US Green Card Publications
29 September 2020
Author: USA Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova
The infamous public charge rule is back, it is back for all of the states of the USA, including NY, CT, and VT. The rollercoaster with the public charge started after 2d Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the public charge rule should be stopped again; then the Court explained its decision st ...
11 August 2020
Author New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova
Law office of Alena Shautsova, NYC Immigration lawyers, help immigrants to prepare and submit applications for various immigration benefits, including Asylum, Adjustment of status, U visa, Naturalization, and more. This article discusses recent USCIS fee changes and the impact of these changes.
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17 July 2020
Author: NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova
New York Immigration lawyers at the law office of Alena Shautsova P.C. help clients to convince the US government to exercise positive discretion and grant applications for relief.
Discretion... discretion is the core of the government’s ability to control one’s application for relief, be it a waiver ...
08 July 2020
Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova
New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova helps children to find and pursue Immigration solutions in the USA.
The Immigration laws in the United States are complicated and typically unforgiving when it comes to prior status violations, criminal history, or illegal entries. For adults, the exceptio ...
23 June 2020
Author: NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova
Alena Shautsova, NYC Immigration lawyer helps clients who were abused by their US citizen or lawful permanent resident family members to obtain status in the US using VAWA and other provisions of the US immigration laws. VAWA stands for Violence Against Women Act, but the law can be used not only by f ...
04 June 2020
Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova
In the Law Office of Alena Shautsova, NYC Immigration attorney based in Brooklyn, New York, we help to qualify victims of crimes to obtain “legal” status in the United States. I am here to tell you that you do not have to be afraid if you are a victim of a crime, contact an attorney to make sure ...
07 March 2020
Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer, Green card attorney Alena Shautsova
On February 24, 2020, following a decision by the US Supreme Court not to hold the new administration’s public charge rule, the USCIS started to follow the new rule for almost all adjustment of status cases. To wit: from February 24, 2020, on, almost every applicant for adjustment ...
20 February 2020
Author: US green card lawyer Alena Shautsova
Mr. X applied for his US citizenship after being a green card holder in the US for much longer than 5 years. His naturalization application was pending for a long time and finally, he was called for the interview. The interview went well, but the officer said she needed more time to issue a decision. At ...
29 December 2019
Author: 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 ...
19 May 2019
Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova
In 2013, the United States Supreme Court recognized the validity of the same-sex marriage. Since that time, USCIS granted numerous cases for the individuals in same-sex marriages, as well as petitions submitted for the same-sex fiancés, waivers, cancellation of removal cases, etc. The question that ari ...