The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (the “Third Circuit”) recently held the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA”) “did not err when it concluded that it lacked jurisdiction to consider [an alien’s] motion to reopen sua sponte”, Desai v. Attorney
I stumbled upon an article with this very name by Helen O’Neill, a New York based national writer for The Associated Press. The article was published in HuffPost’s “Latinovoices” section and can be found using the following link: http://www.huffingtonpost
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has unequivocally held an alien who entered the United States on a K-4 non-immigrant visa can “only adjust his or her status to that of a lawful permanent resident based on the Petition for Alien Relative (Form I-130
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) recently issued a precedent decision that addressed removal proceedings for aliens that entered the United States as refugees. Matter of D-K, 25 I&N Dec. 761 (BIA 2012). In the Matter of D-K, the BIA first determined
Today, the Bureau of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the process for filing for requesting deferred action for aliens who arrived as children. The Obama Administration-had previously announced a deferred action process for young aliens
Under section 101(a)(43)(S) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) “an offense relating to obstruction of justice, perjury or subornation of perjury, or bribery of a witness, for which the term of imprisonment is at least one year”, INA §101(a)(43)(
On June 24, 2012, the Annual NYC Gay Pride Parade sailed down Fifth Avenue to the Greenwich Village where the gay liberation movement was born in 1969. This year a group of Russian-speaking LGBT persons and their supporters marched in the Pride Parade, br
According to a poll conducted by the web-portal GayRussia.Ru – Russia’s leading online community for LGBT persons and their supporters – 65% of the respondents indicated that they would like to emigrate from Russia to a country which is safer and more res
Criminal convictions are always problematic for aliens. At the very least, a criminal conviction is a negative factor requiring an alien to show equities. However, criminal convictions can often result in an alien being found inadmissible and/or removable
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