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India Tourist Visa Two Month Gap Lifted

On November 23, 2012, the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced that the gap requirement would be eliminated for virtually all tourist visa holders.  Nationals of Afghanistan, China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan, Bangladesh, and foreign nationals of Pakistani and Bangladeshi origin and “stateless persons” will continue to come under the 60-­day gap rule, but

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Are You Eligible for the Diversity Visa Lottery?

By Elizabeth Walder, Esq., Immigration Law Associates, P.C.  The U.S. Congress created the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program as a way of broadening the U.S. immigrant population by granting permanent residence to aliens of countries with a low rate of immigration to the U.S.  Unfortunately, those in high-immigration countries must

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Beyond Beaches:Taking Another Look at Mexico Travel

Lately, you may have noticed that the Mexico Tourism Board has spent a lot of resources revamping their image to reintroduce Mexico to the world.  Frankly, it’s hard not to notice: advertisements on television, online and full-page ads in leading travel magazines provide almost surreal images of underwater worlds and

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Getting Naturalized and Getting Home

Congratulations to the newly naturalized American citizen! You received your naturalization papers, survived fingerprinting and a multitude of fees, passed FBI clearance, passed your naturalization interview, turned in your green card, and took the Oath of Allegiance.   You are now an American with Naturalization papers ready to visit your

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