Immigration Articles

Recently, I attended the annual conference of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) in Orlando, Florida. Thousands of immigration...

26 July, 2023

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

19 July, 2023

I have long been a critic of the California Service Center (CSC) concerning the way they adjudicate humanitarian revalidation\reinstatement (HR)...

12 July, 2023

The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) provides age-out protection for certain children beyond their 21st birthday, allowing them to be...

05 July, 2023

The Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) provides protection for certain children beyond their 21st birthday, allowing them to be processed...

28 June, 2023

Dear Attorney Gurfinkel: I am a U.S. citizen and petitioned my parents. When they went to the U.S. Embassy for...

21 June, 2023

The July 2023 Priority Dates Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the...

14 June, 2023

Before 1996, if a person committed fraud (such as trying to enter the U.S. under an assumed name, submitting fake/bogus...

07 June, 2023

Whenever a person applies for future or new immigration benefits, it is very important to retain documents concerning their past...

31 May, 2023