Immigration law is important and that is all that we cover most of the time. But our immigrant readers, may be facing other legal challenges from time to time. So we rely on our lawyer friends from across the country, to provide guest articles and reports. This week we are…
Most of our readers are aware that any adjustment of status in a family based petition can not be approved if the relationship is no longer viable. Yet there are certain exceptions from time to time. On August 12, 2008, in Choin v. Mukasey, the U.S. Court of Appeals for…
USCIS finally catch up with Technology. It is now possible to receive alerts to your mobile phone about USCIS Field Office closings. USCIS is posting the alerts using Twitter, an application that limits messages to 140 characters. Click here for more info Stay tuned for Facebook and MySpace pages!!!
As lawyers specializing in the 601 Hardship Waivers, we report many more approval from our clients. From Manila to Ciudad Juarez our law firm is fighting the Government and winning!!! Here is a quick update from the field. Warren Janssen, Officer-in-Charge at the USCIS Ciudad Juarez office, has advised that…
Recently, USCIS, released a memo on inadmissibility due to HIV infection in light of the President’s signing of H.R. 5501. On July 30, 2008, the President signed into law the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, Public…
In the past several weeks we were following one of most fierce confrontations, between lawyers and the Department of Labor. First the DOL started auditing all the cases of the largest Immigration firm in the nation, Fragomen. Later, Fragomen sued the DOL, claiming various unfair practices. This was all a…
USCIS recently issued new guidance memo on Continuous Residence, Physical Presence, and Overseas Naturalization for a Spouse or Child of a Member of the Armed Forces per Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act by the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. We link to this important Memo…
This week it is all about the Democratic Convention taking place in Denver. As we follow what unfolds in Denver, the race seems to be getting tighter and tighter. In a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Sunday night — after Obama announced Biden as his running mate, 47 percent of…
According to NPR, the answer is yes. They published results of a 10-year study involving more than 3,000 young men and women, most of them in their 20s. The “second generation” project looked at five groups — Russians, Dominicans, South Americans, Chinese and West Indians — and compared them with…
What is the latest scandal from Washington? Applicants seeking asylum in the United States have been wrongfully rejected by judges whom the administration chose using a conservative political test, according to an analysis of Justice Department data. According to the New York Times, the investigation suggests that the effects of…