BLOG October 6, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your H-4 EAD Can Survive a Layoff. The 60-Day Clock Is What Decides It. A sudden H-1B termination doesn’t end your work permit immediately — but the safety net protecting it may not last. DHS proposed on September 11, 2026 to eliminate the 60-day grace period entirely. It
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BLOG October 6, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Turning 18 Can Close the N-600K Door Permanently Section 322 citizenship depends on a birthday you cannot negotiate with USCIS. The interview and the Oath of Allegiance must both happen before your child turns 18. There is no extension, no waiver, and no exception for this deadline. Updated
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BLOG October 5, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW When Asylum Isn’t Available, Two Protections Remain Withholding of removal and CAT protection can stop a deportation even when asylum is off the table. Both demand a harder standard of proof than asylum, and both come with real trade-offs — no green card, no travel, no family petitions.
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BLOG October 5, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your Oath Ceremony Is the Moment You Actually Become a Citizen What happens, what to bring, and why the questionnaire you sign that day matters more than most applicants realize. Denaturalization filings have surged in 2026, and the eligibility questionnaire completed at the oath ceremony is where several
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BLOG October 2, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW There Is No Automatic Path Through Form N-600K An interview is the default rule under Form N-600K, not an occasional extra step. This post continues our October 1, 2026 guide to Form N-600K. It answers one narrow question: can the interview or oath ever be skipped. Updated October
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BLOG October 2, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW How You File the H-4 EAD Matters More Than When You File It. USCIS no longer guarantees that your work permit and your H-4 status get decided together. Since a 2025 settlement expired, filing your H-4 EAD alongside your spouse’s H-1B extension — not on its own —
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BLOG October 1, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW The H-4 Visa Doesn’t Let You Work. The H-4 EAD Does — If You Qualify. Not every H-4 spouse can apply for a work permit, and the rule that lets them do it has survived a decade of litigation. In October 2025, the Supreme Court let the H-4
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BLOG October 1, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your Child Was Born Abroad. Form N-600K Is the Naturalization Application That Can Make Them a Citizen. It explains what Form N-600K does, who qualifies, and the one deadline that can end the case for good. N-600K is not a certificate confirming citizenship your child already has. It
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BLOG September 30, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your Spouse Doesn’t Need Your Business to Work Legally in the U.S. Since 2022, E-2 visa holder’s spouses have been authorized to work incident to their own status, with no separate work permit application required. The proof is a specific code on the spouse’s own Form I-94, and
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BLOG September 30, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your Passport Decides Whether the E-2 Visa Is Even an Option Only nationals of countries with a qualifying treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States can apply for an E-2 visa. Portugal joined the list in 2024, and a 2022 federal law now restricts the E-2
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