Continued Eligibility to File for Child VAWA Self-Petitioners After Attaining 21…
September 6, 2011 PM-602-0048 Policy Memorandum SUBJECT: Continued Eligibility to File for Child VAWA Self-Petitioners After Attaining Age 21; Revisions to Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 21.14 (AFM Update AD07-02) Purpose This Policy Memorandum (PM) provides guidance to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers regarding an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act)…
Another success story on I-751 waiver (Removal of conditional residence)
Congratulations to the Shah Peerally Law team for getting an approval on a difficult I-751 (removal of conditional of residence) waiver – based on a messy divorce…Special thanks to Sony Kaur in our office for handling this case with utmost care under Shah’s supervision. Note that this case involved threats and abuses by the US citizen…
Elder Abuse VAWA – Eligibility to Self-Petition as a Battered or Abused Parent of a U.S. Citizen
Purpose This Policy Memorandum (PM) provides guidance to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers regarding amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) that extend the ability to self-petition to battered or abused parents of U.S. citizens. Additionally, this memorandum will provide guidance regarding work authorization for approved VAWA selfpetitioners. Scope Unless specifically exempted…
The satisfaction of winning an immigration case is priceless!
Certain times in life you can feel very good about yourself especially as a lawyer. Today, I was overjoyed that we won the case of a Palestinian client (“Client”) who came to the United States 5 years ago and went through a very difficult path. Today when the immigration judge granted the case, Client told…
DHS: Prioritizing Enforcement and Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion
For Immediate Release DHS: Prioritizing Enforcement and Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Experts Welcome New Guidance, But Agree the Devil is in the Details August 22, 2011 Washington D.C. – Today, the American Immigration Council hosted a briefing to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) announcement last week that it would issue agency-wide guidance to…
