The USCIS Texas Service Center approved an EB-1A Extraordinary Ability Alien Petition via premium processing for a Researcher at a University in New York who was found to be one of the small percentage of researchers at the top of the field of understanding the...
Our immigration attorneys in Philadelphia filed a N-400 Application for Naturalization for an individual who had previously been ordered deported from the United States, re-entered the United States under false pretenses and had been granted permanent resident status via a Form I-601 Waiver based upon...
Our client, an Indian National, has an approved I-140 Petition based upon a certified Labor Certification Application in the EB-3 category. Due to the current visa backlogs, our lawyers filed an H-1B petition requesting an extension of status for a 3 year period. The extension...
We prepared a letter for our client to take to the U.S.-Canadian Border to apply for TN status in the computer systems analyst classification. The employer sponsor was one of the largest hospitals in the State of New Jersey. The position involved implementing the financial...
We successfully filed an I-130 Relative Petition for an unamarried child over 21 of a US Permanent Resident who is currently residing overseas. We are monitoring the priority date and when it is current will proceed with filing the appopriate visa fees and documentation with...
An I-130 Petition of a U.S. Citizen sponsoring a spouse based upon a marriage that occurred while the spouse was in removal proceedings can only be approved if the Petitioner requests an exemption from the bar on approval of a marriage during proceedings and the...
Matter of Castillo-Padilla, ID 3683, 25 I&N Dec. 257 (BIA 2010) - (1) Conditional parole under section 236(a)(2)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a)(2)(B) (2006), is a distinct and different procedure from parole under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Act, 8 U.S.C....
Philadelphia is expected to end the arrangement that permits federal immigration agents to scrutinize the city's computerized list of arrests, including country of origin and other data, Everett Gillison, the deputy mayor for public safety, said Sunday. Immigrant advocates say the year-old agreement between the...
Our client applied for a green card based upon a marriage to a United States Citizen. He was previously divorced in the Dominican Republic and even though his Dominican Divorce Decree was valid, the Philadelphia Immigration Office issued a Notice of Intent to Deny the...
A client who was detained due to a prior order of deportation in the 1990s retained us to file an application for a stay of deportation or removal as he was soon to be deported from the United States. This client is married to a...
