the civil rights of U.S. citizens born to undocumented parents. The Dallas County clerk’s office announced on its website that as of June 1 it no… Read More »

Filed Under: Citizenship, Constitutional Litigation, immigration, Rights, undocumented immigrants

Interfaith Support For Immigration Reform

July 19, 2013 by Lynn Olinger

Americans of all faiths support a comprehensive immigration reform that includes a path to citizenship. At 63%, this is three times those who favor deportation.   4500 Americans were surveyed. Religious leaders, including Catholics, Evangelical Protestants,  Jews, and Muslims, likewise back this comprehensive approach.  

Filed Under: Citizenship, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, immigration, undocumented immigrants

Take Heart, Texans: Immigration Appeals Court on Marriage Equality

July 19, 2013 by Lynn Olinger

“Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act . . .is no longer an impediment to the recognition of lawful same-sex marriages and spouses under the Immigration and Nationality Act if the marriage is valid under the laws of the State where it was celebrated.” So ruled the national Board of Immigration Appeals on July 17, 2013,… Read More »

Filed Under: Citizenship, Deportation - Removal, DOMA, immigration, Immigration Court, Rights, Supreme Court

DOMA’s Death ♥ and Marriage Equality

June 27, 2013 by Lynn Olinger

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano’s June 26, 2013 statment about immigration benefits following the Supreme Court’s declaration of DOMA’s unconstitutionality: I applaud today’s Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor holding that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. This discriminatory law denied thousands of legally married same-sex couples many important… Read More »

Filed Under: Citizenship, Constitutional Litigation, DOMA, immigration, Rights, Supreme Court, USCIS

Civics for aliens…and citizens.

May 25, 2012 by Lynn Olinger

Immigration’s new Naturalization Self Test for U.S. citizenship preparation is so good we hope that native-born Americans check it out! Designed by the Smithsonian to learn and self test U.S. history and civics, it is unlike any of the other, typical, USCIS bureaucracy-feel webpages.

Filed Under: Citizenship, immigration

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