Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Today, July 15, 2021, the Biden Administration overturned Trump’s Attorney General’s decision in Matter of Castro‑Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018) and returned administrative closure to the US Immigration courts. The significance […]
Category: Immigration To The USA
Immigration News: USCIS Waives Interviews, Biden Holds Naturalization Event, Immigration Court Trends
Immigration News: USCIS Waives Interviews, Biden Holds Naturalization Event, Immigration Court Trends Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova With the new administration in the Oval Office, the Immigration system and USCIS started to change rapidly. To date, USCIS changed […]
Immigration Reform Updates: When Will It Happen?
Immigration Reform Updates: When Will It Happen? Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova In the law office of Alena Shautsova, New York Immigration attorney, we help non-citizens to achieve their dreams to become US lawful permanent residents and citizens. […]
How To Switch From Asylum Pending to Marriage-Based Green Card
Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Alena Shautsova, New York Immigration lawyer helps her clients to understand the United States Immigration laws and navigate the complex Immigration system. There are thousands, or perhaps millions of asylum applications that have […]
Block on Asylum Ban Puts Trump on Ice
Block on Asylum Ban Puts Trump on Ice Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Throughout his time in office, President Trump has been waging war with anyone who dares attempt to claim refugee status in the United States. Whether it […]
Latest Immigration News: Asylum Will Be Denied To Those Transited Through a Third Country
Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice published final rules regarding barring asylum to those who on their way to the United States transited through a different country. The new rule goes into […]
COVID-19 Pushes the Legal Profession into the Digital Age
COVID-19 Pushes the Legal Profession into the Digital Age Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova While some people have appreciated the convenience of webcam-to-webcam conversations for years, many lawyers and consultants have avoided the options completely. Some will offer phone […]
Documentary Evidence in Asylum Cases
Author: US Asylum attorney Alena Shautsova Alena Shautsova, NYC based, US Asylum attorney helps clients to identify potential evidence in support of their asylum claims and helps to argue that the evidence shall be admissible in cases where the evidence […]
Aging-Out Children and Cancellation of Removal
Author: USA Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova At the law office of Alena Shautsova, we help our clients to use complicated US Immigration laws to achieve their Immigration goals: the US immigration law governing one’s case and affecting one’s life in […]
New York Immigration Statistics
I would like to share excellent research by the Immigration Council related to immigration in New York: the number of immigrants, their origins, their contributions to society! Below are the quotes from their report: “New York is often considered one […]

