Immigration Law

The USCIS considers a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South American, or Central American origin to be “Hispanic or Latino.” The “Hispanic and Latino” category also includes people of other Spanish culture, regardless of race.

Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, Kevin K. McAleenan, announced his decision to extend the TPS designation for Syria for 18 months through March 31, 2021. There are approximately 7,000 Syrian TPS beneficiaries. Current beneficiaries of TPS under Syria’s designation who want to maintain their status through March 31, 2021, must re-register between Sept. 23 and […]

See: https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo, https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2020/visa-bulletin-for-october-2019.html The Department of State (“DOS”) released the Visa Bulletin for October 2019. Within one week of the DOS’ publication of the Visa Bulletin, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) generally designates which of the two charts applicants must use to file an adjustment of status (“green card”) application. If USCIS determines that […]

A U.S. citizen may petition for their foreign national fiancé to obtain a K-1 nonimmigrant visa (“fiancé visa”) in order to travel to the United States to get married. U.S. immigration law requires that the U.S. citizen and their fiancé meet each other, in person, at least once within the 2-year period before filing for the K-1 visa. Additionally, the marriage between the U.S. citizen and foreign […]

The Department of State posted the Visa Bulletin for October 2019. As of September 18, 2019, the USCIS has not advised whether in October 2019, it will accept adjustment of status applications for family– or employment-based petitions based on filing dates, rather than final action dates. #immigration #immigrationlawyer #immigrationattorney #immigrationagency #boston #visabulletin #F2A #EB2 #EB3

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The American Immigration Lawyer’s Association was made aware during the Department of State Liaison Committee’s August 2019 monthly check-in with Charlie Oppenheim that the entire EB-3 category has immediately been made “unavailable” for the remainder of fiscal year 2019. This means that the annual limits have been reached in all EB-3 categories and additional numbers […]

The Department of Justice recently reached a settlement agreement with four car reconditioning companies in California: Automotive Creations, Inc., Dynamic Auto Images, Inc., Prestige Auto Specialists, Inc., and Expert Automotive Reconditioning, Inc. From 2015 to 2018, these companies were requesting that lawful permanent residents produce unnecessary and specific immigration documents to prove their work authorization, […]

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