Expedited US Citizenship through MAVNI Program Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) is a recruiting program that allows certain lawfully present non-citizens to enlist in the United States Army.The Secretary of Defense authorized [...]
Religion-Based Asylum from Uzbekistan I.S. Law Firm secured grant of asylum in immigration court for a Christian from Uzbekistan, who had been persecuted for his religious beliefs in his home country. Attorney Ismail Shahtakhtinski was [...]
Diversity Visa Lottery 2015 Online registration for the Diversity Visa (DV) 2015 Program will begin on Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at 12:00 noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and conclude on Saturday, November 2, [...]
Separation/Divorce and Conditional Permanent Residence If you obtained green-card based on your marriage to a United States citizen, you will most likely receive a so-called “conditional permanent resident” card (unless you have been married to [...]
Immediately after the landmark Supreme Court ruling on June 26, 2013, the United States immigration authorities have started working to eliminate discrimination against same-sex married couples in the implementation of United States immigration laws. On July 2, 2013, [...]
First Same-Sex Marriage-Based Green-Card Approved On June 28, 2013, the first marriage-based immigration petition filed by a same-sex couple has been approved. This is the first ever green-card approval based on a homosexual marriage in [...]
Asylum for a Bahai from Iran I.S. Law Firm secured a grant of asylum for our client who had been threatened, attacked and intimidated in her native Iran because of her Baha’i religious beliefs.Attorney Ismail [...]
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gay Marriage On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court issued two landmark decisions in favor of same-sex marriage. I.S. Law Firm welcomes these decisions, which will pave [...]
Supreme Court Blocks Law Requiring Voters to Prove Citizenship On June 17, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled, 7 to 2, that states may not require additional proof of citizenship on federal [...]
DHS Re-Designates Syria for Temporary Protected Status On June 17, 2013, United States Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has re-designated Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the existing TPS designation for the [...]
