DHS proposes tougher rules for sponsors
On October 1, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will propose new rules making “it easier to ...
The October 2020 Priority Dates
Employment – based petitions are current!
The October 2020 priority dates provide great news for workers in the EB-3 (skilled/professional) and “other worker” (unskilled workers like ...
K-1 petition denied; should we marry?
Dear Attorney Gurfinkel: I am a U.S. citizen, and filed a K-1 (fiancé) petition for my girlfriend in the Philippines ...
Should I appeal or refile?
Dear Attorney Gurfinkel: I just received a denial from USCIS, giving me 33 days to file an appeal. I truly ...
Getting an abusive green card
Dear Atty. Gurfinkel: I married a U.S. citizen for love, hoping we would live “happily ever after.” Unfortunately, soon after ...
Why did you wait so long?
Dear Atty. Gurfinkel, I was petitioned by my sister in 1990, and immigrated to the U.S. in 2013. Unfortunately, I ...
The September 2020 Priority Dates
Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular ...
Public Charge injunction now limited to Connecticut, New York and Vermont
Pres. Trump’s new, stricter public charge rules seem to go back and forth, like a tennis or ping-pong match. It ...
Federal Court also bans State Department’s 2018 Public Charge rule
In a previous article, I wrote that on July 29, 2020, a federal court judge issued a nationwide injunction prohibiting ...
