Category: Marriage based Greencard

United States Citizenship & Immigration Services released final memo guidance for coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the adjudication of applications and petitions involving individuals in removal proceedings before the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR). Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com

United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued an interim memo (in effect now) to address scenarios when a foreign national is in removal (deportation ) proceedings before the Immigration Courts (part of the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review) but an application for a benefit is pending before USCIS (part of the Department of Homeland Security). Those Immigration Court litigators […]

It sounds like a mouthful.  One of the divisions of the U.S. Government that represents the U.S. Department of Homeland Security before the Federal Courts (mainly the various Courts of Appeal) is the Office of Immigration Litigation (OIL).  Periodically, OIL publishes their Immigration Litigation Bulletin which was previously unavailable to the public until the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was […]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it is now issuing employment and travel authorization on a single card for certain applicants filing an Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, Form I-485. This new card represents a significant improvement from the current practice of issuing paper Advance Parole documents. The card looks similar to the current Employment Authorization […]

USCIS issued a draft memo, open for comment until February 10, 2001 addressing which grounds of inadmissibility do NOT apply to Temporary Protected Status (TPS applicants).   The memo also briefly addresses situations where a TPS applicant may seek adjustment of status (a greencard).  Unfortunately, the draft memo seems to limit circumstances where adjustment of status may be sought. Ricky Malik, […]

The Department of State has released the Visa Bulletin for February 2011. Immigration and sponsorship are far more complicated than thought.  If you have family members you would like to invite to the United States or if you wish to petition for employees, contact the Law Offices of Ricky Malik, P.C. and schedule a consultation with one of our experienced […]

The Administrative Appeals Office published a postive case that addressed burden of proof. Hopefully, USCIS adjudicators will use this case as their guide when deciding cases.  In Matter of Chawathe, 25 I&N Dec. 369 (AAO 2010) it was held that: “In most administrative immigration proceedings, the applicant must prove by a preponderance of evidence that he or she is eligible for the […]

The State Department has released the Visa Bulletin for November 2010. Click Here to View. Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com

In a leaked memo entitled “Social Networking Sites and Their Importance to FDNS”, Immigration’s Office of Fraud Detection and National Security (FDNS) stated that: “Narcissistic tendencies in many people fuels a need to have a large group of”friends” link to their pages and many of these people accept cyber-friends that they don’t even know. This provides an excellent vantage point […]

The Visa Bulletin for November 2010 has been released. Click here. Ricky Malik, Esq.