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The State Department and USCIS have jointly announced a new procedure to allow individuals whose immigrant visa cases are stuck in backlogs to begin filing their immigrant visa or adjustment of status applications before their priority dates become current...

Could Donald Trump’s Immigration Policy as President Actually be Good for Illegal Immigrants?
By: Yaniv Lavy, Esq., a NYC Immigration Lawyer
Donald Trump, who is currently leading the GOP race for the White House in 2016, is unequivocally against all rights and relief for illegal aliens. Throughout his campaign, Trump has been the target of social and news media attacks from both sides regarding...

In a recent Board of Immigration Appeal (“BIA”) decision in Matter of D-M-C-P-, Applicant 26 I&N Dec. 644 (BIA 2015), the BIA held that Immigration Judges are required to notify asylum applicants about their biometrics requirements including the...

A new DHS policy memorandum posted June 19, 2015 outlines VAWA Amendments to the Cuba Adjustment Act (CAA) and continued eligibility for abused spouses and children.
The CAA allows Cuban nationals and their qualifying family members to adjust to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status once certain criteria are met. An abused spouse or child of a qualifying Cuban principal do not lose the ability to adjust status to...