Law Offices of Brian D. Lerner
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http://ow.ly/yBIUZ DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson testified at the House Homeland Security Committee hearing on DHS efforts to respond to the increasing number of unaccompanied children at the southern border. He announced that DHS has decided to establish a detention facility to hold families and expedite the removal of adults traveling with children. Today, the House …
http://ow.ly/yBIlf As reported by The New York Times, the Obama Administration is planning to detain more of the Central American migrants who are crossing the U.S. border and accelerate their cases in immigration courts. To accommodate the change, DHS officials are rushing to open more detention centers intended for families with children, and immigration officers …
Attorney General Eric Holder issued a memorandum to President Obama on the progress made by DOJ and other federal agencies, including USCIS and DOS, on the implementation of federal benefits to same-sex married couples, following U.S. v. Windsor. The memo states that DOS has made and is in the process of making revisions to the …
http://ow.ly/yBEST In light of the recent rise in the number of children from Central America crossing into the U.S., the White House announced that it will be partnering with Central American governments to address the underlying security and economic issues that cause migration. The U.S. will be providing millions of dollars in financial and program …
http://youtu.be/M4qPswFbdZk Learn about Immediate Relative and Preference Petitions
http://youtu.be/kjbcCEHfZ-k Don’t fill forms out incorrectly! It could cause you years of heartache.
http://ow.ly/xVHIE Another win for Brian D. Lerner: AOS granted for couple where husband lives with children in California and wife lives in NY. They were married many years back in the Philippines, had 3 children and then divorced. Husband remarried and immigrated to the U.S. through his USC wife. They subsequently divorced and he and …
http://www.californiaimmigration.us The June AAO processing time report shows that all application and petition form types are “current” and within the AAO’s processing time goal of six months or less.
http://ow.ly/xVGPw Another win for Brian D. Lerner: Divorce waiver granted for Client with very little (almost zero) evidence of a bona find marriage after becoming a permanent resident. I-751 was initially filed jointly, then changed to a divorce waiver, then a hardship waiver and then enough time passed that Client’s divorce was finalized.
http://ow.ly/xN5QZ The AP reports on the surge in unaccompanied immigration children caught trying to cross the Mexican border. The article indicates that, between 2008 and 2011, the number of children landing in the custody of Refugee Resettlement fluctuated between 6,000 and 7,500 per year, and this year the total is expected to exceed 60,000. More …
http://ow.ly/xVEFM Another win for Brian D. Lerner: Late filed AOS motion to reopen granted for couple who’s I-485 has been pending for 8 years. USCIS acknowledge that case was denied in error.
http://ow.ly/xlVRo (1) In a visa petition case involving the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, 120 Stat. 587, the petitioner bears the burden of proving that he has not been convicted of a “specified offense against a minor.” Immigrant Visa petition Visa petitions U visa petition Visas
http://youtu.be/jhFdyQwi0Vo The EB-1 Category – No PERM Required. EB-1 Cap EB-1 application EB-1 meaning Our Immigration Law firm
http://ow.ly/vx9wD BIA on §237(a)(1)(H) Waiver EligibilityIn an unpublished decision, the BIA agreed with the IJ that the respondent was statutorily eligible for a waiver of deportability under §237(a)(1)(H) as a matter of discretion, even though he failed to disclose his time in the Serbian Army on his refugee application. 237 (a) (1) (H) 237 meaning …
USCIS will begin transferring responsibility for adjudicating Forms I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition, from service centers to USCIS international field offices. The first phase begins today and only involves cases with beneficiaries residing in China. USCIS will send a transfer notice when a case is sent abroad and the USCIS international field office will provide further …