Articles about immigration in the United States.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) recently reported that due to the coronavirus pandemic that plague us, services involving direct contacts with people on its premises will be widely suspended until May this year; in this regard, it is reported that they would re-examine the protocol that the Federal Government follows on social restrictions […]

Until future notice, our firm will serve the public only online, or by phone. For active clients we ask to send any document via email or fax. We want to take all necessary provisions to ensure that our work environment is free of contamination, which will allow us to better serve our clients. To schedule […]

Our legal firm is aware of the situation regarding the coronavirus. Therefore we have taken all necessary precautions to maintain a clean and pollution-free environment. We have a professional team in charge of cleaning our office which constantly cleans and decontaminates both our facilities and our equipments. To ensure that our offices are maintained in […]

The US Supreme Court has given the green light to the states to prosecute people who are working with a false Social Security number. This decision, recently taken by the Supreme Court of Justice, constitutes a high risk for a large number of immigrants from being criminalized by state entities, for using a false Social […]

As we indicated in the article on our blog of January 29 of this year, we will continue to monitor everything related to the Public Load Rule, which began to be applied as of February 24 of this year by the Central Administration. Once the US Supreme Court gave its approval or green light for […]

As of February 19, Venezuelan Immigrants may request the “Letter of No Objection”, a document that is required to continue legally in the US. Venezuelan diplomatic authorities announced on Wednesday, February 19 that they will deliver Letters of No Objection to Venezuelans who are in the US as legal immigrants, and not residents, for academic […]

Due to the fact that the US Department of State has a broad presence internationally, the Immigration and Citizenship Service (USCIS) has delegated the authority to accept and adjudicate requests from “Immediate Relatives” who are abroad under certain circumstances. In this regard, the Department of State assumed on February 1, the responsibility for certain services […]

The US Supreme Court authorizes the central government to deny residences and visas to those who resort, or who are suspected of having sought out, public funds from assistance programs while the Supreme Court continues with the feasibility study of this controversial measure of public charge of the Trump Administration. As we defined in our […]

The Federal Government of the United States has proposed to stop what is known as “childbirth or maternity” tourism. For this, they are working on a provision that would tighten the rules around issuing the Type B Visa, commonly known as the Tourist Visa, since it authorizes tourist and business trips within the US for […]

The Trump Administration increases actions to prevent foreigners with a “Nonimmigrant” visa from staying in the US beyond the time allowed. Indeed, the Federal Government has been reinforcing the surveillance system throughout the national territory so that foreigners with a “Non-Immigrant” visa do not exceed the planned time of stay as authorized by the immigration […]

According to new regulations issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, the Social Security Administration will not pay monthly retirement or disability benefits to immigrants in an irregular situation – such as, 30 days or a month after they were deported. So far, as it is known, undocumented immigrants who are deported can claim […]

There have been 7 deaths of children between 2018 and 2019; years in which the Trump Administration has tightened immigration policy. At least in the last decade, there was no previous record of the death of a child in custody by immigration authorities. Case: The Guatemalan immigrant Carlos Hernández Vázquez was locked up in a […]