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Biden’s Immigration Executive Orders

06 February 2021

Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova On Tuesday, February 2, 2021, President Biden signed three more Immigration executive orders. These were not designed to ‘make new law’, but to eliminate ‘bad policy’. The orders themselves will inevitably have a legal effect. But what effect? Two of the orders signed ordered a comprehensive review o ...

Biden’s Immigration Plans Will Not Bring Politics Together

28 January 2021

Author: NYC immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova President Joe Biden is sat atop a house of cards. America has not just been through a political crisis, it is continuing through one. A crisis which sees both its major parties unable to come to terms with one another. Political opinion has never been so divided - amongst the public and its lawmakers. ...

Biden’s Immigration Proposals: US Citizenship Act And More

25 January 2021

Author: NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova President Biden can now be legitimately uttered. For a man that was touted by his opponent as being too ‘sleepy’ to hold office, his administration has been swift to make its mark. In less than one day, Biden signed 17 executive orders and a draught Bill on immigration with plans of sweeping immigrati ...

Recent USCIS Work Permit Rules Changes

19 January 2021

Author: Green card lawyer Alena Shautsova The Department of Homeland Security has issued another Policy Alert designed to ensure that more adjustment of status applicants leave the prospect of feeding their families at the whim of USCIS officials. When a change in status is filed for, it is likely that you will require a piece of paper stating yo ...

Conditional Residence Termination

06 January 2021

Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova helps immigrants to remove conditions on their permanent residency and open a path to the US citizenship. An immigrant who is being sponsored based on a marriage, will become a conditional resident if the marriage is less than 2 years old at the time of the adju ...

Domestic Violence And Immigration Legal Status In The US

12 December 2020

Author: NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova based in Brooklyn, New York City, helps clients to obtain US Immigration benefits. With the rise of domestic violence cases during the COVID-19 era many individuals that have previously been experiencing domestic violence are now facing an even greater cha ...

USCIS Special Motions To Reopen And Reconsider: Second Chance For Denied Cases

20 November 2020

Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova A motion to reopen/reconsider is a tool that is used to correct an adverse or erroneous decision that was made by USCIS with regard to petitions and applications. Motions to reopen are available for almost all types of forms, even where appeals are not available: for example, a denied I 485 form for ...

New Rule Allowing USCIS To Challenge Marriage Fidelity In Denied Or Withdrawn Cases That Did Not Allege Marriage Fraud

14 November 2020

Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova The title says it all. Recently a new ruling from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has made quite a change procedurally for marriage cases. Now, more than ever before it is important to have a record of a bona fide marriage when filing the case. USCIS has been pushing applicants to submit more th ...

VAWA Benefits: From Self-Petition To Special Motion To Reopen

15 October 2020

Author: USA Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova VAWA stands for Violence Against Women Act. It is a law that helps certain abused, beaten relatives of Lawful permanent residents and citizens to self-petition or obtain benefits in the US without the need of a relative, family-based I 130. Here, I will share some benefits and leniencies that the VAWA ...

Criminal Activity (CIMT) And Adjustment Of Status

03 October 2020

Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova helps her clients to analyze their immigration status, and apply for permanent residency in the US. In doing so, we collect information about various aspects of a person’s life both in the US and abroad. It is important to collect accurate and up-to-date data a ...

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