Our Philadelphia Immigration Lawyers received approval of an I-130 Petition filed by a U.S. Citizen for her sister in 2003. USCIS generally takes many years to decide I-130 Petitions filed by U.S. Citizens for siblings because of the visa backlogs in the Family Fourth Preference...
We prepared and filed a Naturalization Application for our client based upon his residing in a bona fide marital relationship with his U.S. Citizen spouse for the 3 year period immediately preceding the filing of his Naturalization Application. We attended the citizenship interview with our...
A group of immigration reform advocates called for an end to the controversial 287(g) program, labeling it a “failed experiment.” Speakers from labor organizations and immigration advocacy groups said the expansion and continued failure of this enforcement program is a “worrying signal on the President’s...
A group of immigration reform advocates called for an end to the controversial 287(g) program, labeling it a “failed experiment.” Speakers from labor organizations and immigration advocacy groups said the expansion and continued failure of this enforcement program is a “worrying signal on the President’s...
A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), entitled Immigrant Legalization: Assessing the Labor Market Effects, yields both some enlightening and some potentially misleading results about the likely impact of a legalization program. Because the PPIC report focuses on legal...
A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), entitled Immigrant Legalization: Assessing the Labor Market Effects, yields both some enlightening and some potentially misleading results about the likely impact of a legalization program. Because the PPIC report focuses on legal status...
Our client left the U.S. a few years ago after overstaying her visa for more than one year. Overstaying for more than one year caused her to be inadmissible to the U.S. because persons with more than one year of "unlawful presence" are not allowed...
Our client had self-filed an I-130 Petition on behalf of her sister 7 years ago. Because of the long waiting period for siblings of U.S. citizens to immigrate to the United States USCIS takes several years to adjudicate sibling I-130 Petitions. Our client changed her...
U.S. Citizens residing overseas may file an I-130 Petition for an immediate relative directly with the appropriate USCIS overseas field office rather than filing the I-130 Petition with a USCIS Service Center in the United States. Our U.S. Citizen client has been living in London...
In an extremely beneficial decision for criminal aliens, the United States Supreme Court held that criminal defense lawyers must advise their noncitizen clients about the risk of deportation if they accept a guilty plea. The Court recognized that current immigration laws impose harsh and...
