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Immigrant widows of U.S. Citizens get Rights

Recently, the Senate passed a measure that would end what had been known as the “widow penalty”. The widow penalty was the practice by the U.S. government of stopping a non-U.S. citizens application for permanent residency when the American spouse died before the marriage was two years old. The conference report was past last week in the House of Representatives and President Obama is expected to sign the bill into law soon. Although the government’s definition of a marriage, has still not been made clear it allows foreigners that are married to Americans for less than two years to submit their own petition for residency. The immigrant must do this within two years of their spouse’s death, as long as they have not gotten married again and can prove the marriage was in good-faith. Also, the law is retroactive so any immigrant citizens whose spouse has passed away less then 2 years after they got married can still petition for residency  no matter how long ago they got married. Immigration attorneys and other advocates that have been trying to get the so called "widow penalty" abolished we astatic over this passage.

Albuquerque, New Mexico Immigration Attorneys.

Kretz & Romero, P.C.


Las viudas de los ciudadanos inmigrantes U. S. obtener derechos de

Recientemente, el Senado aprobó una medida que pondría fin a lo que se ha conocido como la "pena de la viuda". La pena de la viuda era la práctica por el gobierno de los EE.UU. de interrumpir un no-ciudadanos solicitud de residencia permanente cuando el cónyuge estadounidense murió antes de que el matrimonio tenía dos años. El informe de la conferencia ya había pasado la semana pasada en la Cámara de Representantes y el Presidente Obama está previsto firmar el proyecto de ley pronto. Aunque la definición del gobierno de un matrimonio, todavía no se ha dejado en claro que permite a los extranjeros que se casan a los estadounidenses de menos de dos años para presentar su propia petición para la residencia. El inmigrante debe hacerlo dentro de dos años de la muerte de su cónyuge, siempre que no se han casado de nuevo y puede demostrar que el matrimonio fue en buena fe. Además, la ley es retroactiva por lo que cualquier ciudadanos inmigrantes cuyo cónyuge ha fallecido menos de 2 años después se casaron todavía pueden solicitar la residencia, sin importar cuánto tiempo hace que se casaron. Los abogados de inmigración y otros defensores que han estado tratando de conseguir la llamada "pena de la viuda" se abolió astático sobre este pasaje.

Albuquerque, Nuevo México Abogados de Inmigración.

Kretz & Romero, P.C.

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