If you are intending on getting married to your loved one abroad and then filing immigration paperwork for his/her permanent residence so that the both of you can spend the rest of your married life here in the United States, the best thing that you…
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The government shutdown is over! (At least temporarily.) That certainly is good news all around. However, over at USCIS, the agency is grappling with over a sixteen-day backlog. Many may not realize that national parks and monuments were not the only…
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What exactly is a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude (also commonly known by its acronym “CIMT”)? There are few terms in the English language as frustratingly enigmatic as the above rubric. It is a legal term of art that, in many ways, defie…
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If you are not a US Citizen, and are filing an application or petition with immigration (whether it be USCIS, NVC, ICE, or EOIR), you might be asking yourself whether you really need an attorney to represent you. There is nothing inherently wrong in…
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The “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act”: A Constructive Step Forward for Comprehensive Immigration Reform On October 2nd, 2013, in the midst of the chaos that has loomed over the country’s capi…
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At this juncture, the prospect of a comprehensive immigration reform bill is rapidly evaporating with the summer; after sweeping through the Senate with a strong majority, immigration legislation is now stalled in the House, which plans on addressing…
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Though there hasn’t been much talk of Congress taking up immigration reform this month, there have been a couple of interesting developments that tangentially involve immigration. On the one hand, the California legislature recently passed a wa…
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We had written earlier about the potential impact of the proposed Conditional Dismissal Program on alien defendants in Municipal Court. We just learned today that the Bill was signed into law by the Governor and will become effective within 120 days.…
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Time flies. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA) has recently celebrated its one year anniversary already. An approved DACA application brings with it temporary protected legal status and work authorization. The requirements are…
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On August 23rd Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) released an administration policy directive entitled “Facilitating Parental Interests in the Course of Civil Immigration Enforcement Activities.” This memo serves to supplement as we…
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