Nelson A. Castillo Updated information for the April 2017 Visa Bulletin is now available. The new tables include the consular filing dates and final visa issuance action. If you would like to view the Visa Bulletin tables on Filing for Adjustment of Status (applications for a visa to ... Read more
In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column I answer a question from a reader who wishes to apply for an H-1B visa while in the United States on a tourist visa. Each case is different and the answers vary depending on each person's immigration history. Here I provide a general answer to her questions. For ... Read more
Updated information for the March 2017 Affirmative Asylum Interview Scheduling Bulletin is now available. The new tables detail the processing dates for affirmative asylum applications filed directly with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The processing times in this ... Read more
Salvadorans who have re-enrolled in the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program and are waiting for their new work permits will have to continue to wait for their new documents. Due to processing delays, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that they have ... Read more
Friends, don't miss the next Facebook Live of "El Abogado a Tu Lado," my NY1 News immigration segment today, Monday, March 6 at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT/4 p.m. PT. Recent immigration executive actions and ICE raids, in which undocumented immigrants have been detained, have caused much fear ... Read more
In my Consulta Migratoria® column this week I discuss how President Trump addressed immigration in his first address to Congress and what it may mean for undocumented immigrants Here's the column: As expected, in his first address to Congress as President of the United States, Donald ... Read more
Friends, don't miss my first Facebook Live for Telemundo's "Un Nuevo Día" on Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 at 11 a.m. ET/ 9 a.m. CT/ 8 a.m. PT. Recent immigration executive actions and ICE operations, in which undocumented immigrants have been detained, have caused much fear and uncertainty ... Read more
Oswaldo Rafael Cabrera, the owner of Coalición Latinoamericana Internacional in Los Angeles, who fraudulently posed as an attorney numerous times, defrauded immigrants and harmed multiple cases, was sentenced to five years and two months in prison after pleading guilty to three felony counts of grand larceny, attempted perjury and for violating the law.... Read more
According to new U.S. government guidelines released today, no undocumented immigrant will be exempt from detention and deportation, although the top priority will continue to be those who have had criminal or immigration problems or are a danger to national security. The guidelines do not affect immigrants protected under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which ... Read more
The United States government has initiated legal action to denaturalize and deport former Salvadoran military officer Arnoldo Antonio Vásquez Alvarenga, implicated in the murder of 10 civilians in the so-called "San Sebastián Massacre" in 1988. In a civil lawsuit filed on February 10, the U.S. government accuses Vasquez ... Read more
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