Our Philadelphia Immigration Lawyers received an approval of an I-130 Petition filed by a United States Citizen on behalf of his same-sex spouse who resides in Qatar. The couple had met in school while the foreign national was in the United States in F-1 status. USCIS...
Our Client had been granted derivative asylee status as he was under 21 years old at the time his mother had her asylum application approved and his mother filed an I-730 petition on his behalf which was approved. However, our client never filed an I-485...
Our immigration law firm in Philadelphia will often handle cases that were previously denied because the immigration law firm that initially handled the case did not recognize all of the issues and/or did not properly prepare the evidence. An internationally renowned spa recently hired Getson &...
A foreign national had a citizenship interview with the USCIS Philadelphia Office and more than 5 months had passed without her receiving a decision on her N-400 application. Under the law USCIS has 120 days to issue a decision on a N-400 application following the interview. She...
The Associated Press reported that Michelle Obama turned a flag-waving swearing-in ceremony for 50 new American citizens Wednesday into a platform to call for action on the long-bogged-down issue of immigration. "In many ways, it is because of — not in spite of — our immigrant...
The Board of Immigration Appeals has found that an applicant for asylum or withholding of removal is entitled to a hearing on the merits of those applications, including an opportunity to provide oral testimony and other evidence, without first having to establish prima facie eligibility...
Getson & Schatz P.C. successfully represented an Architecture and Planning firm in obtaining approval for a cap-subject H-1B petition on behalf of a Chinese beneficiary for the position of Landscape Designer. The job duties of the position included collecting information for design projects, planning designs...
The American Immigration Council reported that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the renewal process for hundreds of thousands of young noncitizens who received a grant of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Renewal of DACA ensures current DACA holders will continue to be...
Vox reported that the tech industry has become one of the biggest interests lobbying for immigration reform, for a straightforward reason: they say they can't find enough qualified workers here in the US. If the government issued more high-skilled visas, they say, they could hire immigrants...
Effective June 1, 2014 Forms I-693, Report of Medical Examination, must be submitted within one year of completion and signature by the civil surgeon, and will be valid for one year after submission to USCIS. However, applicants will no longer be required to file the...
