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.
Is your DAPA child now over 21?
[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]In November 2014, Pres. Obama announced a program, Deferred Action for Parents of...
03 June, 2020
USCIS to start reopening around June 4, 2020
[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]USCIS recently announced that it is preparing to reopen some of its offices...
27 May, 2020
“Secret Evidence” denials are unconstitutional
[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 April 14, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (which is one...
14 May, 2020
U.S. Embassy cancels visa interviews through May 31, 2020
[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. Embassy in Manila announced that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it...
06 May, 2020
Trump’s executive order “suspending” 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 April 22, 2020, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) or Proclamation,...
21 April, 2020
USCIS announces “flexibility” for non-immigrants during COVID-19
[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 April 13, 2020, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it will...
16 April, 2020
New hope for maintaining status
[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 April 2, 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that if...
07 April, 2020
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