By Richard Hanus|2017-02-22T10:32:36-06:00February 22nd, 2017|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Asylum in the United States, Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published February 22, 2017 The grandiosity with which the Trump Administration has released Executive Orders in the past month is undeniable. If their effectiveness is to be judged by the amount of media coverage and public hysteria that has [...]
By Richard Hanus|2017-01-15T10:41:58-06:00January 15th, 2017|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published January 15, 2017 4 ½ years ago President Obama implemented an executive order to allow undocumented young adults who were brought to the U.S. as children to obtain an employment authorization document or EAD. Under the Deferred Action for [...]
By Richard Hanus|2017-01-02T10:06:57-06:00January 2nd, 2017|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards|
Published January 2, 2017 Two weeks ago, and without any prior notice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) abruptly announced that as of December 23, 2016 only the newest versions of various specified forms would be [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-12-14T08:29:22-06:00December 14th, 2016|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Published December 14, 2016 With few exceptions, eligibility for U.S. naturalization depends on an applicant: 1) having accumulated a minimum number of years of lawful permanent residence, 2) demonstrating good moral character for the statutory period and 3) passing a [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-12-12T08:20:24-06:00December 12th, 2016|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published December 12, 2016 So far, there is no news of any substance as far as major changes in policy or law in the immigration arena. Further, there is no news about the continued viability of President Obama’s Deferred [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-11-23T08:52:15-06:00November 23rd, 2016|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
Published November 23, 2016 As of December 23, 2016, and for the first time in six years, a filing fee increase for certain immigration applications or petitions is set to take effect. The operations of Citizenship and Immigration Services is [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-11-09T16:22:17-06:00November 9th, 2016|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Asylum in the United States, Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, Green Cards, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published November 9, 2016 Panic is rarely a useful response to a stressful situation. In the U.S. immigration arena in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election to the U.S. presidency, panic is neither useful nor necessary. Yes, he spoke about a [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-10-22T08:44:04-05:00October 22nd, 2016|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published October 22, 2016 The final debate, held on October 19, 2016, was an opportunity for Donald Trump to clarify, elaborate on and otherwise detail his vision for how our nation’s immigration problem should be addressed. With the spotlight [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-10-04T09:30:28-05:00October 4th, 2016|Categories: General, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, Visa Lottery and Diversity Visas to the U.S.|
Published October 4, 2016 The Green Card Lottery (DV-2018) As in years past, millions of people from all over the world will submit entries to have a chance at one of 50,000 diversity immigrant visas and obtain “green card” [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-09-20T12:50:18-05:00September 20th, 2016|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|
Published September 20, 2016 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Headquarters recently issued a directive clarifying the circumstances under which prospective applicants for naturalization – filing Form N-400 – must also renew their Permanent Resident cards and file Form [...]
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