Section 245i allows certain persons who have overstayed their visas or entered the United States without papers to adjust their status without having to leave the US. They must pay a fine, but they do not have to return to their home countries in order to apply for green cards. In this video, Carl Shusterman, a […]
Adjustment of Status allows you to obtain permanent residence without having to leave the United States. In this video, Carl Shusterman, a former INS Attorney (1976-82) whose law firm has assisted thousands of persons across the US in becoming permanent residents for over 30 years, explains the basics of the process. Learn if you are eligible […]
Personas de origen extranjero que ingresan en un matrimonio de buena fe con un ciudadano de los EE.UU. se consideran “familiares inmediatos” a los efectos de la obtencion de Residencia. Esto los libera de las restricciones de cuotas y, si estan en los EE.UU., les permite ajustar su estatus a residentes permanentes. En este video, Carl Shusterman, anteriormente […]
Back in 1986, Immigration Judges denied almost 90% of all asylum requests. Now, during the past 9 months, the Judges granted 50% of asylum requests. What’s more, the disparities among various Immigration Judges have narrowed somewhat. This information is contained in a new report issued by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) of the University of Syracuse. […]
The most frequent question that we receive is “How do I choose a good immigration attorney?” Our response is “Why settle for ‘good’?” Have you ever heard of Avvo? There are websites for finding excellent hotels, wonderful restaurants, and great physicians. How about a site for choosing an attorney? See: https://www.avvo.com During the past year, Avvo has […]
After many months of calling on the Federal Government to more vigorously enforce our immigration laws, it turns out that some of the biggest immigration law violators are government officials in the State of Arizona. And as soon as the Justice Department charged them with breaking the law, their attitude suddenly became “enforce the laws against them, not against us!” Let me explain. Back […]
On August 20, John Morton, the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), released a memorandum entitled “Guidance Regarding the Handling of Removal Proceedings of Aliens with Pending or Approved Application or Petitions”. The ICE memo applies to persons in removal proceedings who meet the following criteria: The alien must be the subject […]
Many of our clients have been crying tears of joy because of the September Visa Bulletin. The best news is the advance in the family-based 2A category. Just one year ago, the wait exceeded five years. Now, the wait is down to just 8 months! This is very important to persons who were granted green cards […]
From its passage in 2002 until now, the USCIS has never issued so much as a memo explaining how to interpret the “automatic conversion” clause of the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). They left it to the Board of Immigation Appeals (BIA) to explain this in Matter of Wang in 2009. The USCIS argued that the clause be […]
We link to all immigration law decisions made by the Supreme Court of the United States from 1958 to the present. We link not only to the decisions themselves, but to the audios of the oral arguments before the Court, a summary of the facts of the case, the question before the Court and the […]
