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The New York State Pardon Panel has issued its procedures for requesting an official pardon from the Governor to avoid deportation consequences resulting from a criminal conviction.
Those seeking pardons should send the following information by way of letter to:
The Executive Clemency Unit
New York State Division of Parole
97 Central Avenue
Albany, New York  12206
• Applicant’s name
• Applicant’s address
• A contact [...]

Filed under: Pardons by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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On May 6, 2010, we posted a blog informing of Puerto Rico’s new law that invalidates Puerto Rican birth certificates issued prior to July 1, 2010.
We are now following up on the latest developments.
On September 20, 2010, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) made available to the public an interim memorandum dated August 26, [...]

Filed under: Puerto Rico Birth Certificate by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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Well, it is that time again…
USCIS is once again increasing filing fees for almost every application.  According to the USCIS, it must increase its fees by at least ten percent to “fully recover costs and maintain adequate service.”
The new fees will be effective 60 days from September 24, 2010, the date of publication of this [...]

Filed under: Filing Fees, Forms by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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The U.S. State Department has posted on its website important information and instructions about the Diversity Visa (“DV”) lottery program for 2012, which begins on noon, Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) (GMT -4), Tuesday, October 5, 2010, and ends at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (“EDT”) (GMT -4), Wednesday, November 3, 2010.
All entries must be submitted electronically [...]

Filed under: Diversity Visa by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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On November 10, 2010, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Flores-Villar v. United States (09-5801), where it must decide whether children born overseas who have one U.S.-citizen parent can obtain U.S. citizenship if the citizen parent had been physically present in the U.S. for a certain [...]

Filed under: Supreme Court Litigation by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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Today, we successfully helped one of our clients become a permanent resident of the United States.
Our client, a woman from St. Lucia, was a victim of spousal abuse at the hands of her United States citizen husband, to whom she remains married to this day (but does not live with him).  When she came to [...]

Filed under: VAWA, adjustment of status by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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The State Department has issued its October 2010 Visa Bulletin.  Check to see whether your priority date is current for any petition your relative or employer may have filed for you!
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Filed under: Visa Bulletins by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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Today, our firm enjoyed a tremendous victory in immigration court for a client who was granted lawful permanent residency by an immigration judge!
Our client was placed in exclusion proceedings in 1989 by the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”).  “Exclusion” proceedings no longer exist, but prior to 1996, an alien seeking entry into the United [...]

Filed under: Exclusion proceedings, Immigration Court, adjustment of status by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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In vacating his prior acceptance two and a half years ago of the plea of an criminal defendant/alien, a New York judge has ruled that a judge’s warning that a criminal defendant could be subject to deportation if he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor did not lessen the ineffectiveness of his lawyer under [...]

Filed under: Padilla motions by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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Recently, our firm enjoyed a great victory for a client, a United States citizen, whose visa petition for the benefit of his wife had been denied by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (“USCIS”) pursuant to the Adam Walsh Act Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (“AWA”).
Click Here to read the redacted version of [...]

Filed under: Announcements, Uncategorized by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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