Nelson A. Castillo This week in my Consulta Migratoria column, I answer questions from readers. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on the immigration history of each person. Here I provide general answers to your questions. Please consult with an immigration attorney to receive personalized legal advice before beginning any process. My Dominican father asked me to ... Read more
A San Diego judge ordered Bemilda "Linda" Asuncion Ruiz, a scammer posing as an immigration attorney, to return $100,000 to 20 victims she defrauded between 2010 and 2012. This is not the first time the imposter scammed undocumented immigrants, making them believe she could resolve their immigration cases. Adding ... Read more
This week in my Consulta Migratoria column, I answer questions from readers. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on the immigration history of each person. Here I provide general answers to your questions. Please consult with an immigration attorney to receive personalized legal advice before starting any process. I am Salvadoran and I sent ... Read more
There are only hours left for eligible Salvadorans to re-register for the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. If you have not yet done so, I urge you to take advantage of these last hours to complete the process. It is very important that you do not miss this opportunity to remain under a status that will allow you to live and work legally in the United States and ... Read more
This week in my Consulta Migratoria column, I explain why eligible Salvadorans should re-register for the Temporary Protected Status program. This is the column: With less than a week to go before the deadline to re-register for the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Salvadorans, almost half of the eligible individuals have not yet ... Read more
This week in my Immigration Consultation column, I explain why eligible undocumented youth should enroll in the deferred action program. Here is the column: More than 400,000 undocumented youth have obtained the benefit of deferred action and temporary protection from deportation since the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) ... Read more
A former NYPD officer duped a group of immigrants by promising to get them valid driver's licenses and help them with asylum and withholding of removal applications, bilking them out of nearly $$14,000. Miguel A. Rodriguez, 53, pleaded guilty to defrauding ... Read more
More than 557,412 applications for consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) have been submitted since U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) opened the deadline to initiate the process on August 15, 2012. According to figures provided by the USCIS, this government agency has received ... Read more
This week in my Consulta Migratoria column, I answer readers' questions. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on the immigration history of each person. Here I provide general answers to your questions. Please consult with an immigration attorney to receive personalized legal advice before starting any process. I am Ecuadorian. In the ... Read more
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional, I wrote that this decision could open the way to immigration benefits for gay couples of citizens or permanent residents. Yesterday, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of ... Read more
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