What do you do when no one seems to be listening to you about your USCIS immigration application taking forever? If your case has gone beyond the USCIS posted processing times,…
Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a designation that the United States can give to foreign citizens from countries that have been affected by a significant disaster. That status is to…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqW8aJgOZ-4&feature=youtu.be Non-immigrant T visas are a special benefit available to those who have been victims of human trafficking and who have been of help to law enforcement in the investigation…
You may have heard of self-petitioning under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) as a potential path towards lawful permanent residency. But did you know that you don’t have to…
It's finally here...the filing fee increase that Immigration Law practitioners have been dreading has come. It's been six wonderful years without an increase, but that all ends on December 23,…
When USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) first announced the proposed fee increases on May 4, 2016, I got to examine the recommended fee schedule. I wasn't surprised at…
Update: Much has fundamentally changed since the Blog below was published. Unfortunately, nobody can now enlist in the military without acquiring a Green Card first. The process this Blog describes was…
With the high cost of government filing fees for immigration applications, you may be wondering if there is any way to avoid this expense. Turns out there is, but it's…
The visitor visa (B-1 for business or B-2 for pleasure), is just what it says - you are being admitted as a temporary visitor. However, each year many people come…
What should you do if you are a lawful permanent resident (LPR) eligible to become a naturalized citizen of the U.S. with a criminal record? A close examination of any…