I have been warning my clients for the past several months that there is a rumor circulating that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is going to be raising its fees soon. It is no longer a rumor. USCIS has announced its new fee schedule effective December 23, 2016 The immigration service is […]
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The September 2015 Visa Bulletin has been released. The nice thing is that F2A immigrant visas, which is to say green cards for husbands, wives, spouses and unmarried children under 21 of Lawful Permanent Residents, is “only” backed up a year and a half. Such people who will be getting their visas in September had immigration petitions
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A lawyer I know who also does a lot of immigration work came to visit me today. He wanted to ask me if I knew of a forms preparer whose fraud and scams had gotten a client of his in trouble. I stopped him in the middle of his story, because that same preparer had
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So far the President’s plan is very general, but I will share what is available. The big thing is that people who have been in the US for five (5) years or more and have US citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident children may quality for “deferred action”. Deferred Action is a promise not to deport
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Now that President Obama has issued his executive order, people want to know when it will take effect. The regulations and applications necessary to implement the order have not been written yet. USCIS has posted this notice explaining its plans for implementing the order. The article gives some insight into when USCIS expects to issue
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Presidente Obama ha anunciado que hablará hoy por la noche sobre la inmigración. Se espera que anunciará que firmará una orden ejecutiva. Ha habido especulación considerable en las noticias sobre lo que puede ser en ese orden. Independientemente de la fuente de especulación, por el momento es sólo especulación. He estado recibiendo llamadas telefónicas hoy
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I recently reported on the District Court decision in Gordon v. Holder restricting mandatory detention to cases in which the person facing deportation is detained within a few days of release from state prison. This is an important decision because it is common for ICE to detain people years after they have served their time,
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USCIS is accepting Diversity Lottery Visa Applications between October1, 2014 and November 3, 2014. Here is the latest information: Here is a
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One of the toughest areas of family based immigration is proving the bona fides of a relationship. In order to bring your husband, wife, or fiancé to the United States or to get them a green card, it is not enough simply to have a marriage certificate or to say that I intend to marry
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