WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today clarified requirements regarding the Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification. To ensure consistency surrounding this classification, USCIS is issuing three Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) adopted decisions. Through these adopted decisions, USCIS clarifies that it requires…
Form I-864, Affidavit of Support under Section 213A of the INA, is a contract an individual signs agreeing to use their financial resources to support the intending immigrant named on the affidavit. The individual who signs the affidavit of support…
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – Nashville Mayor David Briley signed a controversial executive order on Tuesday about an already divisive issue. Briley said Metro employees are not to work with ICE agents to identify illegal immigrants unless it’s absolutely necessary. The…
BOSTON — Supporters of a bill that would make driver’s licenses available to undocumented immigrants packed the State House’s largest hearing room Wednesday to renew the push for a policy that has come up short in previous sessions and would…
Walking into a new patient appointment, you encounter a mother with two children ages 8 and 14 years old. The mother and older sibling understand some Spanish, but primarily speak Mam, a Mayan dialect for which there are no medical…
U.S. immigration regulations have been a hot-button topic in 2019. According to David Leopold, partner and chair of the immigration law group at Ulmer & Berne LLP, and Margaret W. Wong, founder and managing partner at Margaret W. Wong &…
“What makes me nervous is the fact that it just sailed through the House.” Genie Doi is an immigration lawyer with Electronic Sports and Gaming Law, an esports-specific law firm in Los Angeles, California. She’s talking about S.386, or the…
From October 15, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will start denying extension of stay or a change of visa status to foreigners that have received public benefits over a designated threshold from the US government. The final rule announced…
Attorneys are turning to the courts to unclog a massive immigration application backlog that’s resulted in processing delays lasting up to seven years in some instances. “It’s really reaching crisis proportions,” said H. Ronald Klasko of Klasko Immigration Law Partners…
What are Visa Files? Visa Files are the official arrival records of immigrants admitted for permanent residence between July 1, 1924, and March 31, 1944. The photograph, large amounts of biographical information, and attached vital records make Visa Files among…
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