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
This morning I reported that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finally released the final regulations to implement the modification of the process for obtaining a waiver under the "punishment law". Tomorrow it will be officially published in the Federal Register, and the new procedures will go into effect on March 4 ... Read more
Today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced final regulations to modify the process for obtaining a waiver under the "law of punishment". This change will help thousands of U.S. citizens who have undocumented immediate family members - parents, spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21 - when they apply for residency ... Read more
This week in my column in La Opinión, I explain what legal residents and naturalized U.S. citizens must do to obtain public benefits. Before you can receive a public benefit such as a Social Security card, Medicaid, food stamps or even a driver's license, the government agencies that grant these benefits must verify the ... Read more
Questions continue to be asked about the proposed change to the penalty law. Unfortunately, the USCIS proposal has not yet been approved. As soon as a decision is made, I will be updating you. In my La Opinión column this week I answer several questions from readers, including two about the punishment law. Here I answer from ... Read more
The new proposal by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that would establish a provisional waiver of the punishment law continues to generate many questions. In my column this week I continue to answer some of them. Please don't trust anyone who tells you that this is already a done deal. It is still a proposal. ... Read more
The new proposal by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that would establish a provisional waiver of the punishment law has generated many questions from readers. This week in my column in La Opinión I answer some of them. Here I provide a general answer to your questions. Each case is different, so you should consult ... Read more
In my column this week in La Opinión, I explain who would NOT be eligible to take advantage of USCIS's new proposal to modify the process for applying for a "punishment law" waiver: Now that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has finally released its proposal to modify the process for applying for a "punishment law" waiver, the USCIS is ... Read more
In my column this week in La Opinión, I explain the new USCIS proposal to modify the process for applying for a "punishment law" waiver: The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) finally took the first step that will lead to a possible modification to the waiver application process.... Read more
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today finally released more details about its proposal to modify the process for obtaining a waiver under the "law of punishment. Before it goes into effect, the proposal, which will be officially published on April 2 in the Federal Register ... Read more
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