In March of 2021, USCIS announced that it would no longer enforce the new public charge rule and would revert back to the 1999 guidelines in effect prior to its controversial implementation. Practically speaking, this is arguably the most significant immigration...
On February 18, 2021, Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Tae Johnson released a new memorandum setting forth interim guidance for civil immigration enforcement and removal priorities. The new policies represent a significant departure from previous...
Drunk Driving (39:4-50) in New Jersey is a very serious traffic offense. Although not technically a Title 2C criminal offense, it is widely considered a quasi-criminal offense by New Jersey criminal defense practitioners. Interestingly, in 2019, New Jersey drunk...
This is perhaps one of the most common questions that our office runs across in the context of a family petition. Unfortunately, like almost everything in immigration, the answer is not black and white. There are some things that can and cannot be done, and it all...
Legalization Of Weed In NJ? With passage of the recent referendum legalizing marijuana in New Jersey, there has been a lot of confusion among non-citizens charged with drug offenses and their exposure to immigration removal proceedings. At the moment, there appears...
Due to COVID-19, nearly all green card applicants have experienced some sort of delay. This extends not only to fingerprints and ultimately interviews, but employment authorization documents as well. Interestingly, in the waning days of the Trump Administration, USCIS...
Just as President Donald Trump inaugurated his administration with a flurry of immigration related executive orders, President Biden has released a series of bold directives that immediately impact immigration policy and procedure. Within less than a week, President...
USCIS recently announced a new policy change that should benefit permanent residents who need to prove their status while their renewal applications are pending. Starting this month, the agency will discontinue issuing the extension stickers that are normally affixed...
Due to Covid, applicants for adjustment of status should expect cases to take considerably longer than originally anticipated. Cases that would ordinarily take one year to process might experience additional delays of six months of more, given that USCIS was...
A very common problem that sponsors run into during the immigration process for family members is the unexpected loss of a job. This can often happen after an application has been filed but before the beneficiary is scheduled for an interview, either at the US...
