DNA testing to establish family relationships
In the Philippines, establishing family relationships can sometimes be extremely complex. A child may be born and then “given” to...
30 May, 2018
Author: Michael J. Gurfinkel, Esq.
Ice deports student not attending classes
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently issued a press release that they had a student removed/deported, when they found...
23 May, 2018
Violence Against Women Act
ABUSED AND ACCUSED WOMAN GETS THE ULTIMATE REDEMPTION Imagine being broken on the inside by your husband’s constant verbal abuse...
04 October, 2018
Violence Against Women Act
AN ABUSED BRIDE SELF-PETITIONS AND FINDS REDEMPTION AND FREEDOM WITH THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT (VAWA) Anne was certain she had...
01 October, 2018
Family
A FAMILY PETITION DENIED DUE TO ABANDONMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY REOPENED, AND A FAMILY WAS REUNITED Elsinore was petitioned by his father in...
01 October, 2018
Child Status Protection Act
A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE THAT INCLUDED RETROGRESSION OF PRIORITY DATES, AGING OUT, AND HIS FATHER SUCCUMBING TO CANCER JUST BEFORE VISA...
18 May, 2018
Caregiver Green Cards
CAREGIVERS OVERCOME FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY, AFTER SIX ICE AGENTS KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR After they were offered jobs as caregivers, Danilo...
18 May, 2018
Adoption
ABANDONED BY HER BIRTH PARENTS, NIKKA WAS ALMOST LEFT BEHIND WHEN USCIS CHALLENGED HER ADOPTIVE PARENT’S ELIGIBILITY TO PETITION HER Lilia...
18 May, 2018
Adjustment of Status for a Green Card
HER “AMERICAN DREAM” SHATTERED WHEN HER CASE WAS DENIED AND HER TWO PRIOR ATTORNEYS TOLD HER THE ONLY SOLUTION WAS...
18 May, 2018