Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova A person with a removal order issued by the Immigration Judge or an expedited removal order faces extra challenges when he/she executes that order (departs the United States) and reenters the United States. A familiar scenario would be when one attempts to enter the United States but is turned do ...
Author: NYC Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova, co-author: Greg Abrams Reports of DACA recipients receiving notices to appear in Immigration Court began on December 29th, 2019. What a great way to start the New Year… with fear and uncertainty. When a person applies for DACA, they concede that they are deportable from the US, but ask for deferred ...
Author: Tomas Greenberg, Alena Shautsova It’s no secret that the current U.S. administration has been cracking down on immigration, and a new policy released by President Trump has only further strengthened these efforts. The policy expands the process of expedited removal—when the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quickly removes ...
Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova Voluntary departure is a form of relief from removal. Once the Immigration court proceedings began, one cannot simply leave the US without risking having an order of removal in absentia. At times, voluntary departure is the only option. Sometimes, you choose it strategically: not to have an ord ...
Author: New York Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova Adjustment of status application I 485 is usually filed with USCIS. In fact, it has to be filed with USCIS unless the person in removal proceedings. In removal proceedings, only the Immigration Judge will have jurisdiction to make a decision on I 485 form apart form certain very narrow except ...
Author: Deportation attorney Alena Shautsova Cancellation of removal is an application for green card before an Immigration judge that can be filed by either a permanent resident or an “undocumented” person, a person with no status at all, in certain situations. The way this process works is that first a person has to demonstrate that he/she stat ...
Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova With the Trump administration planning to deport millions of people, it is good to get prepared for an encounter with ICE officers. Many people wonder how ICE officers decide who to visit and who to check. The specific information ICE officers are using when planning their raids, generally speaking, ICE ...
Author: US Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova What is an Expedited Removal Order? How is it different from a regular removal order? An Expedited removal order opposed to a regular removal order is issued at the border by the CBP agents if a person is found inadmissible due to fraud, misrepresentation, false claims to US citizenship or, the most ...
Author: Deportation attorney Alena Shautsova Have you ever wondered how your friend or a friend of a friend all over sudden got picked up by Immigration? Often, it happens when an individual gets in trouble with the police. Criminal chargers, or even a traffic ticket may trigger checkups that would lead to removal proceedings being started. Most o ...
Author: New York Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova You received a Notice to Appear issued by immigration authorities, do you need to do anything? The short answer is …Yes! Even if the allegations seem to be ridiculous, you still have to respond and appear in front of the judge. The consequences of not attendance of an Immigration court hearin ...
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