What is an I-751 petition in immigration law? The I-751 petition process refers to the process by which married spouses must file a request to lift the conditional status of the foreign national spouse, when that spouse received his of her family-based green card based on the couple’s marriage when the marriage was less than […]
Adjustment of Status under INA 245(i) Approved without an Interview!
Thrilled to start the new year off by giving news to my clients of this adjustment approval! This was a 245(i) adjustment of status case (old law under which family or worker petitions had to be filed prior to April 30, 2001 in order for an individual to be “grandfathered” or protected under INA section […]
Joint Motion to Reopen Agreed to by ICE for an Old Removal Order
What is a Joint Motion to Reopen? Joint motion to reopen if a form of prosecutorial discretion exercised by a lawyer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Office of Chief Counsel. These are the lawyers who represent the US government in immigration courts. A joint motion to reopen is a motion agreed to by both […]
Greencard through consular processing and I-601 waiver
This green card has an amazing story! Same-sex couple. The foreign national spouse was ineligible to adjust her status in the United States (even though she was married to a United States citizen) because of her inability to prove lawful entry with inspection when she was younger. After having lived in the United States for […]
Trump Administration Implements New Public Charge Rule on February 24, 2020
UPDATE: THIS POLICY HAS BEEN RESCINDED BY THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT AS OF 2022 On January 30, 2020, USCIS announced that it will begin implementing the new public charge rule on February 24, 2020, in all states in the United States except for in Illinois, where an injunction is still […]
Non-LPR Cancellation of Removal victory in NYC immigration court!
Today, I received a decision of an immigration judge granting my clients (husband and wife) cancellation of removal for non-permanent residents and giving them lawful permanent resident status! This was a long journey for my clients. They previously went to a lawyer, who did not inform them that they were both ineligible for adjustment of […]
Turkish asylum victory in New York immigration court
Last week, on April 19, 2018, I won a difficult asylum case in immigration court in New York City. My client was a Turkish citizen. He filed the asylum application on his own a few years ago, not realizing the importance of having a lawyer by his side. The application was initially rejected by USCIS […]
Cancellation of Removal Victory in Immigration Court
Today, an immigration judge in New York granted my client cancellation of removal for permanent residents. My client had an old criminal conviction for drug possession. He has been a lawful permanent resident (LPR) since 1981! In 2013, he traveled abroad, and when he returned, he was found inadmissible to the United States as a […]
I-601 Criminal History Waiver Granted at Consulate!
Very happy to receive an extreme hardship waiver approval notice for a deserving client! This was a hard fought case that took over a year and a half of fighting with US CIS with multiple notices for more evidence! My client had two old criminal convictions for theft offenses and the client previously abandoned lawful […]
Trump Administration Rescinds DACA Protection
On September 5, 2017, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that President Trump is decided to rescind the Obama-era DACA policy, which protected approximately 800,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as minors. In rescinding the DACA program, Trump kicked the ball to the U.S. Congress, giving it 6 months to act on […]