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EOIR, Jan. 13, 2020 "Section 7611 of the recently-enacted National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA), Pub. L. 116-92, established a new eligibility program for adjustment of status for certain Liberian nationals and their spouses...

Cyrus Mehta, Jan. 13, 2020 "Immigration Judge Ila C. Deiss’ summary order shows how one who is granted Temporary Protected Status can adjust to permanent resident status through an I-140 petition filed by an employer. Here are the facts...

USCIS, Nov. 21, 2019 "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update and clarify when USCIS may adjust the status of an applicant whose conditional permanent resident (CPR) status...

AIC, Feb. 22, 2018 - "Today, the American Immigration Council, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and several Temporary Protected Status holders filed a class action lawsuit against officials at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services...

Cyrus D. Mehta, Jan. 22, 2018 - "As President Trump restricts immigration, it is incumbent upon immigration lawyers to assist their clients with creative solutions available under law. The most recent example of Trump’s attack on immigration...

On Sept. 9, 2015 the State Department published the October 2015 Visa Bulletin with a new "Dates for Filing Applications" feature enabling some on the backlogged waiting lists to file 'early' for adjustment of status. But on Sept. 25th...

Cyrus D. Mehta, Oct. 4, 2015 - " Central in the Mehta v. DOS lawsuit is whether the administration is authorized to establish a dual date system in the Department of State’s (DOS) Visa Bulletin, which it did for the first time in October 2015...

"Now that we have had a chance to exhale, a nagging doubt clouds this emerging optimism: Is early adjustment of status really what is contemplated? While White House briefings and talking points certainly suggested this was the case, a stubborn yet...

"Mahvash Alisha Akram came to this country in 2006. She hoped to join her recently remarried mother and become a lawful permanent resident. Her hopes were dashed when she ran headlong into a regulatory wall. She now argues that the regulation that...

"This policy memorandum (PM) provides guidance on the adjudication of Form I-485, Application to Register or Adjust Status, filed by immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who were last admitted under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). This PM updates...

(1) An alien who was admitted to the United States as a K-4 nonimmigrant may not adjust status without demonstrating immigrant visa eligibility and availability as the beneficiary of a Petition for Alien Relative (Form I-130) filed by his or her stepparent...

USCIS, Oct. 14, 2015 - "Beginning with the November 2015 Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin , if USCIS determines that there are more immigrant visas available for a fiscal year than there are known applicants for such visas, we will state on...

Read the very interesting legal saga of a Salvadoran TPS grantee who was able, after litigation, to adjust status. Braverman & Lin .

Ramirez v. Brown, Mar. 31, 2017 - Court staff summary: "The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of Jesus Ramirez in his action challenging the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service’s decision finding...

"For the second time in six years, we hold that the Board of Immigration Appeals has authority to reopen proceedings of an alien who is under a final order of removal in order to afford the alien an opportunity to pursue an adjustment of status application...