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On September 14, 2026, the Ninth Circuit held that advance parole for U visa petitioners on the waiting list is discretionary, not mandatory. What that means if you have a bona fide determination, a waiting list determination, or a work permit and a plane ticket.
USCIS dice que el perdón provisional I-601A toma 1.3 horas de preparación. La Junta dice que tarda unos 28 meses en decidirse, y ahora presume que un cierre administrativo de más de seis meses es irrazonable. En ese hueco se pierden los casos.
USCIS says the I-601A waiver takes 1.3 hours to prepare. The BIA says it takes about 28 months to decide, and now presumes any administrative closure past six months is unreasonable. If you are in removal proceedings, that gap is where cases are lost.
El DHS reescribió 8 C.F.R. 101.3 con vigencia desde el 4 de septiembre. El párrafo que decía que los hijos de funcionarios consulares nacidos aquí son ciudadanos ya no existe. Qué cubre la nueva regla, qué no cubre, y por qué el propio DHS reconoce que no la aplicará contra la clase certificada.
DHS rewrote 8 C.F.R. 101.3 with an effective date of September 4. The paragraph that said consular officials and their staffs have U.S.-citizen children is gone. What the new rule covers, what it does not, and why DHS has already conceded it will not enforce it against the certified class.
El 4 de septiembre de 2026 la Junta de Apelaciones de Inmigración resolvió en Matter of A-E-V-M-, 30 I&N Dec. 20, que la salida de Maduro del poder es un cambio en las condiciones del país en Venezuela, y anuló un asilo que un juez ya había concedido. Lo que dice, lo que no dice, y la trampa del año.
On September 4, 2026 the Board of Immigration Appeals held in Matter of A-E-V-M-, 30 I&N Dec. 20, that Maduro’s removal from power is a change in country conditions in Venezuela, and vacated an asylum grant an immigration judge had already entered. What it held, what it did not hold, and the one-year filing trap in the second half of the opinion.
La categoría de trabajador profesional del USMCA: sin cupo, sin lotería, sin Labor Condition Application, y sin la cuota H-1B propuesta de $103,265. Lo que un ciudadano mexicano tiene que hacer, en qué orden, y dónde el caso realmente fracasa.
USMCA’s professional-worker classification: no cap, no lottery, no labor condition application, and none of the proposed $103,265 H-1B fee. What a Mexican citizen has to do, in what order, and where the case actually fails.
Una regla del DHS vigente desde el 28 de julio de 2026 permite que un oficial de asilo refiera su I-589 a la corte de inmigración sin entrevistarlo nunca. Qué dice el reglamento, a cuántos casos alcanza y qué hacer si el suyo está pendiente.
A DHS rule effective July 28, 2026 lets an asylum officer refer your I-589 to immigration court without ever interviewing you. What the regulation actually says, how many pending cases it reaches, and what to do if yours is one of them.
DHS published a proposed rule on August 25, 2026 adding a $103,265 fee to every cap-subject H-1B petition. It is not law, nothing is owed today, and comments close September 24. What the rule reaches, what it does not, and why the $100,000 proclamation payment was vacated in June.
Las cuotas de EOIR suben el 1 de octubre de 2026. Apelación ante la BIA $1,060, moción para reabrir $1,095, EOIR-42B $1,690. Los montos nuevos aplican a todo lo presentado el 1 de octubre o después — y EOIR rechaza lo que llegue con la cuota equivocada, lo cual en una apelación le puede costar el plazo de 30 días.
EOIR filing fees for FY 2027 took effect October 1, 2026: an appeal to the BIA is $1,060, a motion to reopen $1,095 before an Immigration Judge, and Form EOIR-42B $1,690. Which filings are free, including the in absentia notice motion and the bond appeal, which fees can be waived, and the statute behind each.
If your I-94 class of admission says WT, you entered on ESTA and not on a visa — and under 8 U.S.C. 1187(b) you waived the right to contest removal, except by asylum. What that means for the 90 days, for change of status, and for marrying a U.S. citizen afterward.