Law Publications And Articles
What relief is available under the Convention Against Torture (CAT)?
25 June 2013Author: Asylum Attorney Alena Shautsova In some instances, an individual who does not qualify for asylum may meet the threshold requirements to qualify for relief under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT). As declared in Article 3 of CAT, countries do not want to remove an individual t ...
Age Discrimination: When to Complain?
01 June 2013Author: Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova New York State and City laws, as well as Federal ADEA (“Age Discrimination Employment Act”) protect workers from age discrimination: it is illegal to subject employees to harassment, disparate treatment and retaliation. Different laws provide different frames of protections, with the New York City l ...
Immigration 800 Number
01 June 2013Author: US Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Immigration 800 Number: 1-800-898-7180 Immigration 800 number is an automotive system that provides updates on alien’s case processing dates such as next hearing date; status of the case; immigration clock… To use it, the person must know the A number of the subject of the call. There is no name dir ...
Spousal Visa Denial: What’s Next?
01 June 2013Author: US Visa Attorney Alena Shautsova Every year, thousands of U.S. citizens get married to foreigners and if they thought that the marriage and wedding is the most tiring part, they were bitterly mistaken. After the wedding, the happy couples have to “deal” with the maze of the U.S. immigration laws. Some brave hearts attempt to do it on their ...
Anthropologists Study the Prevalence of Sexual Harassment
16 May 2013Author: Sexual Harassment Attorney Alena Shautsova Anthropology is the science that studies mankind in terms of physical and cultural development including biological characteristics, social customs and beliefs. As in many other scientific areas, scientists engage in fieldwork in remote and uncivilized locations. According to an article in A ...
Winning DV Lottery and Next Step
14 May 2013Author: US Green Card Lawyer Alena Shautsova May is the time of the year when applicants for the Diversity Lottery learn if they were selected for further processing. Typically, the number of those selected is much higher than the number of available immigrant visas. Why? Because many applicants will be disqualified based on misrepresentation in t ...
Rights for the Mentally Disabled to Have Representation in Deportation Proceedings
09 May 2013Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova We are all familiar with the constitutional right to legal counsel for those individuals who cannot afford a lawyer in criminal cases. However, in immigration cases, such as deportation, immigrants do not have the same right to legal counsel. They must represent themselves if they cannot afford an attorne ...
Detained By Ice: Can You Get A Bond?
06 May 2013Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova ICE detention is usually occurs when a non-citizen is suspected to be removable from the US. Often, ICE (Immigration Custom Enforcement) places a hold on individual who is in State detention facilities, but an undocumented person can be also apprehended at the airport, or a bus station. An immigration de ...
Immigration Reform: Shall You Wait for Changes
06 May 2013Author: US Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Finally, after long debates and preparations, the immigration reform Bill has been introduced for discussions and its draft has been made available for public review. Why do we say "a draft"? Because until it is actually adopted as the law the draft is only a proposal. It means that some of the propose ...
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Drug Possession Affects Deportation
03 May 2013Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova Immigrants who commit an aggravated felony are subject to deportation under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) whether they have legal status and are productive or are illegally present in the United States. The L.A. Times recently reported that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled seven to two in the ...