On Saturday, June 20, 2015, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and their local Washington, DC Chapter have partnered with some local charities to offer free immigration law services. The event is AILA’s fifth annual Pro Bono Clinic which is being held in conjunction with AILA’s 2015 Annual Conference on…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 6/9/15 with processing dates as of 3/31/15. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
On May 1, 2015, the USCIS issued a new version of Form I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service and as of Monday June 1st it’s the only version that they will accept. The edition date for this new version of the form in (1/29/15) and that date is printed at…
On April 1, 2015, President Obama signed a Presidential Proclamation making last month, April 2015, “National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, 2015“. In conjunction with that proclamation, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Council on Combating Violence Against Women (CCVAW) released the “DHS Resource Guide on Combating Violence Against…
USCIS is warning U.S. citizens that they must follow inter-country adoption procedures before legally adapting a child from Nepal! The country of Nepal was devastated by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit on April 25, 2015 and another magnitude 7.3 that hit on May 12, 2015. Before a child may…
Processing Time reports for all of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) Service Centers were released on 5/12/15 with processing dates as of 3/31/15. If you filed a petition with one of the Service Centers, please review the links below to determine the applicable processing time associated with your…
USCIS has released a News Alert highlighting some of the available immigration relief measures that may assist eligible Nepali nationals. The country of Nepal was devastated by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit on April 25, 2015. Immigration relief measures that may be available upon request include: • Change or…
USCIS has released a News Alert highlighting some of the available immigration relief measures that may assist eligible Yemeni nationals. The country of Yemen has going conflicts between several different groups, which are pushing the country to the edge of civil war. Immigration relief measures that may be available upon…
The USCIS has announced that starting Friday, May 1, 2015 they will ONLY accept the new version of the Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker (edition date: 10/23/14). USCIS will continue to accept both old and new versions of this Form (I-129) until April 30, 2015. Purpose of Form*…
What is Family Detention? Family detention is the increasingly alarming practice of detaining immigrant families, including babies and children, with their parents in ICE detention centers across the country. We urge everyone to sign the petition insisting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) release Melida and her 4-year-old daughter,…