Author: New York Immigration attorney ALENA SHAUTSOVA What to do if employer hides your passport? Many undocumented workers have to be very careful and live in the constant fear of being ”picked up” by the ICE. That is why they […]
Claiming Us Citizenship: Consequences Author: New York Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova Claiming US citizenship is one of the Immigration law offences which will make a non -citizen permanently inadmissible and on top of that may also cause criminal charges be […]
Waivers Of Inadmissibility: Permission to Come or Stay in the US Author: New York Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova Waivers of inadmissibility are applications that should be submitted to USCIS in order to perceive a permission to come or stay in […]
Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova I- 601A Provisional Waiver In March, 2013 USCIS started to accept applications for I- 601A Provisional waiver that can be used by certain immediate relatives of the US citizen to waive unlawful presence […]
US Visa For Same Sex Couples Author: New York Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova In a Same Sex Couples Fiance US Visas related decision the U.S. Supreme court in United States v. Windsor, 133 S.ct. 2675,2695-96 (2013) held that section 3 of […]
Same Sex Marriage Immigration Petitions Author: New York Immigration attorney With the DOMA being overruled by the U.S. Supreme Court, same sex couples received an opportunity to utilize Federal Immigration benefits. It means that a U.S. citizen or permanent resident […]
Voluntary Departure: To Take or Not to Take? Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova Voluntary departure is a relief from removal during which allows its beneficiary to depart the United States without an order of removal being entered against […]
H1B Visa Fees Author: New York Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova H1B visa is one of the most common visas which are used to employ foreign workers in the U.S. It allows foreign specialists from a variety of occupations to be […]
Holders of the TPS who entered the US without inspection (EWI) may nevertheless successfully adjust their status to one of a permanent resident… Flores v. USCIS, (June 4, 2013 6th Cir). The 6th Circuit rejected long standing government position that the […]
Temporary Protected Status Extended for Salvadorans USCIS announced that it extended TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for eligible nationals of El Salvador for an additional 18 months, beginning Sept. 10, 2013, and ending March 9, 2015. TPS is a temporary status […]
