Wake Up Call for DAPA Parents
In 2014, former President Obama issued a memo for “Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA).” That program was similar to...
04 October, 2023
Author: Michael J. Gurfinkel, Esq.
The October 2023 Priority Dates
Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular...
20 September, 2023
DACA: CONGRESS SHOULD FINALLY START “DREAM’IN”
On September 13, 2023, a federal judge once again declared that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is...
14 September, 2023
Parent’s Naturalization Resulted In VISA Denial
Dear Attorney Gurfinkel: While I was an immigrant (green card holder), I filed a petition for my spouse and two children...
13 September, 2023
Court-Ordered Green Card
Michael (left) aged out before his green card was approved. Unfortunately, the INS did not expedite the case despite the...
06 September, 2023
Battered-Spouse Green Card
Lance arrived in the U.S. in 2017 and married his U.S. citizen wife. The wife petitioned Lance for his green...
06 September, 2023
Terminated Case Gets Reinstated
After Nanay Pilar (center) petitioned her son, Joseph (left), in 2007, it took some 11 years until his F-2B petition...
06 September, 2023
Aged-Out Daughter Gets Visa Approval Through CSPA
The U.S. Embassy cancelled the interview for Alyssa, the daughter of U.S. citizen Marivic, after Alyssa aged-out in August 2019. Desperate...
06 September, 2023
Do It Yourself Immigration Disasters
Upon the urging of Mommy Eva (center), Kristan (left) tried to obtain his green card by filing all paperwork on...
06 September, 2023