Jan
19
Each immigrant visa category with annual numerical limits has cut-off dates. Only those applicants with a priority date earlier than the cut-off date can be file or be scheduled in a given month. Cut-off dates are published each month in the Visa Bulletin. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets...
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Jan
16
Oportunidad inmediata para renovar DACA despues de la decision de la corte federal. Eso es bastante urgent y hay que aprovechar. El pasado Septiembre, USCIS anuncio que el programa de Accion Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia llegaria a su fin. El anuncio incluyo procedimientos para que ciertos recipientes...
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Jan
16
There is an immediate opportunity for DACA recipients to renew their status due to a recent court ruling. Starting today, anyone who has been approved for DACA before will be allowed to file a renewal application. This is extremely urgent and an amazing opportunity for the thousands who believed there...
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Jan
10
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced yesterday that it will terminate the temporary protected status program for immigrants from El Salvador. People from El Salvador who currently have TPS are eligible to obtain an extension that will expire September 9, 2019. At that point TPS for El Salvador will...
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Oct
27
In immigration news, the rescission of DACA and building a wall has dominated the headlines. Thankfully, heightened scrutiny in the adjudication of business visas has been prevalent. We believe this is a result of the "Buy American and Hire American" executive order issued on April 18, 2017. This executive order seeks to...
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Oct
20
In today's climate, it is hard to go without a day where immigration law is not in the spotlight. However, even in 2017, some immigration regulations and policies can change quietly and without much fanfare. The case in point is the September 1, 2017, Department of State's new guidance as...
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Sep
22
As of September 5, 2017, United States, Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") will no longer accept new applications for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ("DACA"). Please see this article for more details. Due to this recent change, USCIS will also stop adjudicating advance parole requests that are associated with DACA. Advance parole...
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Sep
05
In an effort to motivate Congress to finally enact major immigration reform President Trump has officially decided to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ("DACA") The announcement calls for a "rolling back" of DACA, phasing it out within the next six months. The program will officially end on March...
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Sep
01
Do you have any idea how complex the process of immigration is and various deadlines if you do not have an immigration lawyer. The immigration law has changed over time, and for most of the people it is quite difficult to understand what is essential and when. If you have...
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Aug
23
Achieving immigration reform at the congressional level is extremely difficult. As such, most action geared towards immigration reform has been done via Executive Order. President Trump has long expressed his interests in reforming our immigration policies to a more merit-based system. With the signing of his Executive Order earlier this...
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