For many lawful permanent residents (LPRs), obtaining a green card feels like the finish line. After years of navigating the immigration system, permanent residence provides the ability to live and work in the United States indefinitely. However, a recent Supreme...
Changes to law and or policy may have an effect on eligibility or processing times. If you qualify for lawful permanent resident status now, the best advice is to pursue the benefit immediately. Changes to the applications over the past several years, have caused a...
DID DACA CHANGE? Did President-Elect Biden change DACA? That was his plan, but the Court beat him to it. USCIS has officially acknowledged that it is now accepting first-time DACA requests. See link: https://www.uscis.gov/i-821d CAN DACA RECIPIENTS GET A GREEN CARD? ...
As a Miami immigration lawyer and an Austin immigration lawyer, I noted with interest, back in early 2016, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memo making victims of abusive spouses in certain nonimmigrant (temporary) visa categories...
As a Miami immigration lawyer and an Austin immigration lawyer, I read with interest that President Trump will appear with a pair of conservative Republican senators at the White House on Wednesday to unveil legislation aimed at slashing legal immigration levels over...
As a Miami immigration lawyer and an Austin immigration lawyer, I noted with interest that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has redesigned the application form to apply for permanent residence, commonly referred to as a green card. Below are some...
