NEW BOOK ON FIANCÉ AND MARRIAGE VISAS

GPI LAW attorney Amien Kacou recently served as editor for the 9th edition of NOLO's Fiancé and Marriage Visas: A Couple's Guide to U.S. Immigration, a popular self-help legal book by award-winning author Ilona Bray, J.D.

ARTICLES ON SOMALI MIGRANTS

GPI LAW attorney Amien Kacou has a third piece published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Online. The article focuses on the special difficulties faced by Somali migrants due to the unavailability of reliable official documents in their country.

Related articles published on NOLO.COM include the following:

• How do I prove I'm from Somalia so as to claim refugee status in the U.S.? (available here)
• Proving Foreign Marriage When Official Documents Are Unavailable (available here)
• Migrating to the U.S. From a Country With No U.S. Embassy or Consulate (available here)
• When Religious or Traditional Marriage Ceremonies Are Valid for Immigration Purposes (available here)

ARTICLE ON REFUGEE MARRIAGE RECOGNITION

GPI LAW attorney Amien Kacou has a second piece published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs Online. The article argues in favor of relaxing the application of marriage recognition rules (and marriage registration requirements, in particular) to family relationship determinations in the case of refugees.