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[Video] Citizenship By Ancestry: Why Is Now The Time To Explore Your Roots?

What is citizenship by ancestry (CBA) and why is now the perfect time to explore it? CBA, also known as citizenship-by-descent, is an increasingly popular and affordable means to...

British Naturalisation UK Guide 2026

Becoming a British citizen through naturalisation represents the final legal stage of the UK immigration journey for many migrants who have built their lives, careers and families...

Apply for Settled Status UK in 2026

Applying for settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme remains possible in 2026 for certain eligible individuals, despite the main application deadline having passed several ye...

EU Citizens Rights After Brexit (UK 2026)

EU citizens’ rights after Brexit depend primarily on whether they were lawfully resident in the UK by 31 December 2020 in line with the Withdrawal Agreement and Appendix EU. Those...

British Citizenship: Registration Guide

If you do not automatically qualify for British citizenship, registration can provide a powerful alternative route. For many individuals and families, this pathway offers certainty...

What Is Settled Status? UK Rules 2026 Guide

Settled Status is permanent UK immigration permission granted under the EU Settlement Scheme to eligible EU, EEA and Swiss citizens, together with qualifying family members, who we...

Recent Trends in N-400 Applications for U.S. Citizenship- Increased Scrutiny, Longer Adjudications

EB-5 Case Study: A Multifamily Investment that Created Jobs and Secured an I-829 Approval

Colombian Investor Colombo & Hurd secured removal of conditions on permanent resident status for a Colombian investor whose EB-5 project delivered documented economic impact a...

Continuous residence under the EU Settlement Scheme: changes to automated settlement process and expanded cancellation p...

Since 2025, the Home Office has been automatically converting some people with pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme to full settled status. It does this without requir...

Where Americans are finding the documents needed to prove Canadian citizenship by descent

This spring, thousands of Americans are requesting copies of official documents from vital statistics offices and archives to prove their eligibility for Canadian citizenship by de...

Many in diaspora seek Greek citizenship amid US political shift

He first considered it in 2020, during the Covid pandemic. “At that point in time, the decision was political,” says 44-year-old Alexander.

Allegiance, Birthright, and Citizenship

When the Supreme Court, on April 1, heard arguments about birthright citizenship in Trump v. Barbara, the justices focused on jurisdiction. The Fourteenth Amendment provides: “All...

EB-5 Visa from Ecuador to the U.S.: Requirements, Process & Costs (2026)

The EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program offers Ecuadorian nationals a path to U.S. permanent residency through investment. Ecuadorian investors, in particular, may benefit from the cou...

When USCIS Won’t Act: Your Legal Options for a Stalled Naturalization Application

Becoming a U.S. citizen takes years of work and patience. So when the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) receives your Form N-400 and then goes silent, the frustrati...

Americans aren’t moving to Canada: They just want the passport

In the wake of Canada’s new citizenship law, thousands of Americans with Canadian ancestry have been applying for proof of Canadian citizenship—with no intention of moving. They’re...

U.S. leads interest by wide margin in getting Canadian citizenship by descent

OTTAWA — A new law expanding eligibility for Canadian citizenship led to an initial uptick in applications from a handful of countries including the United States, the United Kingd...

Seven types of documents Americans are using to prove their Canadian citizenship by descent

A change in Canada’s citizenship laws late last year has many Americans scouring their attics, searching for shoeboxes stuffed with old documents. Birth certificates of great-grand...

A Trick Question: The Immigration Fonctionnaire v. The Immigration Attorney

JaneJones: I think under current rules could then move to UK and eventually gain citizenship. I fear it’s very difficult unless the EU spouse has settled status and hasn’t been...

A Trick Question: The Immigration Fonctionnaire v. The Immigration Attorney

JaneJones: I think under current rules could then move to UK and eventually gain citizenship. I fear it’s very difficult unless the EU spouse has settled status and hasn’t been...

Expat or immigrant?

Ancient_Mariner: and Germans are still not permitted. They are now, the Gesetz zur Modernisierung des Staatsangehörigkeitsrechts came in almost 2 years ago. France and the UK h...

Whatever the Ruling on Citizenship, ABA Is Likely the Loser

Change in citizenship law opens route to Canadian passports for 300,000 Connecticut residents

Close to 300,000 Connecticut residents became U.S.-Canadian dual citizens overnight when Canada updated its citizenship by descent law.  The changes to Canada’s Citizenship Act, wh...

A Trick Question: The Immigration Fonctionnaire v. The Immigration Attorney

“Settled Status”: I never heard of this before I left England for France in 2007. I think I heard it as a cosequence of Brexit. There’s no doubt I would have got it should I have s...

A Trick Question: The Immigration Fonctionnaire v. The Immigration Attorney

“Settled Status”: I never heard of this before I left England for France in 2007. I think I heard it as a cosequence of Brexit. There’s no doubt I would have got it should I have s...