Family Petitioning Family For Employment-Based Green Card
Many people believe the only way to bring a family member to the U.S. is through a family petition. Auntie...
13 March, 2020
Author: Michael J. Gurfinkel, Esq.
COVID-19 immigration update
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, along with “stay-at-home,” “shelter in place,”...
30 March, 2020
COVID-19 and its effect on immigration
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic, along with “stay-at-home,” “shelter in place,”...
25 March, 2020
No more visitor visas for “birth tourism”
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has revised its regulations on eligibility for...
10 March, 2020
Naturalization denied because didn’t work for employer
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]If a person did not work for their sponsoring employer after they obtained...
04 March, 2020
How would an officer view your case?
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]When some people apply for immigration benefits, they look at their entitlement or...
25 February, 2020
What happens if the beneficiary of a petition dies?
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Most people are aware that if the petitioner (person who files a petition)...
12 February, 2020
Supreme court clears way for new public charge regulations
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The U.S. Supreme Court recently cleared the way for the Trump Administration to...
04 February, 2020
Should I appeal or refile?
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dear Atty. Gurfinkel: I just received a denial from USCIS, giving me 33 days...
03 February, 2020