USCIS, Sept. 18, 2024 "Effective Sept. 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automatically extended the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 36 months...
Singh v. Garland "Petitioner Varinder Singh, a native and citizen of India, seeks rescission of a removal order entered in absentia. We previously granted Singh’s petition because the government...
BIB Daily presents bimonthly PERM practice tips from Ron Wada , member of the Editorial Board for Bender’s Immigration Bulletin and author of the 10+ year series of BALCA review articles, “Shaping...
Castellanos-Ventura v. Garland "Petitioner Bessy Orbelina Castellanos-Ventura, a native and citizen of Honduras, seeks review of an April 19, 2021 decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA...
EOIR PM 24-01 "This Policy Memorandum provides updated standards to Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) adjudicators and personnel regarding the receipt of Notices to Appear (NTAs) filed...
Berardo v. USCIS
"[T]he Court finds that USCIS’s evaluation of the evidence here was arbitrary and capricious, an abuse of discretion, and not in accordance with the law. From the initial denial to the final denial, the outcome of Berardo’s petition appears to have been preordained, and the final denial does not reflect a serious evaluation of Berardo’s evidence of extraordinary ability in the field of stop-motion animation. The Court agrees that Berardo did not receive a fair adjudication here. ... For the reasons set forth above, the Court GRANTS Berardo’s Amended Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 20), DENIES Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 28), and DENIES AS MOOT Berardo’s (Original) Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 17). The Court REMANDS this case for further administrative proceedings in accordance with the Court’s findings, and the undersigned retains jurisdiction for any further appeals."
[Hats off to Brent Renison!]