Aged Out Derivative Children Retain Parents Priority Date – Child Status Protection Act (CSPA)
The Ninth Circuit in De Osorio v. Mayorkas held that the plain language of CSPA (Child Status Protection Act, see 8 U.S.C. § 1153(h)) provides for automatic conversion and priority date retention to aged-out derivative beneficiaries. This decsion is controlling in petitions with USCIS under the 9th circuit. Before this case, when such beneficiaries aged…
Immigration questions video answers
On popular demand. The Shah Peerally Law Group PC with the intention of helping the community, has started a brand new concept of using videos to answer the forum legal questions. The questions originates from our forum www.SPLawForum.com and are being answered by attorney Shah Peerally. We hope it will help all of you getting…
Rape in India, and refusal to re-authorize VAWA in the United States – two faces of the same coin!
As India struggles with the ‘Unprecedented’ Public Rage Over Gang Rape In India‘ (as per NPR report), many are calling for a very severe penalty to the rapists. This call is being uttered practically all over India, however, the “rage” might not be enough to stop the ‘free-hand’ of rapists. There are much more to be…
The Tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary! Many lessons to learn including getting rid of special interests in our political system!
This week’s events at Sandy Hook Elementary is so tragic that we cannot ignore them. Our law firm offers all its sympathy to all those who suffered from this tragedy or we should say this ‘could have been avoided’ tragedy. In our opinion, this tragedy might have been avoided had we had stricter gun laws,…
The Dream of the H4 Work Permit (EAD) might finally come true!
This is an amazing turn of events. Something that many of us have been fighting for – H4 EAD. Those who have their permanent residence process started that is under the Form I-140 or the labor certification started and completed the six years and request an H1B extension, will be able to seek employment authorization…
Have we won the battle on INA 221(g) and are we heading to a fair immigration reform with the STEM Jobs Act?
By Shah Peerally In the past few years starting from the famous Neufeld Memo 2010 to the FOIA by ILRC, we have seen that the United States more specifically the Department of State (“DOS”) wage a huge battle with businesses when it comes to allowing them to bring skilled labor from abroad. In many instances,…
