Visa Refusals and Avenues to Respond
This explains visa refusals under 221(g), for inadmissibility, and for failure to establish nonimmigrant intent and how an attorney experienced in consular practice can help.
Promissory Notes and EB5 Investments
In this article, we examine how to use promissory notes to meet the at risk component of being in the process of investing for an EB5 visa.
AOS 245(c)(2) Issues After Asylum Referral to Immigration Court
The BIA has held that an alien applying for adjustment of status is subject to INA 242(c) if his or her asylum application was referred to immigration court.
AG Eliminates Precedent Restricting Administrative Closure
Attorney General Garland overruled Matter of Castro-Tum and a second precedent limiting administrative closure in removal proceedings.
Matter of S-O-G- & F-D-B-, 27 I&N Dec. 462 (A.G. 2018): Reaffirming and Clarifying Limits on Dismissing/Terminating Proceedings
In Matter of S-O-G- & F-D-B-, Attorney General Sessions followed Matter of Castro-Tum and limited authority to terminate or dismiss removal proceedings.
Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018): AG Finds that IJs/BIA Lack General Administrative Closure Authority (Part 2)
In Matter of Castro-Tum, Attorney General Sessions concluded that immigration judges and the BIA lack implicit administrative closure authority in the INA and regulations
Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018): AG Finds that IJs/BIA Lack General Administrative Closure Authority (Part 1)
In Matter of Castro-Tum, Attorney General Sessions examined the history of general administrative closure authority before determining that there was none.
Matter of Castro-Tum, 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018): AG Finds that IJs/BIA Lack General Administrative Closure Authority (Part 3)
Block: Matter of Castro-Tum, AG Sessions provided for the recalendaring of administratively closed cases that were administratively closed without authority.
Immigration Precedents on Requirement that Petition Must Be Approvable When Filed
This article discusses Matter of Katigbak, Matter of Wing’s Tea House, and successor cases holding that a petition (inc. EB5, EB6) must be approvable when filed.
VAWA Confidentiality Provisions
This article provides an overview of the VAWA confidentiality provisions in 8 U.S.C. 1367, including submitting a CRCL Complaint Submission Form to the CRCL.
