On September 29, the President signed a continuing appropriations bill into law. The bill extends the EB5 Regional Center Program, the EB4 non-minister special immigrant program, and the Conrad 30 J Waiver Program through December 9, 2016. The USCIS has u
I hoped to provide analysis of immigration issues discussed in the Presidential Debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump last week. Immigration was mentioned twice. First, Donald Trump said he was endorsed by the ICE. He was not. Second, he said th
On Sep 29, 2016, the Supreme Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari in Lynch v. Dimaya, Docket No. 15-4998. In this case, the Supreme Court will consider whether 18 U.S.C. 16(b) (one of the two crime of violence provisions) as incorporated into
In the Matter of Chairez, 26 I&N Dec. 819 (BIA 2016), the BIA followed the Supreme Court’s decision in Mathis v. United States, 136 S.Ct. 2243 (2016) in finding that a criminal statute may only be considered divisible when it contains different elements i
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) released its updated processing times as of September 1, 2016. As of that date, the average processing time for the review of all forms is six months or less. However, the AAO may take longer than six months due to
On September 23, 2016, the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) swore in 15 new immigration judges. With the new appointments, the EOIR announced that it now has a record high 291 immigration judges.
The USCIS determined that adjustment of status applicants in both the family-sponsored and employment-based cases may use the dates for filing from the October 2016 Visa Bulletin. In order to file for AOS in October, an applicant must have an approved IV
In the Matter of Zaragoza-Vaquero, 26 I&N Dec. 814 (BIA 2016), the BIA held that a federal conviction for criminal copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. 506(a)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. 2319(b)(1) is a crime of moral turpitude. A key point was that the statute
The USCIS announced two important updates to the procedures for filing the Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. These changes were made now that the Form N-400 is processed electronically, and apply to all applicants who do not reside overseas.
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