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  YOU CAN APPLY FOR CALIFORNIA DRIVER’S LICENSE REGARDLESS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2015 Starting January 1, 2015, the California’s Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV), will start issuing driver’s license to California residents, regardless of immigration status.  In other words, even if an applicant does not have legal immigration status (overstaying or undocumented alien)…

            Undocumented Filipino Immigrants Take Advantage of the Obama  Executive Order Register Now with the Filipino Law Group (FLG) When Obama ran and campaign for the presidency, one of his campaign promises was to overhaul the immigration policy of this country.  Obama was thinking of the 12 million undocumented aliens living in the country.  In…

By: Edgardo M. Lopez, Esq.   “…[I]f we dare state it so simply, is that there are no boundaries in the universe….” Ken Wilber, No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth Ken Wilber may be correct in today’s world of globalization. But in reality, borders and boundary lines are drawn through the enforcement…

  By: Edgardo M. Lopez, Esq. Be wary of phone calls that purports to be IRS agents. There is a nationwide scam targeting taxpayers. We have clients who had been contacted by people impersonating as IRS agents. These clients were told that they owe taxes and must pay up. Since these clients owe taxes, they…

  IRS Matters By: Edgardo M. Lopez, Esq.   If you owe a huge amount of taxes and are experiencing financial difficulties, don’t despair as there are remedies under the law which will help you avoid paying the whole amount. There are two ways to do it: either you propose a reduced amount to pay…

The process it takes for a foreign citizen to travel into the United States has become stringent in the recent years. It is all part of the United States’attempt to increase its homeland security. However, the United States has provided certain measures for US citizens to petition and sponsor foreign citizens into the United States…