Legal Opinion
Wanrong Lin v. Nielsen
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 2, 2019No. Case No.: GJH-18-3548PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE J. HAZEL, United States District Judge
Undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens who entered the United States without inspection or who have been ordered removed from the United States are eligible to apply for lawful status that will permit them to reside permanently in the United States, but only after leaving the United States to complete a procedure called consular processing. This process often results in long periods of separation, and many spouses have thus chosen not to apply for lawful status. In 2016, in recognition of this problem, United States Customs and Immigration Services…
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