Providence office opens!

Posted June 25, 2021

Good news friends and clients! I have relocated to southern New England with the opening of an office in Providence, Rhode Island. If you are in the northeast, please call (401) 601-7453 with your immigration inquiries. As always, ten minute phone consultations are free!

10 Dorrance St., Suite 700, Providence RI 02903

 

DACA Fully Reinstated

Posted December 8, 2020

A New York District Court has ordered a full reinstatement of the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.

Effective December 7, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is:

  • Accepting first-time requests for consideration of deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017;
  • Accepting DACA renewal requests based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017;
  • Accepting applications for advance parole documents based on the terms of the DACA policy prior to September 5, 2017;
  • Extending one-year grants of deferred action under DACA to two years; and
  • Extending one-year employment authorization documents under DACA to two years.

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PUBLIC CHARGE RULED INVALID, THEN RE-INSTATED

Posted November 3, 2020

On November 2, 2020, a federal judge in Illinois ruled in favor of plaintiffs challenging the Trump Administration’s Public Charge rule, temporarily eliminating the new rule and its burdensome requirements nationwide.

On November 3, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit stayed the ruling pending the DHS appeal.

The Public Charge rule remains in effect, however the Biden Administration is very likely to withdraw the new, stricter requirements.

Stay with us for the latest developments.

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ICE to Require Student Visa Holders Enrolled in Online Programs Only to Depart United States

Posted July 6, 2020

UPDATE — July 14, 2020

Turns out they were kidding.  After being sued by Harvard and MIT, the Trump Administration announced a rescission of this policy.  No longer are currently enrolled foreign students required to depart the United States if their schools offer entirely online instruction this Fall.

Expect further rule changes, however, including a possible application of this rule to foreign students abroad.  Stay tuned.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a major rule change today that will impact thousands of F-1 and M-1 student visa holders inside the United States.  Effective this coming Fall 2020 semester, foreign students that are enrolled in universities or vocational schools which are only offering online academic programs due to the COVID-19 outbreak will be required to depart the United States.

No kidding.

Let’s wait to see how the court challenges to this major rule change play out.  If you are student visa holder in the Sacramento or northern California Bay Area, call (415) 858-8616 to schedule a consultation.

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