A Blow to Bad Law

For 73 years, since 1952, spouses of U.S. citizens have been able to adjust their immigration status within the United States if a) they were an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, b)an immigrant visa is immediately available to them, and c) they had originally...

Temporary Green Cards

If you adjusted your status because you are married, you received a green card that was good for only 24 months.  A standard green card is good for 10 years.  Why did we get you the limited one?  Because we had no choice.  The temporary green card,...

No Xenophobic Policy Endorsed

Earlier this year, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) announced an indefinite pause on the adjudication of immigration benefit requests for individuals from thirty-nine African, Asian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern countries. ...

First successful interview after the new USCIS policy memo

It’s not the first time I thought I was losing my mind, but it was about the most annoyed I had been with myself about it.  I’ve been working immigration cases for some time, and I am used to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”)...