• I-601 Waivers

    So Close and Yet So Far: How the Three- and Ten-Year Bars Keep Families Apart

    by  • January 25, 2012 • Consular Processing, I-601 Waivers, Immigration Law, Immigration Trends, Legislative Reform, Processing of Applications and Petitions • 0 Comments

    From Immigration Policy Center Most Americans take it for granted that marriage to a U.S. citizen and other family relationships entitle an immigrant to a green card, but there are barriers that often prevent or delay these family members from becoming lawful permanent residents, even if they are already in the United States.  Among these [...]

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    USCIS Seeks to Unify Families Facing Separation through Revised Waiver Process

    by  • January 25, 2012 • Consular Processing, I-601 Waivers, Immigration Law, Immigration Trends, Legislative Reform • 0 Comments

    From Immigration Impact Today, the administration took another important step toward fixing one of the most notorious problems with our broken immigration system—the 3 and 10 year bars. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it was filing a notice of intent to change a rule which would streamline the application process for many relatives of U.S. citizens [...]

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    Proposed Rule Change Will Unify Families Subject to 3 and 10 Year Bars

    by  • January 25, 2012 • Consular Processing, I-601 Waivers, Immigration Law, Immigration Trends, Legislative Reform • 0 Comments

    From American Immigration Council   January 6, 2012  Washington D.C. - Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposal to streamline the application process for the spouses and children of U.S. citizens currently eligible for legal permanent resident status, minimizing the amount of time that applicants would have to be separated from their families.  Under current [...]

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    DHS Announces Planned Changes to I-601 waiver for Unlawful Presence Waivers

    by  • January 6, 2012 • Consular Processing, I-601 Waivers, Immigration Law, Immigration Trends, Legislative Reform • 0 Comments

    The January 6, 2012, DHS Announcement about Planned Changes to Processing for Unlawful Presence Waivers Frequently Asked Questions What was announced on January 6? On January 6 DHS announced, in a notice to be published in the Federal Register on January 9 that it will be issuing new regulations for how unlawful presence waivers will [...]

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    Snapshot: I-601 Waiver in Juarez, Mexico – Pilot Program – Mexican Pilot Program

    by  • September 25, 2011 • Consular Processing, I-601 Waivers, Immigration Law • 0 Comments

    The Mexican Pilot Program provides a process for the rapid adjucation of waiver applications by USCIS. The process can be broken down into four distinct steps: 1. Inadmissibility The process begins at the IV consular interview when an alien is deemed inadmissible on awaivable ground by a consular official. The applicant can then schedule a waiver [...]

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    Ciudad Juarez I-601 Waiver Timeline

    by  • August 25, 2011 • Consular Processing, I-601 Waivers, Immigration Law • 0 Comments

    Ciudad Juarez I-601 Waiver Timeline August 25, 2011 by I-601 Waiver Attorney, Ruby L. Powers A common question I am asked by potential clients whose only option to obtain legal permanent residency for their spouse or fiancé from Mexico is, ‘How long will it take?’  The answer is not concrete but depends on several variables but I [...]

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    How to Expedite a Foreign-Filed I-601 Waiver

    by  • August 20, 2011 • Consular Processing, I-601 Waivers, Immigration Law • 0 Comments

    How to Expedite a Foreign-Filed I-601 Waiver   If you desire to submit an expedite request, the types of extraordinary circumstances that may, generally, merit expedited processing of a Form I‑601 are those in which there are time-sensitive and compelling situations that necessitate the applicant’s presence in the United States sooner than would be possible [...]

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