In our Ask Visalaw.com section of the SIB, attorney Ari Sauer answers immigration law questions sent in by our readers. If you enjoy reading this section, we encourage you to visit Ari’s blog, The Immigration Answer Man, where he provides more answers to your immigration questions. You can also follow The Immigration Answer Man on […]
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There are two methods of securing permanent residence in the US once a person’s immigrant petition is approved by immigration and a visa becomes available for that petition. One is called Consular Processing; the other is Adjustment of Status. As the name implies, consular processing applicants apply for and process an immigrant visa at a […]
Dear Readers: When the President held a press conference earlier this summer announcing that Speaker Boehner informed him that immigration reform in Congress was dead for the year and that the White House would go it alone via executive orders, I assumed he was setting things up for an August roll out. After all, this […]
September Visa Bulletin Summary: Family 1st – World numbers, China and India advanced 1 week 2 days to 01 May 2007; Mexico moved forward 1 month 3 weeks 3 days to 01 June 1994; the Philippines moved forward 2 months to 01 August 2004. Family 2A – China, India, and the Philippines advanced 8 months […]
Greg Siskind’s Blog on ILW.com Did Boehner Really Tell Obama that Immigration Reform is Dead? Issa Calls for End to DACA Arizona DREAMers Win Fight on Driver’s Licenses Peter Pan and Helen Hayes – Lessons from Past Child Refugee Crises AILA President Emphasizes the Need for Due Process in Dealing with Border Kids Immigrant of […]
USCIS Releases Interim Memo on Adoptions On June 30th, USCIS issued a policy memorandum (PM-602-0103) that offers guidance on the implementation of the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 and the statutory change to section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. The PM revises Chapter 21. 5(b)(4), […]
192 Arrested on Immigrant Smuggling Charges in South Texas Homeland Security arrested 192 people at the Texas-Mexican border on charges of immigrant smuggling. 501 undocumented immigrants were taken into USCIS custody and over $625,000 was seized from human and drug smuggling groups during “Operation Coyote”, part of a 90-day endeavor to crack down on smuggling […]
In our Ask Visalaw.com section of the SIB, attorney Ari Sauer answers immigration law questions sent in by our readers. If you enjoy reading this section, we encourage you to visit Ari’s blog, The Immigration Answer Man, where he provides more answers to your immigration questions. You can also follow The Immigration Answer Man on […]
For most of its history, the U.S. had no law providing for the admission of refugees. Following World War II, the U.S., along with many other countries, realized the need for comprehensive laws on the subject. Numerous laws were passed to allow the admission of war refugees, but the programs they created tended to provide […]
The summer of 2014 was expected to go very differently when it comes to the immigration debate. For much of the year, pro-immigration advocates in both parties were patiently waiting for the end of the Republican primary season. In January, Speaker John Boehner presented a framework for immigration reform that many thought had a realistic […]
