Author: New York Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is yet to rule on the issue of new DACA and DAPA. The parties presented their oral arguments on April 17, 2015. So far, the court is still considering the issue. On April 7, 2015 the Court ruled on old DACA lawsuit and found that the plaintiffs did not have sta ...
Author: Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova Law office of Alena Shautsova has launched online free Immigration law seminars. Every Wednesday at 9:00pm EST we hold discussions on various Immigration topics. The recordings of the previous seminars can be found online at: The past topics include: Immigration waivers, I601A waiver; US removal proc ...
Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova On the first date of supposed implementation, a federal Judge in Texas has blocked Obama’s immigration reform regarding parents of the U.S. citizens and permanent residents (DAPA) and new improvements to deferred action for childhood arrivals. As a result, the old DACA applications are not affe ...
Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova Have you wondered what happens to the papers you send to USCIS? How do they need to be arranged? Do you need to call USCIS to make sure they received your filing? How to write a check for the Immigration filing fees? First, the case or filing has to be assembled in a certain way so that USCIS so ...
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 ...
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