Category: Immigration

Si usted o alguien que usted conoce es indocumentado (o no tiene tarjeta de residencia) y tiene (uno de los siguientes): Conyuge ciudadano americano; Padre ciudadano americano Conyuge residente permanente; o Padre residente permanente, Por favor contactenos, esta persona pudiera ser elegible para el reciente proceso u ampliacion del perdon provisional. Las oficinas “Law Offices of Ricky Malik, P.C.” han […]

In 2013 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) implemented a program to alleviate family separation and allow spouses and children of US Citizens (who were undocumented in the United States) to apply for a Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver. The process allowed spouses and children of US Citizens to obtain lawful immigration status in the United States upon completion of a […]

On November 20, 2014, President Obama addressed the nation on steps he is taking to fix the broken Immigration system in light of Congress’ failure to act. The main provisions that have been announced so far and details about who qualifies and when are as follows. DAP (Deferred Action for Parents) – Available approximately June 15, 2015 An undocumented person who […]

Legal Immigration Status for Military Family Members If you are the spouse, parent, or child of an active duty or retired member of the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Selective Reserve of the Ready Reserve, then you can obtain legal status. This concept has been around quite a few years but was clarified recently to implement a uniform policy across […]

Friends, we started an online petition on a great website called www.change.org. In the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan that devastated the Philippines and took the lives of thousands, we want President Obama and the Department of Homeland Security to designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to the Philippines. The United States can grant TPS to a country that faces “extraordinary […]

Welcome Dreamers. We are repeatedly asked by students and young persons who have been granted under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA or Dream Act as it is commonly referred to) program about traveling outside the United States. As I often answer and have previously blogged about, a DACA applicant must demonstrate that the travel is for one of […]

For those of us familiar with Asylum cases, there is much grumbling and moaning when you mention “The Clock.” It can ruin a person’s ability to support themselves and it is unclear when it gets stopped and started or does not run. The “Asylum Clock” (or KLOK as it is also known) is basically the concept that a foreign national […]

We recently received a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA or commonly referred to as the Dream Act) approval for a case I am particularly proud of. Some background first. We had a client who while detained and without a lawyer, was very unfairly ordered removed (deported) by an Immigration Judge. We appealed his case to the Board of Immigration […]

A young client who was recently granted legal status and work authorization under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program asked me if he could travel outside the United States. His life had changed so much in the last few months. For the first time in his life he was legal and could work. He knew no other country […]

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