Monthly Archives: December 2016

USCIS will actually will allow a grace period on old forms.

Message from AILA Updated December 29, 2016: After considerable pressure from AILA and other stakeholders, on December 29, 2016, USCIS announced that it will accept prior versions of forms that were revised on December 23, 2016, until February 21, 2017. The only exception to this grace period is the Form N-400, as USCIS announced the version change to that form on December 13, 2016 (AILA Doc. No. 16122930).Read More Breaking News

Happy Holidays – Obama ends NSEERS!

We wish all of you Happy Holidays. It has been a long fight for years for the rights of legal immigration during the Obama Administration. However, thanks to the President many good things happened including the H4 EAD, Prosecutorial Discretion, I-140 EAD, etc. Next year is going to be more stressful and difficult than ever. However, we should not despair and continue the fight. Today the Obama Administration ended the NSEERS where thousands of people were punished just because of their countries of origin. This is good news, yet there are a lot…Read More Breaking News

Breaking News USCIS changes forms without warning!

This is something really unconventional when USCIS changes forms without actually giving advanced notices! This notice came from AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association).  The list of forms goes over five pages and can be found here - USCIS, Dec. 23, 2016 From AILA, Dec. 23, 2016 - "Today, December 23, 2016, USCIS posted a large number of new form versions. The forms all have an effective date of today, December 23, 2016, and the website indicates that no other versions of the forms are acceptable, with the exception of Form I-129. It appears USCIS…Read More Breaking News

Immigrants’ Know Your Rights Law Show

December 2 2016 - Many have been asking what might happen to immigration once Donald Trump takes power. There were a lot of proposed immigration changes which have not been formalized. However, based on certain groups analysis and the Trump's chosen Cabinet, we can come to our own conclusions. Note at this point we can only guess what might happen until we see some actual new regulations or immigration laws passed. This law show covers not only the issues but also what immigrants should do to prepare for eventual changes in immigration law.…Read More Breaking News