Nelson A. Castillo In this week's Consulta Migratoria® column I answer a question from a reader who won the visa lottery and wants to apply for permanent residency. Here I provide general information. Please consult with an immigration attorney to receive personalized legal advice before beginning any process. This is the column: I am Honduran and ... Read more
In early March, Univision in California held a forum to clarify questions about President Obama's Executive Action on immigration. Since not all questions from the public could be answered, Univision chose the most popular questions submitted through its digital platforms and social networks and asked me to answer the five most important ones. Univision ... Read more
Unjustified firings, denial of driver's licenses and problems at work are some of the problems that Central American immigrants are once again facing when renewing their Temporary Protected Status (TPS). During Telemundo's "Enfoque" program on May 10, 2015, I explain how employers and government agencies are failing to fulfill their duty ... Read more
The U.S. Department of State has released the list of visa lottery winners for fiscal year 2016. Anyone who submitted an application should go to the Entrant Status Check website to see if they are among the winners. To check if you have been selected, you will need to enter the ... Read more
The Visa Bulletin is a monthly report published by the Department of State that indicates how many immigrant visas are available and when they will be ready for processing. This is called the visa availability and priority date. The bulletin is used to find out how long the backlog is for those who ... Read more
There are different ways to obtain permanent residency - either through family, job offer, diversity program (visa lottery) or a special program. Several of these procedures require obtaining an immigrant visa, are classified into categories based on a preference system, and are subject to a number of different requirements, including the following: ... Read more
Today I was on Telemundo's "Un Nuevo Día" to talk about immigration procedures that do not require a lawyer and give some tips on how to do them. For example, people without criminal records or immigration arrests can renew their green card or work permit using the electronic systems of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which is a ... Read more
What to do if an immigrant was previously married and divorced and now wants to petition for a new spouse? Can a Mexican national travel and work in the U.S. while waiting for a family petition filed by a sibling to be approved? How can you find and evaluate an immigration attorney? In new segments of "El ... Read more
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans today heard oral arguments on blocking the implementation of President Obama's immigration executive actions. The hearing, which lasted approximately two and a half hours, was to evaluate an appeal by the Department of Justice of ... Read more
When an immigrant files an application for adjustment of status to obtain permanent residence in the United States, they generally must pass a medical examination before the application is approved and a green card is issued. The examination can only be performed by a physician authorized by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to perform the ... Read more
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