El 8 de marzo de 2021 el Secretario del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional declaró el Estatus de Protección Temporal ("TPS") para Venezuela. En consecuencia, los ciudadanos venezolanos que actualmente residen en los Estados Unidos y que pueden demostrar que llegaron aquí el 8 de marzo de 2021 o antes y... read more →
Mar
24
Mar
17
On March 8, 2021, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security declared Temporary Protected Status (“TPS”) for Venezuela. Consequently, Venezuelan citizens currently residing in the United States who can demonstrate they arrived here on or before March 8, 2021 and have been physically present here since March 9 until... read more →
Jan
31
H-1B season is upon us again. The H-1B cap lottery may have changes again this year. Traditionally, employers flock to file their H-1B cap petitions in the first week of April to compete for the annual 85,000 quotas. This meant that employers and their attorneys had to prepare complete submissions... read more →
Jan
25
At the end of last year, the Department of Homeland Security published a Federal Register notice establishing an automatic nine-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and work authorization benefits for TPS holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan. The previous TPS and work authorization period was... read more →
Jan
19
Na cultura atual de gratificação imediata, as pessoas estão sempre procurando a maneira mais rápida de chegar ao seu objetivo. Entretanto, quando se trata de seu status imigratório e do seu futuro, tome cuidado com as promessas de resultados rápidos—por permissão para trabalhar e viajar—especialmente se seu objetivo for permanecer... read more →
Jan
13
If you have been a victim of a certain crime and you have been helpful and cooperating in the criminal investigation with law enforcement, you may be eligible to apply for temporary legal status (through a “U” Visa) to stay in the United States. Certain immediate family members of the... read more →
Jan
11
At the end of last year, the Department of Homeland Security published a Federal Register notice establishing an automatic nine-month extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and work authorization benefits for TPS holders from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan. The previous TPS and work authorization period was... read more →
Jan
06
COVID-19 has impacted U.S. permanent residents and conditional permanent residents who traveled abroad and found themselves unable to return to the United States in a timely manner. While U.S. permanent residents are not subject to the travel restrictions and Presidential Proclamations banning travel, they are at risk of abandoning their... read more →
Dec
03
Under Immigration and Nationality Act section 101(a)(27)(J), non-citizens under the age of twenty-one are potentially eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) classification if they have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by one or both of their parents and they can prove it is not in their best interest to... read more →
Nov
06
The new public charge rule went into effect less than a year ago, but in this short time has an unusually active history. It has come and gone, come and gone, and has come back once again. The rule was an effort by both the Department of Homeland Security and... read more →