by | | Adjustment of Status, Family-Based Immigration, Form I-131F, Green Card, Immigration Reform, Parole in Place, Residency, USCIS Announcements
USCIS announced that, as part of the Biden Administration’s ongoing effort to reform the immigration system and reduce the hardships faced by families with mixed immigration status, a new program will take effect which may allow families to stay together. The New...
by | | Announcement of August 18 2011, Avoiding Deportation, Cancellation of Expulsion, Deportation, Immigration Law, Immigration Reform, Legal Residence, President Obama's New Immigration Policy, Prosecutorial Discretion, Sorry, Work permit
On August 18 of this year, the President announced a change in immigration policy with the purpose of administratively closing some of the 300,000 deportation cases currently pending in immigration courts across the country. This was a policy change (or policy) and...
by | | Green Card, Immigration Cost, Immigration Increase, Immigration Reform, Renew Residence Card
Introduction U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces a proposal to adjust the fees for applications and petitions for immigration benefits. The proposal would increase fees by an average of about 10 percent, but would not increase the fee for...
by | | Immigration Law, Legal Residence, Permanent Residence, Spouses
An immigration bill introduced in the House of Representatives last week would allow homosexuals to ask for their “permanent partners” for residency in the United States in the same way that heterosexual married couples are allowed to do. Critics say the...
by | | American Citizenship, Immigration Law, Immigration Reform 36, Naturalization
Yesterday morning I woke up to the news that President-elect Barack Obama nominated retired four-star General Eric K. Shinseki, a Japanese-American, to be the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs. This will be done by the first Asian-American in that position. The...
