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USCIS announcement that the Field Offices in Fort Smith, AR, Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, and Memphis, TN, are closed on Monday, 1/10/11. For the latest information on office closings, please call the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.
USCIS Liaison committee reminds practitioners that USCIS will not reject an application or petition if it is submitted to the wrong service center or lockbox in most cases. However, exceptions apply for certain premium processing cases and H-1B petitions.
PERM and iCERT systems are currently down. DOL is aware of the problem.
A 12/16/10 USCIS policy memorandum providing guidance on the approval of petitions and applications after the death of the qualifying relative in light of the new section 204(l) of the INA.
ICE press release announcing that Secure Communities is now activated in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Sedgwick is the first county in Kansas to use Secure Communities.
The court held that it lacked jurisdiction to review the denial of voluntary departure for a petitioner who received passport stamps from an undercover agent as part of a sting operation to target corrupt immigration officials. (Pawlowska v. Holder, 10/22/10)
USCIS has suspended the requirement that H-1B, H-1B1, L, O-1A petitioners complete the export controls/ITAR questions on the I-129 form until February 20, 2011.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) July 2010 Bulletin covers the application of the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule in removal proceedings, Guatemalan women as a particular social group for purposes of asylum, and summaries of court decisions.DOJ Office of Immigration Litigation Removal Proceedings social group Our Immigration Law Firm
The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL) August 2010 Bulletin covers terrorist exemptions under the INA, whether women in China who have been subjected to forced marriage and involuntary servitude can constitute a particular social group for purposes of asylum, and more. office of immigration litigation doj office of immigration litigation appellate …
ICE press release announcing that a man from the Dominican Republic was sentenced to 25 months in prison for unlawfully returning to the U.S. after being deported. The man will be subject to removal proceedings after he completes his current sentence. unlawful detainer meaning unlawfulness in criminal law unlawful lawhttps://californiaimmigration.us/tag/deportation/ There are good changes on …
USCIS 12/21/10 interim memo for comment provides guidance on processing applications for adjustment of status filed under the Help HAITI Act of 2010. The memo is in effect until further notice. Please email comments to opefeedback@uscis.dhs.gov. Comments are due 1/14/11. processing time i485 485 filing fee i485 fee adjustment of status
The Department of State (DOS) redesigned the Consular Report of Birth Abroad, which became effective 1/3/11. Changes include centralizing production to U.S. passport centers within the U.S., rather than abroad and using the gender neutral “parent,” rather than “mother” or “father” on the form. Department of State (DOS) DOS DOS Travel Warning department of dos
USCIS press release announcing the implementation of the Help HAITI Act of 2010, which authorizes USCIS to grant lawful permanent resident status to certain orphaned children from Haiti, and revisions to the USCIS Haitian Child Paroled Under Special Circumstances webpage. Haitian Haitian benefits services for Haitian Refugees US will put more efforts into protecting Haitian …
On 12/28/10, ICE updated its list of Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) approved schools. (SEVP) Approved Schools SEVP Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) Immigration Reform Requirements extends processing and employment based visas
In a case involving separate claims of a couple from Egypt, the court upheld the IJ’s adverse credibility determination as to the husband, but remanded the wife’s claim where the BIA failed to address the IJ’s findings as to her testimony. (Rizk v. Holder, 1/3/11) BIA denial of bia immigration attorney BIA Issues Two Crime …