EXTENSIONS OF NON-IMMIGRANT PETITIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AS NEW SUBMISSIONS Author: Work Visa Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova USCIS has recently announced that it will no longer rely on previous approvals when deciding petitions for extensions of certain non-immigrant work visas. […]
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Third Travel Ban Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Today, on October 17, 2017, A Federal Judge in Hawaii blocked President’s Trump Third Travel Ban. The third version of an Executive Order that was supposed […]
US Asylum System is Under Attack Author: US Asylum Attorney Alena Shautsova The US asylum system has saved the lives of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of people who would have been tortured, humiliated, beaten, arrested and deprived of all possible […]
VAWA and ILLEGAL ENTRY Author: VAWA Attorney Alena Shautsova VAWA stands for “Violence Against Women Act” and essentially allows certain non-citizens to obtain a green card by sponsoring themselves if they were in a qualifying relationship with a US citizen […]
Family Immigration: Who You Can Sponsor Author: US Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova The US Immigration laws contain very specific and strict rules as to which family members can be sponsored (applied for an immigrant visa or green card) by permanent residents […]
Republicans Propose a Bill to Help DACA Kids Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova On September 25, 2017, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), James Lankford (R-OK), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced the SUCCEED Act. It is a new law that aims to solve […]
Interviews for Green Card Process Will be More Frequent Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova Several months after President Trump took office, it can be said that Immigration enforcement is steering in the direction of tightening the rules and […]
No More Parole for Children from Central America Attorney: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova On December 1, 2014, DHS and the U.S. Department of State (DOS) announced that the U.S. Government would allow certain minors in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras […]
Updates on Travel Ban Author: New York Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova Travel Ban’s news is one of the most popular for the past months. It all started with President Trump issuing an order banning nationals of certain predominantly Muslim countries […]
FALSE CLAIM TO US CITIZENSHIP CAN BE EXCUSED Author: US Citizenship attorney Alena Shautsova Many are already aware that false claim to US citizenship disqualifies them from any and all Immigration benefits in the United States, forever. Such claims usually appear […]
