When Congress created the U visa, they made only 10,000 visas available per fiscal year. The fiscal year starts in October every year, so on October 1, 2013, we entered Fiscal Year 2014. On December 11, 2013, the Vermont Service Center announced that they had already reached the U visa cap for 2014. That means no […]
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This holiday season, Klinke Immigration has partnered with Telemundo Atlanta to wish our clients and the entire community a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Please enjoy our short video, and read about our “stars” below. ABOUT TERESA Teresa is a citizen of Mexico who came to the United States without authorization ten years ago.
When people come for a consultation, they want me to tell them how they or their loved one can stay in the United States – preferably with a green card and with the option for U.S. citizenship. This may be possible and it may even be relatively easy. But what if there’s absolutely no way
There are so many things to be grateful for. In the past 12 months, Klinke Immigration helped over 100 families with their immigration matters, I’ve hired two wonderful employees, and our reputation for compassion and hard work continues to grow. I’d like to give thanks for a particularly amazing past few days. In just the
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Today, Veterans Day is a day we set aside to thank the members of the armed forces and their families for their daily sacrifices. Nonimmigrants and foreign-born United States citizens have a proud history of serving in the military – in 2009, 7% of our armed forces members were born outside the United States; and
Last Friday, Klinke Immigration was a sponsor for the 2013 Indian Cultural Festival at Kennesaw State University. It was great to be back on a college campus and to be surrounded by international students. If you’ve read my bio, you’ll know that I started my professional career working with international students. At the University of
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Imagine this scenario: You are a U.S. Citizen with a loved one overseas. You have an approved I-130, you’ve dealt with the National Visa Center, and now your family member has an interview at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in their home country. You anxiously await news on how the interview went. When your loved
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As you know, Klinke Immigration is based in Marietta – a suburb of Atlanta. I don’t let geography hold me to one place, though. The past week has seen me collect over 3000 frequent flier miles. Why all the travel? The Colorado Chapter of AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) invited me to come and speak
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By now, everyone knows that the U.S. Federal Government is on shutdown. In the world of immigration, it breaks down like this: USCIS is open for interviews (they are fee-based and not reliant on the budget for their funding); the Immigration Courts are accepting filings, but only holding hearings for detained individuals, and Immigration and
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October is Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Month. Working with DV survivors on obtaining legal status in the United States is one of the most rewarding things we do at Klinke Immigration. We are able to help women and children (and yes, even men) regain control of their lives and to live in dignity. We not
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