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Court Strikes Down Trump Asylum Rules
On Friday, January 8, 2021, a ruling was issued in US District Court striking down the proposed rules issued by the Trump administration making it harder to claim Asylum in the United States. The rules sought to redefine how people qualify for asylum and similar forms of humanitarian protection if they face persecution at home.…
Read MoreDepartment of State Fact Sheet on How the Immigrant Quota System Works
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…
Read MoreRules To Extend 601A Waiver
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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