The Department of Homeland Security is agreeing to share citizenship information with the U.S. Census Bureau. The Department of Homeland Security announced in a report two weeks ago  that the agency would share administrative records to help the Census Bureau determine the number of citizens and non-citizens in the U.S., as well as the number…

On December 20, 2019, in AOL v. Wolf, the Ninth Circuit granted the government’s motion for an emergency temporary stay of the district court’s order enjoining the application of the Trump administration’s July 16, 2019 asylum ban to thousands of asylum seekers who were unlawfully prevented from accessing the U.S. asylum process, through a policy…

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on Friday, December 20, 2019, updated the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the effect of travel outside the United States by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries who are subject to removal proceedings. TPS beneficiaries in removal proceedings who travel abroad temporarily with an advance parole document and authorization of DHS…

On May 31, 2019, new questions were added to the Forms DS-160/DS-156 Nonimmigrant Visa Application and Form DS-260, Immigrant Visa Application. These additional questions require the foreign national to disclose five years of social media and contact history when applying for a nonimmigrant or immigrant visa. This information was previously requested only on Form DS-5535,…

Under the INA, the federal government may deny admission or adjustment of status to noncitizens who are “likely at any time to become a public charge.” 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(4)(A). By the plain terms of the statute, the public charge assessment is a prediction about how a noncitizen might respond to their circumstances in the…

In honor of Veterans Day, our law office would like thank all military veterans for serving our country and protecting our freedoms. We are forever grateful for your dedication and bravery.

On November 2, 2019 a federal judge in the U.S. District Court in Portland, Oregon issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) and halted implementation of the administration’s attempt to ban immigrants based on their ability to obtain health insurance upon arrival to the U.S. The TRO has stopped the federal government from implementing the policy…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that beginning on Nov. 29, 2019 the fee to request premium processing for certain employment-based petitions will increase to $1,440 from the current fee of $1,410. Premium processing is an optional service currently authorized for certain petitioners filing FORMs I-129 or I-140 to request 15-day processing of these forms…