It has been a rough couple of weeks, I won’t lie. The calls started immediately after the election results were in. There were potential clients saying that they’re worried that they or their loved ones will be deported because Donald Trump won the election; and there were calls from current clients wondering if their cases […]
I Know These Three Things – Certainty and Thankfulness in an Uncertain Time Read More »
Less than six hours ago, Donald Trump became our President-Elect. I don’t know what the future holds for us as a country, let alone for specific immigration policy or reform, but I do know that a lot of people are scared. Let me share my initial thoughts on what this means, knowing that so much
Election Results: What Trump’s Win Means for Immigration Read More »
As October winds down, let’s take a moment to think about what the month means. While it can mean baseball and hayrack rides, for those of us who work with immigrant victims of violence, we also think about the new fiscal year and a new batch of 10,000 visas becoming available for our clients. October
October Means U Visas, Domestic Violence Awareness Read More »
We knew that the fee increase was coming – they told us about it in May – but we didn’t know when. And now we know. On October 24th, the Federal Register (think of it as the government’s news agency), explained that the current fees collected do not cover the costs of the services that USCIS currently
USCIS Fee Increase Set for December 23, 2016 Read More »
I was surprised to see that my last entry was all the way back on September 18th. I try to write every couple of weeks, but now it’s been nearly a month.  Is it because I’ve not had anything to write about? Hardly! While each of the topics below could be a post by themselves,
On July 29, 2016, USCIS announced the long-awaited for new rules regarding the Provisional Waiver Program (I-601A). The changes aren’t in effect yet – that will happen on August 29, 2016. So, what changes can we expect at the end of the month? You can read through the 119-page notice, but I have broken out some
New I-601A Provisional Waiver Rules Announced Read More »
Last Thursday, the U.S Supreme Court issued a 4-4 split non-decision in United States v. Texas. This was the case that questioned whether or not the President had the authority to issue the programs we came to know as DAPA and Expanded DACA. There’s a lot of information out there about what this means, so I’d
A Supreme Disappointment: The Supreme Court’s Non-Decision on DAPA and Expanded DACA Read More »
If you filed an I-918 U application in or after March 2014, you probably feel like you’ve been stuck in a time warp. The Vermont Service Center (VSC) seemingly hasn’t worked on any new I-918 cases since March 2014. Month after month, thousands of new I-918s get filed, yet, no old cases get adjudicated. USCIS has repeatedly
Some U Cases Moving from Vermont to Nebraska Read More »
Sometimes people don’t think about filing for Naturalization until their green card is about to expire. They look at the cost of applying for a Naturalization (the N-400 is $680.00) and then they look at the cost of applying for a green card renewal (the I-90 is $365.00) and decide it may be more cost-effective to just do Naturalization. Which may
How Naturalization and Renewing Your Green Card (Don’t Often) Work Together Read More »
Over the past few years, we’ve talked about how only 10,000 U visas are available each year, and how on October 1 each year – the start of the government’s fiscal year and when new visas become available – U visas are gone faster and faster. We are now at a point where so many U applications have been
On The U Visa Waitlist? Read More »
