USCIS, Sept. 25, 2024 "Policy Highlights • Clarifies that USCIS calculates the CSPA age of an applicant who established extraordinary circumstances and is excused from the sought to acquire...
NILA, Sept. 25, 2024 "Increasingly, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and other immigration agencies are challenging venue in U.S. district court lawsuits brought by noncitizens...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 09/26/2024 "Eligible citizens, nationals, and passport holders from designated Visa Waiver Program countries may apply for admission...
Mazariegos-Rodas v. Garland "Beky Izamar Mazariegos-Rodas and Engly Yeraicy Mazariegos-Rodas (collectively, the Petitioners) are two sisters who are natives and citizens of Guatemala. The Petitioners...
Cyrus Mehta, Sept. 23, 2024 "When the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) designated Matter of Z-A- Inc . as an “Adopted Decision” in 2016 it was seen as a breakthrough as it recognized...
"In this action, plaintiff Mortezza Assadi ("plaintiff or "Assadi") seeks an order mandating that the defendants finally adjudicate his application for permanent resident status, which has been pending for over 14 years. Now before the Court is defendants' Motion to Dismiss [Doc. No. 4] (the "Motion") pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and (b)(6) on the grounds that this Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction and that the complaint fails to state a claim. Alternatively, defendants request that the Court grant summary judgment in their favor. The Court held a hearing on the Motion on January 17, 2014, following which it took the matter under advisement. For the reasons stated herein, the Motion is DENIED. ... Given the agency's affirmative obligation to act within a reasonable period of time pursuant to 5 U.S.C. §§ 555(b), 706(1), and the long-recognized presumption of judicial review of agency administrative action, see McNary v. Haitian Refugee Or., Inc., 498 U.S. 479, 496 (1991), for the reasons set forth in Aslam v. Mukasey, 531 F. Supp. 2d 736 (E.D. Va. 2008), as supplemented herein, the Court now aligns itself with those courts that have found that Section 1252(a)(2)(B) does not eliminate subject matter jurisdiction for the purpose of reviewing whether an agency has discharged its duty to timely adjudicate a claim." - Assadi v. Beers, Feb. 12, 2014.
See related news article here. Hats way off to Parastoo G. Zahedi!