Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova On November 20, 2014, President Obama announced a series of measures that are supposed to improve the current immigration system. Among them were the new DACA and DAPA. The USCIS was supposed to start accepting applications for the new DACA on February 18, 2015. However, on February 18, 2015, a ...
Author: New York DAPA lawyer Alena Shautsova President Obama’s administration took a new, important step towards legalization of millions of undocumented immigrants. Starting Mary, 2015, a beneficiary of DAPA will be able to obtain an employment authorization, and likely, an advance parole document which will allow a person to legally travel outsi ...
Author: New York DACA lawyer Alena Shautsova Applications for New DACA can be submitted starting February 18, 2015 DACA of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals underwent some major modification from its original form. In November, 2014 President Obama promised that those who came to the country before they turned 16 and stayed continuously fro ...
Author: US Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova One of the most common questions I receive through my website is “How can I move to the U.S.?” There is no simple answer to this question. The U.S. Immigration law provides for certain channels of immigration, plus the individual’s circumstances such as education, family ties, financial ability should ...
Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova The long waited administrative immigration reform has been announced (please see Obama Immigration Reform). However, there are a lot of rumors as to who can qualify and what the immigration reform actually is… First of all, the announced administrative action is not an amnesty that will help al ...
Author: Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova On November 20, 2014, the President announced a series of executive actions to crack down on illegal immigration at the border, prioritize deporting felons not families, and require certain undocumented immigrants to pass a criminal background check and pay taxes in order to temporarily stay in the U.S ...
Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova Adoption of foreign children can be accomplished via different ways. It can be in the form of local adoption, under the laws of the foreign country without the use of US immigration forms or it can be done through the channels of international adoption. International Adoption International adop ...
Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova I have changed my address online and have moved to a different state. Can I move my case to the Immigration court in my state? Yes you may, if your new address is outside of the state your Immigration case is in, you may move your case to the court within your state. This is referred to as a “ ...
Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova US citizens and permanent residents, as well as asylees who hold valid Travel Documents have to be aware that different countries have different rules regarding entry and exit documents during international travel. For example, when a person leaves the US, the person does not have to go throug ...
Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova A person who came to the US legally but overstayed his/her authorized time, may, nevertheless, receive a permanent resident status (or adjust his/her status to permanent resident). It does not matter if the entry happened a year ago or twenty years ago. As long as the person was inspected and ...