Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
Deportation Lawyers & Immigration Attorneys Helping Families Nationwide
USCIS announced that, effective April 10, 2020, it is no longer issuing Form N-560AB, Certificate of Citizenship. USCIS is now issuing Form N-560A for all Certificates of Citizenship associated with Forms N-600, N-600L and Child Citizenship Act adopted children. Previously issued Forms N-560AB remain valid.
DHS published a final rule revising procedural requirements in the regulations related to service of process of summonses, complaints, and subpoenas. The rule is effective today, April 23, 2020.
on this BIA case: The Board of Immigration Appeals has issued a decision in Matter of J-J-G-, 27 I&N Dec. 808 (BIA 2020). Headnotes: (1) The exceptional and extremely unusual hardship for cancellation of removal is based on a cumulative consideration of all hardship factors, but to the extent that a claim is based on the …
The BIA ruled that for determining the firm resettlement bar to asylum, a viable and available offer to apply for permanent residence in a country of refuge is not negated by an individual’s unwillingness to satisfy the terms of acceptance.
A gay man from Ghana was brutally attacked for his sexual orientation before he escaped and made his way to the U.S. Immigration judges denied his claim in part because there were not multiple attacks. On appeal, a federal appeals court ruled that the man must have his claim reconsidered, saying a single attack can be …
Last week, USCIS announced that responses to Requests for Evidence (RFEs) and Intent to Deny (NOID) would be due 60 days after the listed deadline. On March 30, USCIS expanded that flexibility to Notices of Intent to Revoke (NOIR) and Notices of Intent to Terminate (NOIT) regional investment centers. This also applies to certain filing date requirements …
On March 30, USCIS announced that the agency will still process Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, despite COVID-19 closures. For applicants who filed their extension after the office closures or whose appointment has been canceled, biometrics will be reused.
On April 1, USCIS announced that the temporary office closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been extended to May 3. USCIS will continue to provide limited emergency services, including processing employment authorization extensions.
The Ninth Circuit upheld a ruling blocking a policy that categorically denied bond hearings to asylum seekers, targeted at individuals who immigration officers previously determined have a “credible fear” of persecution or torture if returned to the places they fled.
ProPublica reports on an internal memo that orders Border Patrol agents to push the overwhelming majority of migrants back to Mexico, citing little-known power given to the CDC to ban entry of people who might spread disease. ProPublica‘s Dara Lind writes, “For the first time since the enactment of the Refugee Act in 1980, people who come to …
Granting the petition for review, the 10th Circuit held that, given the unambiguous statutory language for the stop-time rule and Notices to Appear (NTAs), the stop-time rule is not triggered by the combination of an incomplete NTA and a notice of hearing.
Hundreds of thousands of people may be unable to complete the process to become American citizens in time for the November election due to the coronavirus pandemic. USCIS has been shut down since March 18 and is scheduled to remain closed until at least May 3. The agency has not provided a remote option for …
The DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) announced that on May 1, 2020, the legacy iCERT System will be fully decommissioned and will no longer be accessible to account holders and the general public. Users will be redirected to the FLAG System. For updates from OFLC representatives on the new FLAG System
On Tuesday, a judge certified a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration. The lawsuit is challenging the requirement that immigrants must acquire health insurance before they are granted visas. Prospective immigrants may join the class if they are unable to demonstrate to a consular officer that they will be covered by health insurance within 30 days of …
More than 4000 medical graduates are set to begin residency programs in the U.S. this summer. However, under immigration requirements, they may not arrive sooner than one month before their program starts, meaning almost all would not arrive until June. Some immigration attorneys have suggested that they should arrive sooner to assist with the pandemic, …