Sexual solicitation of a minor under section 3-324(b) of the Maryland Criminal Law with the intent to engage in an unlawful sexual offense in violation of section 3-307 is categorically a crime involving moral turpitude.

USCIS reached the congressionally mandated 65,000 visa H-1B cap for FY2018. USCIS has also received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to meet the 20,000 visa U.S. advanced degree exemption (master’s cap). USCIS will reject and return filing fees for all unselected petitions. 

Following a hearing yesterday, a federal judge in Hawaii granted the plaintiffs’ motion to convert the court’s temporary restraining order enjoining the government from enforcing or implementing Sections 2 and 6 of President Trump’s Executive Order 13780 nationwide to a preliminary injunction. The court concluded that the plaintiffs had met their burden of establishing a strong likelihood of success …

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Affirming the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the appellee, the Ninth Circuit held that under INA §244(f)(4), a Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipient is deemed to be in lawful status as a nonimmigrant—and has thereby satisfied the requirements for becoming a nonimmigrant, including inspection and admission—for purposes of adjustment of status under INA §245(a). The …

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Matter of CALCANO DE MILLAN, 26 I&N Dec. 904 (BIA 2017) For purposes of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, and section 204(a)(1)(A)(viii)(I) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1154(a)(1)(A)(viii)(I) (2012), a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident petitioner has …

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Officer seemed to have it in for the same sex couple and denied the petition. We appealed to AAO and it was reversed granting client Lawful Permanent Residency

Green card application granted for client whose previous 2 applications were denied and who needed a fraud waiver for entering the United States with a fake passport.

Adjustment of status and waiver of inadmissibility granted for Canadian citizen with several convictions.  Now Client can remain inside the United States with his permanent resident wife and family.

Cancellation of removal granted for lawful permanent resident with several convictions, including fraud and drug convictions.  Client can now apply for U.S. citizenship after living in the U.S for nearly 30 years.

Reuters reports that Latinos in Los Angeles have lodged 41 fewer reports of rape—down 25 percent—and 118 fewer domestic violence complaints—a 10 percent drop—since January 2017, compared with the same period in 2016, Police Chief Charlie Beck said on Tuesday. Those declines, coinciding with President Trump’s vow to step up deportations of undocumented immigrants, were not seen …

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The Second Circuit upheld the BIA’s decision affirming the IJ’s finding that the LPR petitioner, who was born in the Dominican Republic to unwed parents, was ineligible for derivative citizenship through his father’s naturalization, because he was not a legitimated “child” as the term is defined in INA §101(c)(1) and used in former INA §321(a).

Over the last two weeks, DOS Secretary Rex Tillerson issued four cables that offer insight into how the government is implementing President Trump’s so-called “extreme vetting” measures for non-citizens entering the United States. Among other things, one cable contains guidance for implementing Section 2 of the March 6, 2017, Presidential Memorandum regarding protocols and procedures for enhanced screening and vetting of …

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Undocumented spouses of United States citizens have been rushing to apply for green cards and provisional waivers due to the threat of deportation under the Trump administration.

USCIS announced that it will begin accepting H-1B petitions subject to the FY2018 cap on April 3, 2017. All cap-subject H-1B petitions filed before April 3, 2017, for the FY2018 cap will be rejected. In preparation for the FY2018 H-1B nonimmigrant visa cap season,

The en banc Ninth Circuit reversed the BIA’s denial of asylum to a homosexual citizen of Mexico, finding that the petitioner had shown that Mexican officials were unable or unwilling to protect him from harm by private individuals due to his sexual orientation, and thus that he had established past persecution. The court also concluded that …

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