Immigration Consequences
ILLEGAL OR OUT OF STATUS IF YOU ARE A CRIME VICTIM—-U VISA STATUS OPTIONS
If you know someone who is out of status here in the United States and has been the victim of a crime, he or she may be eligible for a U Visa. U visas are available to foreign nationals or aliens who are in the United States  and entered without inspection (“EWIâ€) or have overstayed an original visa grant.
U visas have even been considered and granted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCISâ€) based on the following scenarios.
Immigration Consequences To Criminal Charges Or Convictions – The BIG Mistake—Don’t Rest Easy!—Removability AND Inadmissibility Immigration Considerations Before Pleading
The purpose of this article is to hopefully reduce the huge mistake that costs U.S. Permanent Residents and Non-Citizens their right to travel back to their home country. Specifically, if a Permanent Resident or Non-Citizen with a brief criminal history travels abroad they are often faced with the surprise of arriving at the airport back in the United States only to be told by Customs Border and Patrol (CBP) that they are “inadmissibleâ€. In other word, they are banned from… Continue reading →
Digging Deeper and Deeper How Far Will They Go? When the Non-Citizen is in Deportation Proceedings…Challenging the Government on Removability
Categorical, Modified Categorical, Matter of Silva-Trevino—what does this all mean for someone who has been placed in removal based on past criminal convictions?
This brief article gives a simplified explanation of how someone, who is not a lawyer, may understand a couple critical ways to challenge ICE (“the governmentâ€) if they are placed in removal based on past criminal convictions. However, as this is a highly complex area of the law, immigration counsel is an absolute necessity to win… Continue reading →
HELPING THE REMOVAL NIGHTMARE TO BE OVER SOONER! Petition for Alien Relative Relief, Form I-130 and Expedited Relief in Removal Proceedings
On August 20th, 2010 U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement (“ICEâ€) issued a memorandum from Assistant Secretary John Morton that will make a non-citizen or alien who is placed in removal proceedings eligible for relief if they have a pending Petition for Alien Relative (“Form I-130 or petitionâ€).
Basically, ICE and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“ USCISâ€) will now work more efficiently together so that non-citizens placed in removal will either have his and/or her case expedited or dismissed… Continue reading →