Author: New York Russian Speaking Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova If you are not a US citizen yet, you most likely have certain anxiety attached to possible international travel: you may be worried about being allowed to enter the US upon […]
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Interviews for Green Card Process Will be More Frequent
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 […]
U.S. Immigration Fingerprints Abroad
U.S. Immigration Fingerprints Abroad Author: US Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova Almost all immigration applications require that an applicant comply with the biometrics requirement and appear for a fingerprinting procedure in the US. Previously, U.S. Immigration fingerprints were not collected abroad. […]
Travel on Advance Parole Is not “Departure”
A person traveling on advance parole may still return to the US without triggering the unlawful presence bars. Citing Matter of Arrabally, the Eleventh Circuit held that the petitioner was not inadmissible under §212(a)(9)(B)(i)(II), because she left the United States […]
Can I Travel Outside The US With Advance Parole
A holder of the TPS status is allowed to apply for advance parole: a document authorizing the alien to travel abroad and return to the United States. Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA”) grants the Attorney General […]
Advance Parole Must be Asked in Advance
Advance Parole is a permission to return to the United States after trip abroad that is issued to a person who cannot obtain a visa or otherwise doesn’t qualify to be admitted to the country. Advance Parole is typically applied […]

