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January 15, 2025

CA10 Slaps BIA, OIL Hard on Lozada: Montufar-Caballero v. Ga...

Montufar-Caballero v. Garland (unpub.) - [This should be published!] "The BIA, citing Mickeviciute and Lopez v. Whitaker, 761 F. App’x 790, 793-94 (10th Cir. 2019), concluded Petitioners’...

January 15, 2025

Second Preference Eligibility for National Interest Waiver Petitions...

USCIS, Jan. 15, 2025 "This guidance, contained in Volume 6 of the Policy Manual, is effective immediately and applies to requests pending or filed on or after the publication date. The guidance...

January 15, 2025

Visa Bulletin for February 2025

Visa Bulletin for February 2025 Notes D & E: D. EMPLOYMENT FOURTH PREFERENCE RELIGIOUS WORKERS (SR) CATEGORY EXTENDED H.R. 10545, signed on December 21, 2024, extended the Employment Fourth Preference...

January 14, 2025

Challenging U.S. Passport and N-600 Denials under 8 U.S.C. §...

NIPNLG, Jan. 10, 2025 "8 U.S.C. § 1503 provides pathways for individuals who were denied a right or privilege of nationality to challenge such denials in federal district court and obtain a...

January 14, 2025

O-1 Victory in Vermont!

Superlawyer Ava Benach reports: "Friends, the jamón iberico is on me! I am very excited to share this wonderful decision from Judge Crawford in Vermont finding that the USCIS denial of the...