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  • BIA’s Decision in Matter of Thakker

    BIA’s Decision in Matter of Thakker

    September 20, 2024, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued a decision in Matter of THAKKER, 28 I&N Dec. 843 (BIA 2024). Matter of Jurado, 24 I&N Dec. 29 (BIA 2006), aff’d sub. nom. Jurado-Delgado v. Att’y Gen. of U.S., 498 F. App’x 107 (3d Cir. 2009), overruled in part. In Matter of Thakker, the Board…

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  • USCIS Extends Green Card Validity After Filing For Renewal

    USCIS Extends Green Card Validity After Filing For Renewal

    Effective Sept. 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automatically extended the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 36 months for lawful permanent residents who file a Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card.    A Form I-90 receipt notices had previously provided a 24-month extension of the validity of a Green Card.   …

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  • Citizenship Day, Third Gender Option, & Social Security Cards

    Citizenship Day, Third Gender Option, & Social Security Cards

    Paying Immigrants to Leave Social Security Cards Third Gender Option Citizenship Day Paying Immigrants Sweden is paying immigrants to leave their country. They had been offering up to 10,000 kronor per adult and 5,000 kronor per child since 1984 but it was hardly ever used. Only one person applied for the cash last year according…

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  • PAROLE IN PLACE POLICY CHALLENGED BY 16 STATES

    PAROLE IN PLACE POLICY CHALLENGED BY 16 STATES

    In June 2024, the Biden Administration announced its plan to rollout a process called Keeping Families Together, which would extend parole-in-place, which was previously limited to the immediate family members of members of the armed forces, to the spouses of US citizens who had been living in the US for ten years. Immediately after the…

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  • Court Denies Motion to Vacate & Extends Stay of New Parole in Place Program

    Court Denies Motion to Vacate & Extends Stay of New Parole in Place Program

    On September 4, 2024, a Federal Court denied the Federal Government’s motion to vacate and extended the stay that was previously put in place to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from granting applications for the new Keeping Families Together (parole-in-place for certain spouses of US citizens). The court extended itstemporary stay and restraining order…

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  • United States District Court Puts New Parole In Place Policy on Hold

    United States District Court Puts New Parole In Place Policy on Hold

    On August 26, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, in Texas v. Department of Homeland Security, Case Number 24-cv-306 administratively stayed DHS from granting parole in place under Keeping Families Together for 14 days; the District Court might extend the period of this administrative stay. While the administrative stay is in…

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  • USCIS BEGINS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PAROLE-IN-PLACE FOR SPOUES OF US CITIZENS ON AUGUST 19, 2024

    USCIS BEGINS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PAROLE-IN-PLACE FOR SPOUES OF US CITIZENS ON AUGUST 19, 2024

    On August 19, 2024 USCIS will begin accepting Applications for Parole in Place for Certain Noncitizen Spouses and Stepchildren of U.S. Citizens using a new electronic Form I-131F. USCIS has published webpages with additional information about these processes:  Filing Guide for Form I-131F & Keeping Families Together webpage. USCIS has also updated the Key Questions and Answers about the…

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  • PAYING A USCIS FILING FEE BY CREDIT CARD

    PAYING A USCIS FILING FEE BY CREDIT CARD

    How to Pay USCIS Filing Fee With a Credit Card

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  • BORDER PATROL FALSELY IMPRISONED 9 & 14-YEAR-OLD US CITIZEN SIBLINGS

    BORDER PATROL FALSELY IMPRISONED 9 & 14-YEAR-OLD US CITIZEN SIBLINGS

    In 2019, a 9-year-old girl, Julia, and her 14-year-old brother, Oscar were in a car returning to the United States with their mother’s friend. They had to return to San Diego after a brief trip in order to attend school. When they arrived at the border at 7am the traffic was moving very slowly through…

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  • Process to Promote the Unity and Stability of Families (PIP Expansion)

    Process to Promote the Unity and Stability of Families (PIP Expansion)

    USCIS sent out an email regarding the Biden Administrations recent executive action to allow the spouses of US citizens who have been living in the US for ten years and who entered without inspection to get parole in place in order to become eligible for adjustment of status allowing them to bypass the need of…

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