Cyrus D. Mehta and Kaitlyn Box, May 14, 2024 "In “What if the Job Has Changed Since the Labor Certification Was Approved Many Years Ag o” we discussed strategies for noncitizen workers...
Blanford v. USCIS "Because of a consular officer’s suspicions over a $900 payment, two children have spent the last seven years in a Liberian orphanage instead of with their adoptive parents...
EOIR, May 10, 2024 "The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) today announced the appointment of 20 immigration judges—18 immigration judges who joined courts in California, Georgia...
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO TERMINATE THE FLORES SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES News coverage here and here .
DHS, May 9, 2024 "This memorandum sets forth new policy and guidelines governing our Department’s use of classified information in immigration proceedings. It supersedes the October 4, 2004...
Filing of lawsuit by Hake & Schmitt induces State Department Waiver Review Division to issue favorable recommendation in de novo filing in an I-612 hardship waiver case
"The State Department Waiver Review Division (WRD) issued a not favorable recommendation on an I-612 hardship waiver application involving a U.S. citizen spouse and three U.S. citizen children. The applicant was subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement based on participation in a U.S. government-funded program (Fulbright). Plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus relief on September 2, 2014. Early in the litigation, the government hinted that the filing of a de novo waiver application might be considered favorably. The de novo application was received at the WRD on March 4th and was given a Favorable Recommendation on March 10th. The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed shortly after a one-step adjustment of status application was receipted by the USCIS. Fabry et al. v. John Kerry et al., No. 14-cv-01261-JCH (D. Conn. Sept. 2, 2014)." -Brian C. Schmitt