Common Immigration Law Misconceptions and Myths Dispelled by an Immigration Lawyer Yakov Spektor.

Immigration Law Misconceptions

Michael Levitis  00:00

Good everybody. This is Michael Levitis from Jurisq.com. And we have here an attorney, Jacob Spektor, an immigration attorney. And we’re gonna ask him a few questions, one at a time about different topics in immigration law right now, it’s very interesting. A lot of things going on in the world when people need help coming into US or staying in US. So let’s start off the bat. What’s the one of the most common misconceptions about immigration laws? Because you must talk to many clients. What’s the most confusing thing, misconceptions that they come to you with?

Yakov Spektor  00:41

Well, Michael, it’s, you know, this could be we could probably be talking for hours about the misconceptions that people have about the US immigration law. And, you know, the funny thing is that, you know, a lot of them, they start calling different lawyers in different immigration lawyers, and those immigration lawyers, they feel like, you know, like information is something that they have to dispense in very small doses, okay, they charge for information, they withhold some information, I think information should be free.

Michael Levitis  01:10

right. Yeah.

Yakov Spektor  01:12

And one thing that a lot of people should know, and should realize is that the immigration laws in this country are one of the more restrictive if you compare them to the other laws around the world. So you know, if someone, there’s a lot of people here, who, let’s say, they come through the border, they overstay their visas, and they just stay here because they’re able to get a job somewhere, you know, which might not be a quote unquote, on the books job, but a job nevertheless, where they would be getting a salary that would be enough to feed them and potentially even send money to their family. As we, as you know, millions of people send money overseas to Latin America, and a whole villages are being supported like that. And they work here for many, many years. They support the economies in their countries, they support the economy here, you know, our service economy is pretty much relying on these illegal immigrants. And then once they get older, they often come to me and they say, Look, you know, I’ve been working in this country for 40 years, you know, I, you know, I’m over the pension age, I never been, I’ve never been arrested. I’ve been an outstanding citizen all around. The only thing that’s missing, I don’t have status in this country, right? I’m based know that. Can I get Can I get a green card? Can I become legal? And the short answer to that usually, the short answer to that is no. Unfortunately, there are very specific conditions when somebody could try and adjust their shadows here. And this is what I think we will I mean, I’m sure we will be talking about it at length in the future Q&A sessions.

Michael Levitis  02:51

Yeah. So this is why exactly we’re doing it to clear up misconceptions. So people are prepared and when they come to your office, other attorneys, they know what to expect. And then you can help them with filling out the paperwork and fighting for their cause so they can get legalized in America. So we appreciate it. And if anybody has any questions, please drop them in the comments below. And we’re going to try to get Jakob Spektor to answer them in upcoming Q&As. Please follow our page on Facebook, our YouTube JurisQ.com. Yakov Spektor – an immigration attorney. Thank you so much.