New York Lawyer's Legal Updates
Will New York City Give Up Its Sanctuary Status?
07 April 2017Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova The Trump administration said on March 27, 2017, it would withhold federal criminal-justice grants from cities, counties and states that don’t fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities, a first strike in the new administration’s battle against so-called sanctuary cities. Attorney Gener ...
Immigration Issues Of Focus During The Trump Era
19 March 2017Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova With the change of administration, USCIS and ICE also changed their priority and focus when considering immigration submissions. This article will focus on possible issues that those applying for various immigration benefits should be aware of. Criminal Convictions I would list criminal arrest ...
Advance Parole Explained
06 March 2017Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova An advance parole is a permission to enter the United States after a brief travel abroad while holding certain status or applying for an adjustment of status. If a person files an adjustment of status application and then travels outside the US without advance parole, the person’s application is consider ...
Adjustment Of Status For Arriving Aliens
06 March 2017Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Adjustment of status is an immigration process during which a person receives permanent residency in the United States without having to leave the country. It is often used for those who came to the US on various visas and later got married to US citizens or found an employer who sponsored them f ...
What To Do If Visa Was Cancelled Due To Trump Executive Orders
03 March 2017Author: USA Visa Attorney Alena Shautsova On January 27, 2017 President Trump signed an Immigration Executive Order banning people from seven countries (Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Syria and Yemen) from coming to the United States even if they had already possessed valid visas. Following the order, consulates around the world stopped proce ...
Credible And Reasonable Fear Proceedings Revised
26 February 2017Author: USA Asylum lawyer Alena Shautsova Following the orders by Department of Homeland Security (the “DHS”), USCIS has revised its training materials on Credible and Reasonable fear assessments. It happened because the new administration is trying to streamline the expedited removal process for those who are surrendering themselves at the border ...
New Trump Administration Immigration Orders
20 February 2017Author: Alena Shautsova Leaked memorandum signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly, dated February 17, 2017, implementing President Trump's Executive Order on Interior Enforcement that was signed on January 25, 2017, with guidance applicable to the activities of ICE, CBP, and USCIS. See here Leaked memorandum signed by DHS Secretary John Kelly, dated F ...
Known Unknowns Or How To Proceed If You Had An Immigration History But Do Not Have Your File
14 February 2017Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova It is time for you to try to fix your Immigration status; you finally married a US citizen, or a petition filed by your relative became current, or your employer decided to help you... Now, you remember that a long time ago you had some Immigration problems, but you do not have any copies, and yo ...
Automatic Extensions Of EAD For EB-1, EB-2, And EB-3 Immigrant Workers And Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers
03 February 2017Author: Work Visa attorney Alena Shautsova On January 17, 2017, a new regulation establishing validity of work authorizations for beneficiaries of certain work visa and employment based petitions became effective. All relevant EAD applications that were pending on January 17, 2017 and those filed on or after January 17, 2017 now will be subject to ...
Updates On Implementation Of Trump Immigration Orders
03 February 2017Author: New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova In the end of January, new President Trump signed several executive orders regarding immigration issues and implementation of the U.S. Immigration laws. While many provisions of the orders are being challenged in Federal courts, I would like to provide updates on where we stand at this moment reg ...