Author: Michael J. Gurfinkel, Esq.

The November 2023 Priority Dates

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular...

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...

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...

Court-Ordered Green Card
Court-Ordered Green Card

Michael (left) aged out before his green card was approved. Unfortunately, the INS did not expedite the case despite the...

Battered-Spouse Green Card
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...

Terminated Case Gets Reinstated
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...