USCIS, Aug. 29, 2024 "Effective Aug. 28, DHS is establishing a new C40 category on Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document (EAD). The C40 category is for individuals with a pending Form I...
Matter of R-T-P- "[W]e conclude that written amendments made by an Immigration Judge, upon the motion of DHS, to the time and place of the hearing on the notice to appear may satisfy the requirements...
USA v. Gomez "We have previously held that California Penal Code § 245(a)(1) constitutes a crime of violence, but our decisions are clearly irreconcilable with the Supreme Court’s ruling...
State Department, Sept. 5, 2024 "Starting on September 5, 2024, the Department will begin implementing two new visa classifications for noncitizens seeking to transit the United States to join a...
Prof. Mary Yanik , Sept. 4, 2024: "I write to share the exciting news that today our co-author team (Tulane, NIPNLG, NILC, Organized Power in Numbers, & Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center) have released...
Filing of lawsuit by Hake & Schmitt induces State Department Waiver Review Division to issue favorable recommendation in de novo filing in an I-612 hardship waiver case
"The State Department Waiver Review Division (WRD) issued a not favorable recommendation on an I-612 hardship waiver application involving a U.S. citizen spouse and three U.S. citizen children. The applicant was subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement based on participation in a U.S. government-funded program (Fulbright). Plaintiffs filed a complaint for declaratory, injunctive, and mandamus relief on September 2, 2014. Early in the litigation, the government hinted that the filing of a de novo waiver application might be considered favorably. The de novo application was received at the WRD on March 4th and was given a Favorable Recommendation on March 10th. The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed shortly after a one-step adjustment of status application was receipted by the USCIS. Fabry et al. v. John Kerry et al., No. 14-cv-01261-JCH (D. Conn. Sept. 2, 2014)." -Brian C. Schmitt