Serrato Law Firm APC Law Blog

Many people who enter the U.S. do so for opportunities for themselves and their families. They may want access to better health care or more career advancements and financial opportunities. It's only natural once you have secured a permanent position here either as a...

You met someone you love out of the country, and that has been a difficult situation to deal with. Instead of being able to live together and get married, you have to worry about negotiating their stay in the United States. As a citizen, something that you may want to...

People often think of the United States as a safe haven. It’s a place for them to escape the horrors that are happening in their native country. Sadly, what they think is going to be a refuge ends up being a huge challenge that’s sometimes fraught with hardships. Some...

As an immigrant, you may worry about deportation. Even if you feel like you are doing everything properly, the threat of it seems like it hangs over your head. Is one minor issue going to undo everything that you have been working to achieve? You may have heard that...

Just because you’re an immigrant in the United States doesn’t mean you have no legal rights. In fact, even if you’re an undocumented immigrant, you still have Constitutional rights. For that reason, if you’re facing deportation, it’s important to understand what you...

You literally can’t picture yourself in your native country. You barely speak the language, don’t have any close relatives left behind and worry about that country’s political and social problems, including rampant criminal activity. You’re in the U.S. and you want to...

For almost eight years, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has helped thousands of young people who were brought here illegally as children climb out from the shadows. Under its relative umbrella of safety, which allowed qualified immigrants to...

There is a lot of inaccurate information floating around about the immigration and naturalization process for those living in the United States currently. When someone takes steps to go from a person with a visa or a Green Card to become a visa, they undergo...

You’ve been interested in naturalization since you were 14. You knew your parents had come to the United States when you were young, so you are eager to become a citizen. You want to get rid of the feeling that you could be removed from the country. You want to know...

Immigration has shaped America from before it was even a country. English and French settlers moved into the area in droves. It became the United States after the Revolutionary War, but most of the people fighting that war and living in the country afterward had...