We all know the importance of an attorney when it comes to cases pertaining to immigration. At the same time, there are only few who are actually aware that when it comes to an interview with the visa officer, an attorney cannot represent an applicant in the US Embassy. This is simply not permitted by the US Embassy.

However, the same is allowed at the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) where in an American lawyer is permitted to represent an applicant. The common rule that is followed amongst all the Embassies and Consulates of the United States is that all the foreign nationals who are applying for a visa have to appear in person for an interview. Here, any form of representation legal in nature would not be accepted under any circumstance. Also, people related to the applicant such as spouse or any relative or even a friend would not be permitted.

The only exception to the above is when the applicant is a minor. In such a case, a legal guardian or an attorney can appear on behalf of the minor applicant. When it comes to client representation, the United States Foreign Affairs Manual is followed. This manual caters to proper guidance to the United States Department of State which includes all the State employees.

Each consulate has the authority to form its own set of policies when it comes to representation of applicants by an attorney. In such cases, the consular officers usually consult with the attorney directly. This is done if the lawyer has submitted a G-28 Notice of Representation which has been implemented appropriately. In this case, the consular officials would inform the attorney of records when it comes to issues with the applicant in question.

The benefit of this form of correspondence is priceless especially when this attorney is on the ground. This leads to speeding the process and thus, reducing the number of delays through mails or telephone. This is because the attorney can be present in front of the consular officer which leads to an inquiry being made directly.

Above all, it is best to seek the advice of an expert before walking in for an interview. Even if a visa consultant is not permitted to represent your case, he can always advice you on how to go about the process. This is because he is always updated with the latest when it comes to such matters.

You are on a vacation to the United States. But life has completely changed for you on this journey where you have met that special someone. Now that you have decided to get married! But what happens if you get married in the United States on a travel visa? Many people don’t know that a foreign nation who is in the United States on a travel visa is permitted to get married on that status.

It is not impossible to get the status of the travel visa changed. Ideally, the applicant is permitted to marry a citizen of the United States but then would have to return to his/her native country before the visa expires. However, it has to be ensured that your purpose was not to visit the United States only to get married and reside over there.

In order to get the status, the spouse of the foreign origin has to prove that his/her intentions were to spend a holiday and then return to their home. Getting married and intending to stay in this nation was not preplanned. Thus, the US authorities have to be satisfied in this regard.

However, before taking the plunge, here are a few aspects that you must consider. There might be chances that you might be denied a visa or the adjustment of your status. In such a case, what would you do? Many a times people are denied a visa for various reasons which include the lack of relevant documentation, health issues, bans imposed, criminal record and so on. Incase you are not granted a visa, would your spouse who is a US citizen move with you to your native country. It is important to consider this fact before getting married.

Once you are given a permit, you would not be allowed to travel outside the United States for a while. This would not be possible till the foreign spouse receives an advance parole/Green Card. If left without any of these documents, the US authorities would not permit you to enter again. And so, the process has to be started from the beginning.

Life in the United States might turn out to be quite different from that of your native country. You need to be physically and mentally prepared to cope up with culture shock, lifestyle, and extreme climatic conditions and so on. This means that you would have to leave your old life, family and friends to live with your spouse in the United States. Would this be acceptable to you?

Above all, you must remember that the travel visa implies only a temporary stay in the United States. In case, you intend to get married and reside in the US, the fiancé and the spouse visas are the programs to be applied for.

Like any other Canadian Provincial Nominee Program, Nova Scotia Nominee Program facilitates skilled foreign nationals to immigrate to the Canadian province in order to lead a better and satisfied life. Nova Scotia employers or companies make use of this provincial program to hire skilled immigrants into their operations, when they find the local Canadian lack in the required skills. As for the international skilled workers, the Nova Scotia Nominee Program is a quicker way to be qualified for the permanent residents of Canada.

The Nova Scotia Nominee Program is administered by the province’s Office of Immigration, aided by the Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The program allows the province to recruit and choose immigrants who can contribute to the Nova Scotia economy and meet the labor shortages of the province.

Once an applicant is nominated by the Nova Scotia Nominee Program, he/she, along with spouse, dependent, children can apply with the Citizenship and Immigration Canada for permanent resident visa.

Different streams of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program include:

• Skilled Worker Stream
• Family Business Worker stream
• Non-Dependent Child of Nominees Stream
• International Graduate Stream
• Community-Identified Stream

For detailed information on each of the streams, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

An Irish personality (Born Tim), who underwent treatment that deals with sex-change to become a woman, may apply for a refugee status as the immigration officials from Canada have granted her the permission to do so.

He said that people would hate him and he might face several rejections, provided he go back to his home country Northern Ireland. Also, his future would face danger in his return there.

Tanya Bloomfield (earlier Tim), is now attired with a duration of 28 days if he wants to file the refugee claim. For that it is mandatory to pass the eligibility interview as well as a test which would be conducted at the Halifax offices of Citizen and Immigration Canada.

Tim reached Canada in the year 2006 and got settled in Chester which is located near Halifax. He settled there and made application for a PR status through spousal sponsorship after getting married there.

It was in the year 2009 when he separated from the spouse and hence faced terminations for his spousal sponsorship application. Hence, he had no option but to go for temporary residence status. That too was denied by the immigration officials but later after coming in contact with Lee Cohen (Immigration lawyer), he was given the advice to reside in the nation on refugee status.

Cohen has stated that just because his client is “transgender” it would become very difficult for Tim to stay in Ireland. People would hate him.

A couple from Brazil who migrated to the land of Kiwis in order to start a new beginning of their life has been tugged in bureaucratic limbo. The reason is that the wife has indulged into an unplanned pregnancy.

The concerned couple, Marcio Tulio de Moura, 35, and his partner Barbara Ohana de Sena Vieira, 26, wanted to file an application for new visas for their temporary work permit. But the whole application process went against them as Barbara could not clear the medical examination. Her reports showed that she is pregnant. Hence, she is unable to fulfill the health requirement decked with getting the work permit.

Barbara is five months’ pregnant and hence fails to qualify for the laws created by Immigration New Zealand. As far as the husband is concerned, he can qualify for residency under the Skilled Migrant category. Further, he has the option to include his spouse as well as their daughter, Ana who is 4 years of age. But he can do so, only if they are granted the new work permit.

The couple arrived in New Zealand in month of May of the year 2007. Since then, the husband worked at the position of stonemason in Queenstown- New Zealand for a span of twenty four months. His partner was employed in the supermarket of the town centre.

In addition, the couple was not allowed to work as their applications were kept in limbo since the month of June. So it’s been almost two months that the couple are jobless and hence are stuck in a bureaucratic limbo.

The female partner said that she is considered of going for abortion. But now the couple is eager to have a second child and hence is making their minds for termination. The wife is worried that they are out of money and cannot get employed!

Have you ever thought about as to what is the difference between those people who have internet at home and those who do not have? Well, let me tell you one very interesting fact…

Those who have internet connection at home are more likely to be in a romantic relationship or have a spouse as compared to the latter ones. This has been proved by a research which has confirmed the same when it comes to adults…

So, in a way, having internet connection at home can boost your love life! And you were cribbing as to why you don’t have a love life! Simply have an internet connection and boost your love life in a major way.

According to Michael J. Rosenfeld who is the man behind this study, it is a fact that excessive use of internet connection can have enigmatical affect on your social life and the time spent online. But at the same time, this is also the fact that being online has helped Americans find their mates too!

Think yourself, isn’t it too common in India also that being online means a majority of teenagers and adults end up hooking with their mates. They tend to know about the habits of their mates and hence start to get attracted towards them! Some even go a step ahead and meet their online partners and end up being into a romantic relationship.

Coming back to the study, it further reveals that almost 82 percent of people who were having Internet in their homes have been into a romantic relationship or have a spouse. And if the same ratio is compared with those who don’t have internet connection, the number falls down to 62.8%.

The study has further revealed that groups like lesbians and gays, who normally find it difficult to find their romantic partners, get ample help from Internet!

Also, it has also been found that Internet has emerged as one of the critical social arenas which is attaining ample amount of importance over the period of time for prospective lovers to meet.

Rosenfeld further said that it has been for the first time since 1940s that Americans are gradually meeting their romantic partners, hence displacing their buddies!

So singles, what are you waiting for? Get online and find your true mate!

The feeling of anxiety, the stress and the state of being in a limbo….very common for those who have ever bid adieu to their loved ones, not knowing whether they would ever see them again! The sensation is so overwhelming that one finds it difficult to even emote. It is the very fear or the pangs of separation which make it tedious to spend those last few hours. Even for those who do not exactly communicate (which many a times is seen between siblings) tends to come to the fore.

When it comes to separating away from our loved ones such as siblings, parents or even from the spouse, it is this final moment when we tend to realize the importance of these people in our lives. The place that they hold brings about the difference in our daily life. They are the reason for our very existence- physically, socially and emotionally. After all, our family was our first institution that we all attended! So, the lessons learnt here are for life.

At the same time, these people also become our habit.  For instance, fighting with siblings is more like a daily chore for some. It might not necessarily be an issue for argument but mere fun to get into arguments with them. The day is simply not complete without having atleast one row. Similarly, having an argument with your mother about selecting the right apparel and so on! The list is endless but then we fail to realize that these are the people who complete our world. More so, that we love them!

It is the bond that we share with our family members which binds us together and it is everlasting. No matter how old one gets and however far or detached we are, the immediate family is the one which we always miss.

Such feelings tend to occur when a certain person walks out to seek something in life. After all, the future has something in store for each and every individual. As the siblings tend to grow older, the relationship tends to change. This is due to the fact that many new relationships are formed over the years. But the bond grows stronger than ever!

On the other hand, time is a key player in all these aspects. As time passes by, a family has to separate. This is how the process of life works…one has to move on! But then how ever far we are; it is the unconditional love, a feeling which can never be expressed in words but keep us together. It can easily be said that of all the emotions, love is the only one which lets the human race survive despite the unbearable and the ghastly behavior that it has succumbed to at times.

Separation pangs are something we all deal with from time to time with each and every phase of our life. Right from us leaving home for school, going to college, setting your own home, letting your kids leave for school and college, see them get married, playing with your grandparents, growing old, being lonely and the process called life goes on. And so, the process was going on and would go on to be so as long as the human race continues to exist!

Let us keep this question away for a while whether you are cheating on your spouse or not. But I have noticed this in the case of almost every married couple that once the years of marriage start increasing, the couple starts losing interest in each other. Hence, it is either wife or the husband who starts suspecting on their spouses.

Let me talk about the suspicious wives, who are the topic of discussion here in my article. These nagging wives keep on asking you one question after another that even if you are going out on a genuine meeting, they would suspect that you are having an affair with your office receptionist! These are cribbing wives for you!

Okay let us talk about another instance. What about people who actually perform infidelity with their wives? What about those who indulge themselves in gratifications and seek the pleasure of women outside the wedlock? There are two circumstances which make them fulfill their gratification and perform adultery.

• In the first case, even if the husband is genuine and not wrong, the suspicious wife makes the circumstances so irritating, eyeing on him like a spy every time that he finds no option but to hide things from her. Even if he would be having an office party or a client meeting outside, telling the same to his wife would only make the latter suspect him. So, after so many years and after getting irritated, the husband would eventually think, Why not actually get into an affair, if my wife anyways is suspicious of me”!
• Then you have the case where the husband is guilty! He sees other women as the source of fulfilling his lust and hence performs adultery to the core. He would be lying to his spouse in the name of going on out-of-office trips and other such excuses!

People who get into cheating are often found speaking these words to their wives… “Honey, I will be late” or “Have a meeting with client.” But those who are genuine, there is a small advice to them… never make your wife suspect on you or rather if she is doing, ensure that you sit with her and clear all! After all, marriage runs with the mutual compatibility of both the partners! One pinch in one tire can ruin the balance of the entire vehicle as well as the people associated with it.

Neville Sprague, a chief immigration officer complained about his senior officers for ignoring the issues related to fake marriages and also discouraging him to do the same. There are so many illegal immigrants who successfully achieve to stay in Britain illegally through fake marriages.

Neville was trying to investigate the case of fake marriages but he was forced by his bosses to stay away from it. To stay in Britain, illegal immigrants apply for ‘spouse’ visas and with the help of fake marriages; they manage to get the visa. Such undocumented immigrants then freely enjoy the various facilities such as healthcare, education and other benefits which come with spouse visas.

It is really surprising to know that when Neville expressed his desire to investigate such cases, instead of being supported by his department, he was sacked from his job. One of the former police officer informed that the reason he was sacked was that he was insisting on investigating those cases which the department did not want him to be investigate.

In his statement told to the press, Neville said that he had enough evidence with himself in those cases which he was investigating but his senior officers did not supported him at all. Illegal immigration through fake marriages has increased up to fifty percent since the Law Lords toughen the Home Office marriage rules. Despite this, poor officer had to struggle to draw the attention of his senior officials towards this thing.

A Canadian national who hails from India has been given bail by a trial court. He was taken into custody last year where he was accused of allegedly encouraging the suicide of his spouse.

According to additional sessions judge Kamini Lau, keeping this thing in mind that the accused has been there in the custody since last year and after cross interviewing all the witnesses, the bail has been granted to Pawan Dass, the concerned man. In addition, Dass has been ordered to report his presence to the SHO till the trial is concluded.

Earlier, Prabhjit Jauhar, who is Dass’s counsel, confirmed that that Dass was falsely involved in this case. Richa, his wife committed suicide by hanging her body on April 4 in the year 2004. The family of Richa are still of the view that it was under the extreme frustration that this girl took this extreme decision of committing suicide.

It was on December 11, 2003 when this couple got married and within just one year, the suicide happened! Dass went to Canada in January in the year 2004. Prabhjit has since repeatedly said that Dass has been sending financials to his wife through Western Union Money transfer in a regular basis. In addition, talks of bringing Richa to Canada were also around the corner.

Now, the accused has been granted the bail as he has been ordered that he has to deposit his passport in the police custody.