Category: TPS, NACARA, U Visas, VAWA

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 […]

Many Temporary Protected Status (TPS) applicants and especially their employers are concerned that their work permits expire while they are waiting for their new card. However, as in previous years, all TPS applicants work permits are automatically renewed as long as they file for their renewal timely. This means that even if a TPS work permit (employment authorization document – […]

USCIS issued a memo clarifying that a child continues to be eligible to file a VAWA self-petition beyond the age of 21, up to the age of 25, as long as the abuse was one of the central reasons for the delay in filing. The abuse however must have occurred at the latest, on the day before the applicant turned […]

USCIS released a memo addressing the ability of abused and battered parents of U.S. Citizens to file VAWA self-petitions. USCIS correctly interpreted the intent of Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to include the ability to step parents and adoptive parents to self-petition: “An abused parent, stepparent, or adoptive parent of a U.S. citizen is therefore eligible to […]

Notices and Federal Register for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) renewals for Nicaragua and Honduras. TPS Honduras extension 2011 Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com

United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memo on November 7, 2011 providing guidelines to officers describing when a Notice to Appear (NTA) is to be issued. An NTA is the document that starts removal (deportation) proceedings against a non-citizen. It is sometimes referred to as the charging document and receiving one of these is usually bad news […]

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The Board of Immigraton Appeals in Matter of FIGUEROA determined that “When an application for Temporary Protected Status that has been denied by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) is renewed in removal proceedings, the Immigration Judge may consider any material and relevant evidence, regardless of whether the evidence was previously considered in proceedings before the USCIS.” Figueroa […]

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals dealt a blow to the argument that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries who entered initially without inspection can adjust status pursuant to INA 245(a). See decision below in Serrano vs. Attorney General. Serrano TPS 11th Circ Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com

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