New York Lawyer's Legal Updates
How To Get An E Visa In The US
14 January 2020Author: Business visa lawyer Alena Shautsova An E Visa, commonly referred to as a business visa, can be obtained by 3 types of foreign nationals whose country has an appropriate treaty with the United States, specifically a treaty of commerce and navigation: Traders – people who engage in substantial international trade of goods, services or te ...
ICE To Begin Reopening Removal Proceedings Against DACA Recipients: Here’s What You Need To Know
04 January 2020Author: 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 ...
Changes To Adjustment Of Status Policies For TPS Holders
29 December 2019Author: Green Card Lawyer Alena Shautsova The changes to the policy happened right before the start of the holiday season, December 20, 2019. Unfortunately for some, these changes are not gifts. Since the development of temporary protected status (TPS), and the ability to travel outside the country temporarily and return if you obtained a special ...
Immigration Amnesty For Liberians And Parole In Place: Unexpected Gifts From NDAA 2020 Bill
22 December 2019Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova President Trump is hard on Immigration issues: under his administration, we have all heard news of family separation, travel ban, and expansion of expedited removal. Yet, on December 20, 2019, he signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act, a military spending bill, that contained one ...
Former Conditional Residents Will Be Able To Readjust Without The Court Proceedings
22 November 2019Author: New York Immigration attorney Alena Shautsova When a person receives the status of a permanent resident before his or her marriage is more than 2 years old, or if a person is an investor, he or she usually will become a conditional resident, with the residency given for 2 years. That condition from the residency will have to be removed b ...
Asylum Backlog, Decision Delays And Follow Up
28 October 2019Author: New York Asylum attorney Alena Shautsova Asylum cases that were filed before January 2018 may be pending for a very, very long time: years. At times, a person appears for an interview, but the decision is taking much longer than the usual two weeks. If you need to submit additional evidence before your interview, in New York, new materi ...
Trump’s Health Insurance Plan For Immigrant Visa Applicants
07 October 2019Author: Alena Shautsova President Trump recently announced that starting November 3, 2019, all Immigrant visas for those who are not exempt from the public charge rule should be denied unless a person can demonstrate that he/she will have approved health insurance coverage in the US within 30 days of entry or can cover the medical expenses. To a ...
Asylum Based On Political Opinion
25 September 2019Author: USA Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsova A person applying for asylum in the US has to present his/her claim based on one of the enumerated grounds. Political opinion is one of them. Many actually refer to asylum benefit in the US as “political asylum.” It is surely one of the most popular grounds, but not the only one. Typically, when we say ...
New Trends In Naturalization Proceedings: Good Moral Character
19 September 2019Author: US Citizenship Attorney Alena Shautsova I read an article recently that a former political prisoner of Cuba, who advocated against Fidel Castro, was actually detained in Cuba, and later released on the request of the US government and was able to come to the US, was denied US citizenship. USCIS denied him naturalization petition, and the ...
New Public Charge Rule
12 September 2019Author: New York Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova Will you or our family member be regarded as a public charge under the new rules that come into effect on October 15, 2019? The answer is crucial: if it is a YES, it means you or your loved one may not be able to receive a green card (permanent residency) in the United States or even come to ...