Author: Michael J. Gurfinkel, Esq.

The dream and promise act of 2021: who qualifies?

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New hope for CSPA age out children

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Biden drops Trump’s 2019 “public charge” policy

[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]On March 9, 2021, DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas announced that the U.S. government...

Biden revokes Trump’s immigration ban!

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Biden’s new U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 – key highlights

[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]On February 18, 2021, Pres. Biden and the Democrats formally introduced the “U.S....

Information on the embassy reopening

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NVC sending notices, but I’m in the U.S.

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Biden’s newest Executive Orders 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]On February 2, 2021, Pres. Biden issued several additional Executive Orders (EO) on...

Court blocks Biden’s deportation freeze

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