Law Publications And Articles
US Visa Consular Process
23 December 2021Author: USA Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova If you are living outside the United States and are ineligible for adjustment of status and want your applications to be processed through consulates for some certain reason, then you have to undergo consular processing that is done through the national visa center and consular post1. Immigrant visa ...
Country Conditions: Persecution Of Journalists In Ukraine
20 December 2021Author: Alena Shautsova The Republic of Ukraine is a semi-presidential system with three arms of government: the executive, a unicameral legislature, and the judiciary. The executive is led by a directly elected President who is Head of State and commander-in-chief(currently being Volodymyr Zelenskyy), and a Prime Minister(currently, Denys Shmyhal ...
Female Genital Mutilation In The Gambia
19 December 2021Author: Alena Shautsova Female genital mutilation also known as female circumcision involves the deliberate act of partially or completely cutting or removing the external female genitalia for no medical reason. The process is mostly carried out by traditional cutters or circumcisers who also function as birth attendants in many cases. Health care ...
Country Conditions In Russia: Treatment Of Putin's Political Opposition
13 December 2021Author: Alena Shautsova The Russian Federation practices a semi-presidential system of government with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin as President and Mikhail Mishustin as Prime Minister. Vladimir Putin has been in office as President since 2012, after shifting between being President and Prime Minister since 1999. The major powers of the Russian g ...
Country Conditions In Russia: Persecution Of LGBTQ Members
09 December 2021Author: Alena Shautsova Despite that the Russian constitution encourages freedom to life, belief, and association, the Russian environment has proven to be an unhealthy place for LGBTQ persons and associates. The attitudinal behavior of many Russians suggests that any union of persons except that of a man and woman is unnatural. Many organization ...
VAWA: Self-Petition Option For Battered And Abused Non-Citizens
08 December 2021Author: New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Summary: Violence Against Women Act (“VAWA” is the United States law that provides grounds for certain abused non-citizens who are spouses or children of United States citizens or lawful permanent resident and parents of the United States citizens to submit self-petitions for immigrant visa cl ...
Country Conditions: The Persecution Of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Members In Bangladesh
08 December 2021Author: Alena Shautsova Bangladesh (or the People's Republic of Bangladesh) is a country located in South Asia with a population of over 163 million persons. The country has about thirteen ethnic groups. The majority being the Bengalis amounting to 98% and the other twelve (12) ethnic groups making up the other 2%. The majority of the populace (ab ...
Country Conditions: Russia And Ethnic Minorities
07 December 2021Author: Alena Shautsova Francisco Capotorti (Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities) in 1977, defined a minority as: A group numerically inferior to the rest of the population of a State, in a non-dominant position, whose members—being nationals of the State—possess eth ...
Country Conditions In Russia: Jehovah Witnesses
05 December 2021Author: US Asylum Lawyer Russia is a country that declares itself as "secular" by way of formal presentation. It poses to embrace all and sundry. The written laws of Russia present an acceptable degree of freedom of thoughts, beliefs, and personal values as well as respect for human rights. How then are these rights exercised? Are the written law ...
Do You Have A Chance At Winning Your Case On Appeal?
16 November 2021Author: NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova helps clients to fight for their Immigration benefits in the United States. If you are thinking about an appeal, it means you received a denial of your Immigration application or petition. First, you need to know that not every denial may be appealed: sometimes, ...