USCIS recently announced new policy changes regarding Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. Starting June 1, 2014, USCIS has limited the validity period for all Forms I-693 to one year from the date that USCIS receives the form. This updated policy applies to any Form I-693 supporting a benefit…
This is a very important update from AILA. The deadline for submitting an Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (I- 485) for winners of the 2013 Diversity Visa (DV) lottery is fast approaching; an adjustment of status application must be approved or immigrant vis a issued by September…
I am still at the American Immigration Lawyers Association Annual Conference in San Francisco. We just finished a panel about LGBT Same Sex Immigration Issues. The confusion is whether Gay Couples can now file for Immigration benefits and how will that work. The representative from Marriage Equality was very helpful…
Today, the United States Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), describing the federal law as an assault on fundamental human rights. In his opinion, Justice Kennedy said the law served “no legitimate purpose” to justify the effect of the law, and was a way to “disparage…
Tens of thousands of same-sex couples in the United States live under the threat of separation because federal law prohibits immigration authorities from treating them the same as married opposite-sex couples. And in a country where feelings run deep on immigration and same-sex marriage, the foreign-born same-sex spouses and partners…