USCIS offers fee waiver application form

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New tariffs come into force

Beginning tomorrow, November 23, 2010, a new fee schedule for immigration proceedings before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) takes effect. Applications and petitions postmarked on or after that date will be required to include the new fee schedule, which will be ... Read more

Salvadoran woman under TPS gets her driver's license renewed

I am very happy to inform you that yesterday Susy Alvarez, a Salvadoran girl whom I helped for free, got her driver's license renewed. I met Susy at the Consulate General of El Salvador in Los Angeles, where I periodically give free consultations to people in need. When I met with her on ... Read more

TPS man denied driver's license in North Carolina

[et_pb_section fb_built="1″ admin_label="section" _builder_version="3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label="row" _builder_version="3.25″ background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4″ _builder_version="3.25″ custom_padding="||||" custom_padding__hover="||||"][et_pb_text admin_label="Text" _builder_version="3.27.4″ background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"]On Monday I reported that California had mistakenly suspended unemployment benefits for several people protected by Temporary Protected Status (TPS) whose employment authorization cards expired on September 9, 2010, ... Read more

Unemployment benefits wrongly denied to TPS holders in California

Last week I learned that in California, the Employment Development Department (EDD) suspended the unemployment benefits of at least two Salvadorans who are under the protection of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program because their employment authorization cards had expired. A ... Read more

Issuance of new naturalization certificate begins

Starting today, naturalization certificates issued to new U.S. citizens will be different. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced the redesign of the certificates (Form N-550), with new security features to reduce fraud and prevent forgery of the document. The redesigned ... Read more

Deportations of undocumented immigrants without criminal records suspended

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a new directive to suspend the deportation of immigrants without serious criminal records who have pending or approved residency applications from family members who are citizens or legal residents. Approximately 17,000 pending immigration cases are being reviewed ... Read more

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As I reported in the previous post of this blog, New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo last week shut down 7 companies that were operating illegally providing immigration services. Edwin Rivera and the 4 companies he operates are also being sued for providing immigration legal advice without ... Read more

7 companies offering fraudulent legal services to immigrants shut down

After months of investigation into immigration fraud, New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo last week shut down seven companies and sued two other organizations for providing fraudulent legal services to immigrants. These companies offered legal advice to immigrants without being licensed attorneys or having accreditation ... Read more

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