I just completed my adjustment of status interview (application for a green card interview) based on my marriage to an USA citizen. At the end of the interview, I was given a document requesting more evidence because of an arrest. Will my arrest records affect me getting a green card? When it comes to criminal […]
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I have been in the United States for 10 years. Recently DHS Immigration ICE contacted me and put me in deportation. I have a hearing coming up in front of the Immigration Court Executive Office fire Immigration Review at 26 Federal Plaza, New York NY with an Immigration Judge. I am from a country that
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This is a very loaded question and very difficult to answer in a brief manner. There are many considerations to take when attempting to provide this type of answer to a particular person. Answers to many questions are required before this type of advice can be rendered to someone. How did they entered the United
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I received a notice to appear in Immigration Court. I am afraid to go back to my country. What can I do with the immigration judge. So let’s say a particular client receives a Notice to Appear in Immigration Court Executive Office for Immigration Review located at 26 Federal Plaza New York City. The clients
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I filed for a green card based on my marriage. I have an interview scheduled with DHS USCIS Immigration at 26 Federal Plaza, Ny Ny. What should I expect to happen? Any marriage based application will require an interview before an Immigration Adjudication Officer. These interviews are usually done at the local immigration office. Ordinarily,
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When you have a marriage based green card interview with DHS Department of Homeland Security USCIS and you “pass” the interview and your green card is approved, but you have not been married for 2 years at that time, you will receive what is called conditional resident status. Before that card expires , you are
Question: Can someone get a green card (permanent residency) if they entered the U.S. with a Tourist Visa and they marry a U.S. Citizen? Answer: If someone is not barred from admissibility, the answer is generally yes. However, individual facts may come into play. Question: If a marriage based application is filed, will the married
We all have heard a great deal about asylum lately through the news and other sources of media. All of this information can be very confusing. I started getting calls with people entirely confused and think that filing for asylum is not available any longer. I’m going to list the most common questions I get
As you may have heard, the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that the Trump administration’s rule that prevents many Central American migrants from filing for asylum in the U.S. can continue. Is this an end to asylum for those people? Not necessarily. It just temporarily blocked a lower court’s ruling prohibiting Trump from doing that.
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President Trump has pledged to increase immigration enforcement. What does this mean for the undocumented immigrant? This likely means that you will have contact with ICE (Immigration DHS Agents). When ICE makes contact, they will determine your custody status. What does this mean? To put it simply, they will determine whether they will keep you
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