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What to do if employer hides your passport?

August 30, 2013

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 are trying to stay “under the radar,” never complain to anyone about anything, and tolerate all sorts of abuse and crimes committed against them.

Unfortunately, some “employers” who would like to control an undocumented nanny or a domestic worker, scare her with “Immigration” and sometimes even take her identification documents, like a passport, and hide it.  What shall a nanny do in such a situation?
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Claiming US Citizenship

August 20, 2013

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 filed against the person.

Immigration law waivers may waive a variety of immigration law violations, including waiving consequences of certain criminal offences. However, there is a provision in Immigration and Nationality Act, that makes a claim of US citizenship to be a permanent and inexcusable immigration law offense which caused inadmissibility and/or deportation.

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Waivers Of Inadmissibility

August 16, 2013

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 the US after the violation of Immigration laws. There are different kinds of waivers for different kinds of violations. For example, some waiver, if granted, excuse the existence of criminal convictions; some excuse immigration misrepresentation/fraud; some excuse unlawful presence; etc.

All waivers can be divided into two big category: those that waive some condition with an immigrant visa/permanent residency application; and those that waive a condition for a non-immigrant visa application.
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I -601A Provisional Waiver Filing Mistakes

August 8, 2013

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 bar during the green card process.

The I-601A provisional waiver is likely to be utilized by spouses of the US citizens who entered the country illegally. Such spouses may not adjust their status in the US and have to leave the country to get an immigrant visa.

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Fiance Visa For Same Sex Couples

July 28, 2013

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 the DOMA is unconstitutional as a violation of the constitutional guarantees of equal protection and due process. See United States v. Windsor, 133 S. Ct. 2675, 2695-96 (2013).

In addition, the BIA in its decision Matter of Zeleniak, 26 I&N Dec. 158 (July 13, BIA 2013) held that:
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Human Rights Violations In Russia

July 18, 2013

Human Rights in Russia

Author: Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsova

Recent convictions of two opposition leaders Aleksey Navalniy and his co-defendant, Pyotr Ofitserov by Russian government caused a series of protests; the US Department of State in its official statement condemned practices of violation of basic Human Rights by Russian Federation:
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Same Sex Marriage Immigration Petitions

July 7, 2013

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 is able to sponsor his/her partner for residency in the United States. The same sex couples are able to use all Immigration venues, including family based petitions, K-1 visas for finance, waivers, motions to reopen, cancellation of removal, VAWA, etc.
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Voluntary Departure

July 2, 2013

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 him/her. Many undocumented immigrants, especially those who happened to be in immigration proceedings for the first time, agree to sign the “VD” order without really understanding the drastic remedies that stood behind for failure to depart.
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H1B Visa: Who Pays Legal Fees?

June 14, 2013

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 legally employed in the US, as well as provides for a dependent status for their family members.

The process of H1B visa starts with an employee finding an employer in the US who is willing and able to hire the employee; is willing to sponsor the foreign worker; and wait for him/her to get appropriate documents. There are filing deadlines which start from April 1 each year.If  the employer’s petition is granted, an employee will be able to start employment on October 1 of the year the application/petition was filed. Sometimes, however, the adjudication of the petition takes much longer, and the start date understandably will be delayed.
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TPS Holders May Adjust Their Status To LPR Says 6th Circuit

June 5, 2013

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 holders of the TPS status who came to the US without inspection may not adjust their status to LPR even if subsequently they marry a US citizen.
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