The number of foreign nationals who enter the United States each year can sometimes lead people to assume that securing a tourist visa is “easy.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Ironically, obtaining a visitor visa (B1/B2) can ar…
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The Department of State recently released its June Visa Bulletin, and to the shock of many people, especially those who have filed family based applications, there is major retrogression in some categories. “Retrogression,” to put things…
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Permanent residents who file for their unmarried sons or daughters over the age of 21 are often dismayed and disappointed to learn-only after it is too late–that their petitions may be jeopardized by the marriage of their children. How and why…
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The Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) issued an important precedential decision last month regarding sibling DNA test results. The decision is Matter of RUZKU, 26 I & N Dec. 731 (BIA 2016). The holding basically establishes that di…
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One very common misunderstanding regarding marriages in India is the legality or validity of certain ceremonies. In general, the United States will recognize, for immigration purposes and otherwise, marriages abroad provided that the marriages perfor…
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An intriguing article came out last week in the New York Times regarding the use of social media by the Department of Homeland Security to identify and root out potential terrorists. According to the article, the DHS is considering new policies to sc…
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Under certain circumstances, a bona fide marriage with a United States Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident not entered into for immigration purposes may form the basis of an application for permanent residence. However, far too often, foreign nation…
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Criminal convictions and fraud/misrepresentation before the government are not the only ways to run afoul of the immigration laws and jeopardize an application for permanent residence or immigrant visa. One often overlooked ground of inadmissibility…
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One of the most common sources of anxiety for undocumented and out of status people is whether they can travel within the United States, particularly by air. By now, many people are hopefully more aware that international flights outside the US can s…
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Advance parole is most often understood in the context of adjustment of status applications where the applicant is given advance permission by USCIS to leave the US while his or her green card case is pending without being considered to abandon it. H…
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