DOS, July 15, 2024 " On June 18, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced actions to more efficiently process employment-based nonimmigrant visas for those who have graduated from college...
Cyrus D. Mehta and Jessica Paszko, July 13, 2024 "Portability under Section 204(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows certain employment-based green card applicants to change jobs...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/12/2024 "The Department of State (the Department) publishes a final rule revising the Code of Federal Regulations to amend...
Visa Bulletin for August 2024
Azumah v. USCIS - Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Harris wrote the opinion, in which Judge Thacker joined. Judge Richardson wrote a separate opinion concurring in part and concurring in...
"The favorable factors in the applicant's case include the extreme hardship his spouse would suffer as a result of his inadmissibility; his other family ties to the United States; the lack of any criminal record beyond the conviction for possession of marijuana, and, as attested to by numerous character references submitted on his behalf, the applicant's attributes as a loving and supportive father and husband. The unfavorable factors in the applicant's case include his illegal entry into the United States, his unauthorized employment and unlawful residence in the United States, and his criminal conviction. Although the applicant's violations of immigration law and criminal conviction cannot be condoned, the positive factors in this case outweigh the negative factors." - Matter of X-, Apr. 15, 2014. [Hats off to Michael M. Shabani!]