成为美国永久居民的当天立案申请N-400

成为美国永久居民的当天立案申请N-400

不希望等5年才申请入籍？如果你的配偶是美国公民并且在海外的美国公司工作，你可以在成为美国永久居民的当天立档申请入籍申请N-400。我们已经成功地申请了不少这类申请，并且都在相对较短的期间内收到批准（不满10个月）。

如果你符合这些条件，可以跟我们联系，以咨询你是否能相对其他人更早地成为美国公民。


签证被拒与联邦法院诉讼

美国在海外的领事馆越来越多地拒绝签发基于婚姻而提出的签证申请，尤其在“高风险”国家 ，比如中国。我们看到中国广州的拒签数目惊人。糟糕的是，领事馆将档案寄回给美国移民局要求撤回所需要的时间很长，往往是几年。我们看到有案例显示，签证在2005年被拒绝，移民局现在才发出通知，告诉客人他们收到了从领事馆寄回的档案。客人也刚收到“意图撤销批准”通知。收到客人对此通知的回复后，移民局可以重新确认该批准或撤回该批准，而后客人才可以对此撤销进行上诉。

从领事馆将档案寄回，到有机会对撤销要求做出反映所耽搁的时间很久，我们在三个月前向联邦地区法院提出了第一个诉讼。我们客人在2005年为她丈夫和继子女提交了I-130签证申请。2007年，我们提起了我们的第一次诉讼，以强制移民局对申请作出裁决。移民局在诉讼提起后不到60天批准了她提出的签证申请。2008年4月，在几分钟的面谈后，他们的签证要求被拒，因为签证官不相信该婚姻的真实性。由于知道有机会对此做出反应并推翻拒签理由可能是几年之后，我们为她第二次提出了诉讼。

领事馆迅速将档案寄回给移民局，移民局已经发出通知，告知已经收到了档案。从签证被拒到将材料寄回移民局，用了不到四个月，也即我们提起诉讼后三个月不到。

如果你的亲属的签证申请被海外的签证官拒绝，并且你已经等了较长时间的（比如超过1年），你可以考虑提起执行令诉讼。

N-400 aaplicants received approval after mandamus actions filed

Our recent mandamus actions(filed in 1/2008 and 5/2008) clients have received recommended(received ceremony notice on July 1, 2008) approval after their interview. The January case is our first mandamus case for client whose N-400 has been pending for close to two years without interview due to FBI name check. As we reported earlier, CIS filed motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction. Judge Illston of Northern District of California denied the motion and our motion for summary judgment is set for July 25, 2008. Client was interviewed on June 20, and is expected to take the oath in the next three weeks. Our second case, with similar facts, was filed in May and client was interviewed yesterday. She also received recommended approval.

We have since filed three more similar cases.

Victory in N-400 aplication cases where no interview are conducted due to name check

A federal district court in Pennsylvania ruled on February 8, 2008 that USCIS cannot use name check as a factor in adjudicating N-400 applications and ordered the USCIS to either adjudicate all plaintiffs' N-400 applications or initiate a notice and comment procedure concerning its use of the FBI name check procedure. The court specifically found that USCIS is without authority to use the FBI name check as a reason for delaying adjudicating N-400 applications.

This is one of very few cases where plaintiffs filed mandamus action for N-400 applications where some of them were not interviewed due to the delay in the FBI name check. USCIS also filed motions to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and its motions were denied by the court.

We have filed our first mandamus action for a client whose N-400 has been pending for about 18 months and he has not been interviewed due to the name check. We will post the result of this case once it becomes available.

As CIS has changed its name check policy on I-485 applications, more and more mandamus actions will focus on N-400 without interviews. CIS declared that it would continue its current name check policy on all N-400 applications.