In 1990, the U.S. Congress established Special Immigrant Juvenile status (SIJS). SIJS is designed for non-U.S. citizen children who do not have permanent residence and have been abused, neglected or abandoned by one or both parents and need a green card. It is an alternative to an otherwise, potentially lengthy and sometimes, impossible, adoption process.For… Read More »
The Federal Register will publish a final rule tomorrow announcing CIS’s new regulation regarding the provisional waiver program. Since January 2012, many US citizens and their family members have been waiting for this to happen. Although the process is not expected to be available for applying for waivers until March 2013, this is a big… Read More »
CIS held a call today to confirm developments on the latest deferred action process for Students who qualify for President Obama’s new policy direction. The Immigration Policy Center noted some important points of the call:A new form will be available on August 15. All DACA requests will require payment of the standard $85 biometric fee,… Read More »
Check out my newest video: The Pros, Cons, and Future of the New Proposed Provisional Waiver Program for I-601 Waivers – YouTube: I balance the pros and cons with the new proposed program, what is it, who is covered, what it doesn’t do and the risks and potential benefits of relying on it. Feel free to… Read More »
The Board of Immigration Appeals Refuses to Agree with CIS Decisions Denying Green Cards to Gay Partners who were Legally Married in their States, Despite the Federal Defense of Marriage Act In June 2012, in four separate cases of CIS decisions in states where gay marriage was considered legal under state law, the BIA ordered… Read More »
A major change in immigration policy was announced by the Obama Admnistration today. The DREAM Act that has been stuck in committee in Congress for years is similar to the new deferred action policy announced today. This is a temporary stay from deportation for certain children under the age of 30 who are in the… Read More »
I applaud Hollywood for giving fair treatment to the very sensitive issue of male rape by a female in a recent episode of Harry’s Law on NBC. The show began with one of the characters actually questioning if it’s possible to rape your partner in marriage, which shows society’s bias towards assuming all sex is… Read More »
This is a summary of a new urgent Alert from the National Immigration Project about a new US House of Representatives bill to be voted on likely by May 8, 2012 that would re-victimize survivors of domestic violence and other crimes by forcing victims to be interviewed by local immigration offices not specially trained in victim… Read More »
USCIS’s May 2009 Unlawful Presence Memo clarified how children can be affected by the permanent bar as adults for actions taken when they were under the age of 18. What’s scary is that many immigrants are getting stuck abroad after their immigrant visa is denied at their consulate interview who had no idea about this… Read More »
In the past two weeks, DHS has finally put the pedal to the medal in releasing much anticipated draft regulations on the proposed provisional waiver program. If it gets enacted, the provisional waiver program would allow those with approved Immigrant Visas who have a US citizen spouse or parent who would suffer extreme hardship if… Read More »
