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29 Jul 2015

CIS Ombudsman Releases 2015 Annual Report

Maria M. Odom, the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman (CIS Ombudsman), has submitted her office's 2015 Annual Report to Congress. This annual report includes lists of problems within the immigration system identified by the CIS Ombudsman's office, as well as recommended solutions. Background on the CIS Ombudsman The...

28 Jul 2015

DHS Hopes to Expand Preclearance Program

It has been announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) intends to negotiate for an expansion of preclearance operations to ten additional overseas airports. Preclearance facilities, which are operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), are designed to improve U.S. security while simultaneously...

08:13 / Family Based / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Travel

22 Jul 2015

CSPA Family Petitions Impacted by Supreme Court Decision

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a policy memorandum on June 25, 2015, rescinding a 2013 hold on cases that were dependent upon the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court case related to the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). The June 2014 Supreme Court...

08:11 / Family Based / For Families / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief

20 Jul 2015

July 30th Deadline to Return Certain DACA EADs

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is demanding the return of employment authorization documents (EADs) issued to certain foreign nationals enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The EADs in question were inadvertently issued by the USCIS after February 16, 2015,...

08:33 / Family Based / For Families / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / USCIS News

13 Jul 2015

Immigration Impact of Supreme Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Decision

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that, pursuant to the individual liberties protected by the constitution of the United States, all U.S. states must permit same-sex marriages. Although this case did not directly deal with immigration law, it nevertheless serves to expand...

07:59 / AOS/CP (Family) / Family Based / For Families / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Resident

09 Jul 2015

Nepal Designated for Temporary Protected Status

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has designated Nepal for temporary protected status (TPS) in the wake of devastating earthquakes that occurred in April and May 2015. Nationals of Nepal who "…have been both 'continuously physically present' and 'continuously residing' in the United States since...

07:28 / For Families / For Individuals / Homeland Security / NewsBrief

08 Jul 2015

Some Speedy H-4 EAD Approvals

The option for qualifying H-4 spouses to apply for employment authorization documents (EADs) began May 26, 2015. Although it was widely expected that it would take several months for the first approval notices to arrive, the Murthy Law Firm is happy to report that at...

11:42 / For Families / H-4 Dependents / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / USCIS News

06 Jul 2015

Supreme Court Leaves Doctrine of Consular Nonreviewability Intact

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on June 15, 2015, in Kerry v. Din, a case that involved the doctrine of consular nonreviewability. Consular nonreviewability protects the decisions of U.S. consular officers, including approvals and denials of visa applications, from review by U.S. courts....

08:27 / Consulates / For Families / For Individuals / Immigrant Family / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family

02 Jul 2015

Online Form I-539 Discontinued for Changes or Extensions of Status

As of June 15, 2015, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) discontinued the online filing option for the application to extend / change nonimmigrant status (I-539 form). These changes were implemented due to USCIS updates to both the I-539 and the notice of entry...

07:59 / For Individuals / H-4 Dependents / NewsBrief / Nonimmigrant Family / Student / Visitor

15 Jun 2015

Can one bring a spouse inside the country without going through F2A, if the couple marries after using EAD but before getting the green card?

Answer If the marriage occurs BEFORE getting the GC, then the spouse is eligible as a derivative beneficiary in the GC case. The case would be filed as a "follow to join." The F2A case would not be required (although in some situations, with retrogression, it...

16:27 / FAQs

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