Category: News
-
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. …
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
DHS Announced Extension and Redesignation of Haiti & Yemen for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
YEMEN On July 8, 2024, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas announced the extension and redesignation of Yemen for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from September 4, 2024, to March 3, 2026, due to country conditions in Yemen that prevent individuals from safely returning. The redesignation of Yemen for TPS allows an estimated…
-
Biden Administration Expands Parole In Place to Spouse’s of US Citizens–Does NOT Extend Immigration Benefits to Any Immigrants Who Were not Already Eligible for a Green Card
What is Parole-in-Place? Parole-in-Place (PIP) is an immigration policy that grants temporary protected legal status to certain undocumented individuals who are already in the United States that are present without admission or parole. It is a sort of legal fiction in which the person will be “paroled” into the US without actually having to leave…
-
Biden Announces Executive Action Barring Asylum for Migrants Crossing the Southern Border
President Biden has announced new executive actions to address the situation at the southern border. These actions aim to deter unlawful border crossings and manage the high volume of encounters. The key points are: Barring Asylum for Unlawful Crossings: Migrants who cross the southern border unlawfully will be ineligible for asylum, with exceptions for those…
-
Temporary Asylum Location Opening in Oakland, California
May 13, 2024, US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the San Francisco Asylum Office will be opening a temporary location in Oakland, California. In announcement made on Monday, May 13, 2024: USCIS’ San Francisco Asylum Office is opening an additional temporary location in Oakland, California. Effective May 15, 2024, asylum applicants under the…
-
Percentage of Immigrants Represented by an Attorney in Immigration Court
The percentage of immigrants that are represented by an attorney in removal proceedings varies substantially from city to city. Regardless of location, most immigrants that are ordered removed are not represented. COURTS WITH HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF REPRESENTED RESPONDENTS COURT % REPRESENTED Hawaii 56% California 49% New York 44% Virginia 43% Massachusetts 41% Nebraska 41% Pennsylvania…
Recent Posts
- BIA’s Decision in Matter of Thakker
- USCIS Extends Green Card Validity After Filing For Renewal
- Citizenship Day, Third Gender Option, & Social Security Cards
- PAROLE IN PLACE POLICY CHALLENGED BY 16 STATES
- Court Denies Motion to Vacate & Extends Stay of New Parole in Place Program
Tags
2024 asylum BIA Biden Bond Case Law CAT checklist CIMT citizenship court criminal DACA Detention EAD FAQ fees FOIA green card guide how to I-751 inadmissibility interview marriage news NYC Parole PIP Policy policy update Politics SCOTUS SIJS Template theft TPS T visa update USCIS U visa Video Visa waiver webex
Comments
At you inquisitive mind :)
In it something is. Thanks for the help in this question. I did not know it.