*** He traducido este articulo a espanol por la importancia que tiene para muchos latinos. Un disculpe por mis errores del espanol !**** 

I urge everyone who is a permanent resident of this country and eligible for citizenship to apply as soon as possible. Residents who marry American citizens may become eligible as early as three years after establishing residency.

Many of my clients are permanent residents, many for more than twenty years. What they often don’t realize is that permanent residency is anything but permanent. Almost any minor criminal offense can serve as the basis for deportation.

I remember Jackie, who was twenty one years old, and had a husband who was a U.S. citizen and three U.S. citizen children. After a minor drug charge, she was deported to Mexico and she didn’t have any family there and she didn’t even speak Spanish !!!

And then there was Aracely. Her boyfriend had marijuana in the vehicle and she didn’t know it was there. When the two were arrested, the police offered to drop all charges against her in exchange for her forfeiting her green card !

It is more expensive than before to become a United States citizen, but it is still the best $600 or so that a permanent resident can spend.Don’t take the chance; apply for U.S. citizenship as soon as possible from the form on the USCIS website or hire a competent immigration attorney.

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Recomendo que todos los residentes permanentes del EEUU que califiquan para ciudania apliquense lo mas rapido posible. Un residente que se case con un norteamericano se puede calificar en tres anos despues de residencia. Y no tenga que renunciar tu ciudadania de origen.

Muchos de mis clientes son residentes permanentes, muchos para mas de veinte anos. Lo que no se daban cuenta a veces is residencia permanente de verdad no es permanente. Casi cualquier delito puede ser suficiente para una deportacion por la vida.

Recuerdo de Jacki que tenia veinte anos y que tenia una esposa que fue una ciudano del EEUU and tres ninos ciudanos. Despues de sufrir un cargo criminal pequeno para drogas, se deportaron a ella por vida a Mexico, un lugar donde no tenia familia, ni siquiera podria hablar el espanol ella.

Y tambien habia Araceli. Su novio tenia marijuana en el carro y ella no sabia de eso. Cuando se agarro la pareja, la policia ofrecio renunciar los cargos contra ella pero por renuncar su residencia permanente aqui.

Es mas caro que antes de aplicar para la ciudania, pero todavia es el mejor inverso de mas o menos $600 para un residente permanente. No toma chance con tu vida ! Aplicase para la ciudania lo mas rapido posible desde los documentos en el red del USCIS or consigue abogado de migracion.