• Interviewed About Immigration & Unlawful Presence Waivers

    • December 15, 2012
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Waivers
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    I was recently interviewed by Heather Navarro, a graduate student at USC, about immigration trends and unlawful presence waivers.

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  • USCIS: “Deferred Action” and “Provisional Waivers” Public Information Notices as of July 6, 2012

    • July 6, 2012
    • Category: Deferred Action, Waivers
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    USCIS recently posted the following public information notices as of July 6, 2012.  The notices warn the public not to apply yet either for Deferred Action for DREAMers or for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers for eligible spouses and children of U.S. citizens.  

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  • USCIS Proposes Process Change for Certain Waivers of Inadmissibility (Update & Commentary)

    • March 30, 2012
    • Category: Immigration Reform, Waivers
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      USCIS issued  a press release today on the Proposed Process Change for Certain Waivers of Inadmissibility.  Here is initial feedback on this press release.

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  • USCIS Issues Q&A on Proposed Stateside Processing Of Unlawful Presence Waivers

    • January 11, 2012
    • Category: Immigration Reform, Waivers
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      On Jan. 6, 2012, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) posted a notice of intent in the Federal Register outlining its plan to reduce the time that U.S. citizens are separated from their spouses and children under certain circumstances while those family members go through the process of becoming legal immigrants to the United

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  • Commentary on new Proposed Rule by USCIS to Unify Families Faster

    • January 6, 2012
    • Category: Parole in Place, Reform, Waivers
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      USCIS has made an announcement that it seeks to seeks to unify families faster by allowing potential immigrants who are the spouses and children of U.S. citizens to apply for waivers of the unlawful presence bars while in the United States rather than waiting for the decisions of these waivers outside the country.  See 

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  • USCIS SEEKS TO UNIFY FAMILIES FASTER

    • January 6, 2012
    • Category: Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Immigration Reform, Obama, Waivers
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      The American Immgration Council reports that the administration today has taken  an 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

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