Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
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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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
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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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
A conditional permanent resident is someone who has obtained his or her status through marriage to a United States citizen spouse, when the marriage is less than two years old at the time the status is granted. A conditional resident is granted such status for a period of two years. Before the expiration of the [...]
Filed under: I-751, adjustment of status by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) has updated its information about vaccination requirements for immigrants to provide answers to frequently asked questions about the vaccination requirement process as it relates to immigrants, including those applying for adjustment of status.
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Filed under: adjustment of status, medical exam by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Here is a press release from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) issued on November 25, 2009, advising the public that the Center for Disease Control (“CDC”) will no longer require certain vaccinations for immigration purposes. The new changes are effective December 14, 2009.
On November 13, 2009, the CDC announced its revisions to the [...]
Filed under: adjustment of status, medical exam by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Have you ever heard of exclusion proceedings?
Exclusion proceedings are a thing of the past, but there are many foreign nationals out there in the United States who are subject to “exclusion” orders.
Prior to 1996, when the immigration laws changed under the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant [...]
Filed under: adjustment of status by Thaker Berowitz LLP
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