Green Card Lottery (Diversity Visa Lottery) Next Steps: Adjustment of Status (DV AOS) Congratulations on your Diversity Visa selection! If you are in the United States, you may be eligible to file for DV-based Adjustment of Status. DV [...]
Updated as of 03/06/2024: As you can imagine we are working around the clock to respond to numerous inquiries from our Ukrainian clients and friends about the ways they can bring their families or support Ukrainian refugees trying [...]
List of President Biden's immigration actions so far (as of February 3, 2021): Submitted a comprehensive immigration reform bill to Congress on Day 1. The contents are not formally disclosed yet, but it contains a wide amnesty with [...]
It is not too late to file your immigration papers before the USCIS filing fees increase. Whether it is citizenship or green-card application you have been postponing, the time to file is now. Effective October 2, 2020, the [...]
Effective October 2, 2020, the USCIS will change filing fees for most forms as shown below. The most notable changes include: Twice increased fee for naturalization application; $50 Filing Fee for Refugees/Asylum Applicants. There were no fees previously; [...]
Q&As with attorney Ismail Shahtakhtinski on New Presidential Proclamation Restricting Issuance of Visas: Who is affected by Trump’s new proclamation? The new ban applies to visa applicants currently outside of the United States. The ban restricts issuance of [...]
Proving Your Marriage in the 21st Century When you apply for a marriage-based green card, you must prove that the marriage is real. This means that the USCIS officer reviewing your alien [...]
Successful Waiver of Inadmissibility Based on Misrepresentation Our firm secured a non-immigrant waiver of alleged misrepresentation-based inadmissibility, for a B1/B2 visa applicant. The applicant’s visitor’s visa was initially granted, but later revoked under INA under 212(a)(6)(c)(1) due to [...]
MAINTAINING LPR STATUS (GREEN-CARD) AND QUALIFYING FOR CITIZENSHIP Overview A Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) is a person who is not a citizen of the United States, but who resides the in the United [...]
LGBTI from Azerbaijan are Increasingly Seeking Asylum By: Ismail Shahtakhtinski and Aynur Jafar Azerbaijan has proven to be an inhospitable place for LGBTI. Individuals are targeted based on their sexual orientation and gender identity [...]
