Immigration is not a DIY proposition…at least, not if you want to be successful. Those who attempt to do it themselves often encounter needless delays and frustrations at best and fail to meet their immigration goals at worst.  Here are three reasons why hiring an immigration attorney is likely to be your best bet as…

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Last month, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump Administration to resume processing DACA renewals and applications. The ruling called Trump’s actions “arbitrary and capricious.”  This month the Trump administration announced they have no intention of complying with the Supreme Court’s order. They promised to “thoughtfully consider the future of DACA policy.” In the meantime they…

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Covid-19 has created a lot of fear and uncertainty, especially for immigrants. Many immigrants aren’t taking certain actions which could help them because they are afraid of complicating their situation or creating consequences they’re not prepared to face. That’s why we wanted to take a moment to go over some of the things which immigrants…

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The Department of State is responsible for administering the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in regards to numerical limitations on immigrant visa issuances. This information sheet explains how it works. At the beginning of each month, the Visa Office (VO) receives a report from each consular post listing totals of qualified immigrant…

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601A Waivers

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a new final rule that expands the class of individuals who are eligible to apply for a ‘provisional’ waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility (Form I-601A) based on their accrual of unlawful presence in the United States. The provisional unlawful presence waiver allows certain individuals,…

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Lawmakers across the country are pushing back against the nationwide immigration raids recently authorized by the Obama administration, which affect Central American families and unaccompanied minors who are desperate to avoid being deported back to dangers in their home country. The White House is justifying its operations due to fears about the increasing number of…

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As of April 1, 2016, travelers in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) who are traveling to the U.S. with an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) must have an e-Passport. Travel from VWP countries to the Unites States is still possible without an e-passport for those with a valid non-immigrant visa which may be obtained…

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Two top immigration-related advocacy groups have recently filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeking information about the governments’s administration of the H-1B visa lottery. The two groups, the American Immigration Council (Council) and the American Immigration lawyers Association (AILA), filed the lawsuit under the…

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Every two years, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a fee-funded government agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is required to review the fees that they collected and make adjustments. This month they completed their review and announced that fees across the board will be raised by an average of 21 percent (21%).…

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Individuals with L-1A visas or visa status are advised that fraudulent letters are being sent to executives who have an L-1A non-immigrant status. The L-1A non-immigrant category enables a United States employer to transfer an executive or manager from one of its affiliated foreign offices to one of its branch offices in the United States.…

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