FREE Webinar May 26th: What is a Priority Date & How Does it Impact Your Residency Application

Posted by Murali Bashyam on May 9, 2010 in I-485 Adjustment of Status, News, Visa Bulletin, Webinar | 0 comments SIGN UP NOW by clicking HERE. Do you understand what your attorney means when he/she says that your priority date is not ‘current?’  What about when they discuss the Department of State Visa Bulletin, Visa cut-off dates, and employment and family-based preference categories? Immigration law is very complicated, as are the terms often used to describe important aspects of...
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Webinar on May 12: What is an I-601 Waiver?

Posted by Murali Bashyam on May 2, 2010 in General, I-485 Adjustment of Status, Immigration Waivers, News, Webinar | 0 comments REGISTER NOW by clicking HERE An I-601 wavier is used to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility which render a foreign national ineligible to obtain Lawful Permanent Resident status in the United States. For example, a  foreign national will trigger a 10 year bar to reentering the United States if he or she departs the US after accruing 1 year or more of “unlawful...
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Employment Immigration: How Section 245(K) Can Help Even If You Violate Your Status

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Feb 16, 2010 in I-485 Adjustment of Status, News, Other | 0 comments You are an employment-based immigration applicant who wants to get a “green card”, you read the title of this article, and you wonder why this attorney is using boring legal-speak.  Well, there’s a reason. Section 245(K) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is an important provision that can help you adjust status to permanent resident even if you’ve violated your immigration...
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Obama Signs DHS Spending Bill – Bill Protects Surviving Spouses in Immigration Cases

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Nov 3, 2009 in I-485 Adjustment of Status, Immigration Reform, News | 0 comments On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Fiscal Year 2010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Bill (P.L. 111-83).  The law extends the non-minister religious worker, the Conrad 30 , the EB-5 investor visa, and the E-verify programs through September 30, 2012.  In addition, the DHS Bill also includes authority for the USCIS to complete processing of...
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USCIS Reminds Applicants for Travel Documents to Apply Early

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Oct 23, 2009 in I-485 Adjustment of Status, News, Travel Documents | 0 comments What is an Advance Parole document?  With the word ‘parole’, does it have something to do with jail? Clients have jokingly pointed out that they are not in jail when told that they need an Advance Parole document to travel outside the United States.  Actually, the Advance Parole document has nothing to do with jail.  It is simply the legal term for a travel...
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USCIS Ombudsman Update on Derivative I-485 Applications

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Oct 23, 2009 in I-485 Adjustment of Status, News, USCIS Office Updates | 0 comments The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service Ombudsman issued an update on what you can do if your I-485 Application for Adjustment has been approved but a family member’s I-485 remains pending.  If a family member’s derivative I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending in excess of 30 days from the approval date of your I-485 case, you should submit the...
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