The USCIS announced that for the month of January 2019, applicants for adjustment of status in both the employment-based and the family-based categories may file their I-485 applications according to the Filing Date Charts. This means that you may file your I-485 before your priority date is current, a big plus for you and your […]
On October 6, 2014, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched the myE-verify online platform to combat identity fraud and increase the accuracy of records within the E-Verify program. MyE-Verify is a free online service that allows employees to verify their eligibility to work in the United States prior to applying for employment and to […]
On February 14, 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in Margarito Rodriguez Tovar v. Jefferson Sessions reinterpreted a section of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) in a way which could help keep many immigrant families intact. The Court overturned a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) that the son of […]
Over 4 years ago, a man with a denied I-751 who was in deportation proceedings scheduled a telephonic consultation with me. He had a US citizen girlfriend who he lived with and later married. However, her parents did not approve of him and she did not reveal to them that she had married him. She sponsored […]
Jennifer Rozdzielski, Esq. On January 4, Attorney General Jeff Sessions referred the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals in Matter of Reynaldo Castro-Tum to himself. Attorney General Sessions will review issues relating to the authority of Immigration Judges to “administratively close” removal proceedings. “Administrative closure” is a process Immigration Judges use to temporarily remove […]
On August 31, 2018, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a decision in Matter of Bermudez-Cota which attempts to severely limit who benefits from the Supreme Court’s decision in Pereira v. Sessions. German Bermudez-Cota was born in Mexico and entered the U.S. in 1991. More than two decades later, in 2013, he was served with a […]
On April 17, 2018, the US Supreme Court ruled in Sessions v. Dimaya that a Filipino man with 2 burglary convictions who had become a US permanent resident as a child is entitled to a hearing before an Immigration Judge where he can apply for relief from removal. James Dimaya immigrated to the US in […]
Recently, a couple retained our law firm to help them with two different issues. The wife was a physician who needed a J waiver. The husband had a Ph.D. in Physics and was working as a J-1 post-doctoral researcher. Any chance he could qualify for an EB-1 green card? We were able to help the […]
Volume Twenty Three, Number One SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding US immigration laws and procedures with over 60,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with over 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices […]
On March 9, 2016, the USCIS designated Matter of H-V-P, I.D. 16270 (AAO) as a precedent decision. It provides that the physicians who are specialists who practice in a medically-underserved area for a minimum of 5 years are entitled to permanent residence in the US through a National Interest Waiver (NIW). Is this really news? […]
