Colorado to start issuing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. States already doing it: Illinois and Nevada. California will start in January 2015.

Colorado will begin issuing driver's licenses and photo ID cards to immigrants Friday regardless of their legal status.  It means that even undocumented immigrants residing in Colorado will be able to obtain a driver's license or a state photo ID card.

About 9,500 people are signed up for appointments through the next 90 days to get the documents, with more getting scheduled every day. Both people in the country illegally and those who have temporary legal status will qualify. 

Last year, Colorado was among eight states that passed laws allowing identification documents for people in the country illegally.  

Other states where driver's licenses can be issued to undocumented immigrants are Illinois and Nevada.  California plans to start in January 2015. 

 

Read more at http://www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-issuing-licenses-to-drivers-in-us-from-illegal-immigration/

Russian Dual Citizenship Law.

В России начал действовать закон, по которому вас могут оштрафовать на 200 тыс. рублей или годовую зарплату за сокрытие второго гражданства.

Если вы имеете два или более гражданства, или хотя бы вид на жительство в другой стране, вы должны известить об этом ФМС в ближайшие два месяца. Есть только одна проблема — этой самой процедуры извещения пока не существует в принципе.

На письменное уведомление Федеральной миграционной службы отводится два месяца, правда пока не установлена сама формальная процедура оповещения. Известно лишь, что помимо персонального заявления необходимо будет приложить копию документа, подтверждающего российское гражданство и документа, свидетельствующего о получении того или иного статуса в ином государстве. Вполне возможно, что оповещать ФМС разрешат по почте или даже через Интернет.

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U.S. CBP Issued a New Customs Declaration. Revised Definition of Family Members. Can be Completed Online.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a new customs declaration form—in print and online—that expands the definition of family members for arriving travelers as, "members of a family residing in the same household who are related by blood, marriage, domestic relationship, or adoption."

CBP has accepted this family definition since the https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/12/18/2013-30075/members-of-a-family-for-purpose-of-filing-cbp-family-declaration became effective Jan. 17, 2014. The new form—CBP Form 6059B— provides the expanded definition in the first paragraph.

The recent regulation change allows more returning U.S. citizens, residents and international visitors to file a joint customs declaration for items acquired abroad. This produces less paperwork for people traveling together as a family and streamlines passenger processing, thereby increasing efficiency for CBP, airline personnel and the traveling public.

Travelers may complete the declaration form online, print it and bring it on their trip to present to CBP when they arrive in the U.S. or at a CBP preclearance site. Airlines and cruise lines also will hand out the declaration forms for travelers to complete before disembarking in the U.S.

• In addition to clarifying the definition of family members, the final rule also clarified the term domestic relationship which includes: foster children, stepchildren, half-siblings, legal wards, other dependents, and individuals with an in loco parentis or guardianship relationship.
• two adults who are in a committed relationship including, but not limited to, long-term companions and couples in civil unions or domestic partnerships where the partners are financially interdependent, and are not married to, or a partner of, anyone else.

“Domestic relationship” does not extend to roommates or other cohabitants not otherwise meeting the above definition.

“Members of a family residing in one household” will continue to encompass relationships of blood, adoption and marriage.

How to use the new CBP Form 6059B

• Under the new definition of domestic relationship, one combined family declaration can now be presented to the CBP officer upon arrival. 
• As with any joint declaration, verbal or written, the person making and/or signing the declaration will be held accountable for its validity.
• For returning U.S. residents:  To be considered members of a family and to group exemptions from customs duty and internal revenue tax, the travelers must have lived together in one household at their last permanent residence and intend to live together in one household in the U.S. Regulations allow U.S. residents to combine the personal duty exemptions of each family member. For example, a family of five members returning directly from France would be entitled to a combined personal duty exemption of $4,000 ($800 x 5 individuals = $4,000).
• For international visitors: Regulations allow international visitors certain exemptions (gifts, tobacco, personal effects, etc,), and they can file a single family declaration. Before completing the form, review specific CBP information on duties and exemptions.

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CBP Issues New Customs Declarations Form, Features Expanded Definition of Family Members | U.S. Customs and Border Protection

New US CBP customs declaration can be found online at:

http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/CBP%20Form%206059B%20English%20%28Fillable%29_0.pdf

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What to wear and NOT to wear to your visa, immigration, Green Card interview at USCIS office or US embassy.

It's quite simple... Use your common sense and dress conservatively.

What should you wear to an interview? It's quite simple, really. A good rule of thumb is to dress as if you were going to a job interview in an office building, or as if you were meeting your partner's family for the first time. In other words, something clean, comfortable and presentable that makes a good impression.

You don't want to wear anything that might be offensive or considered controversial. Your clothing doesn't have to be expensive, but it should be clean and pressed. That doesn't mean you have to spend hours working on the creases in your dress pants, it just means that you don't want to wear anything that looks like you just rolled out of bed in it. Polishing your shoes so they shine isn't necessary, but do give them a quick wipe if they need it. Don't go overboard with the perfume or cologne (you too, gents!). There's nothing worse than be crammed up next to someone in an a hot, overcrowded waiting room who's wearing too much perfume. Be considerate of those with fragrance allergies or sensitivities and use your scents sparingly.

What NOT to wear:

• gym clothes such as shorts, sweatpants, tank tops, etc.
• t-shirts with offensive or political slogans/pictures
• dirty, torn clothing
• excessive perfume/cologne
• distracting makeup or hairstyles

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U.S. Immigration Courts backlog is growing, hearings are scheduled as far as 2018. The system is reaching the breaking point.

U.S. immigration courts have a backlog of 375,373 cases, almost 50,000 more than they faced two years ago. There are 243 judges and 59 immigration courts in USA. Hearing dates are scheduled as far off as 2017-2018. It typically takes at least 3 to 5 years for cases to clear the system.

Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/22/immigration-courts-judges_n_5608768.html