Jan 28, 2022 | Blog, Original Content |
Background Former President Barack Obama created in 2012 the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to protect nearly 800,000 undocumented young people from deportation. The beneficiaries of this program, known as “Dreamers,” are protected from...
Jan 27, 2022 | Blog, Original Content |
VISA PETITIONS AND CONSULAR INTERVIEWS Across the myriad of different visas, work permits and residency or status change processes that USCIS oversees, these petitions will almost always include a requirement to participate in a “Consular Interview”. This requires the...
Jan 26, 2022 | Blog, Original Content |
WHAT IS A U-VISA? The U-Visa is a form of relief for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and cooperated with law enforcement or government officials to investigate or prosecute the perpetrator. U-Visa eligibility is based on whether...
Dec 30, 2021 | Blog, Original Content |
Lawful permanent residents (LPRs) which include Green Card holders may bring an adopted foreign-born child to the United States as a “child” under Section 101(b)(1)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) based on an approved Form I-130, Petition...
Dec 29, 2021 | Blog, Original Content |
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued broad new directives to immigration officers, saying that the fact that someone is an undocumented immigrant “should not alone be the basis” of a decision to detain and deport them from the United States. ...
