June Visa Bulletin Released
Some movement: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_4879.html Ricky Malik, Esq. Law Offices of Ricky Malik, P.C.
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What’s a Public Charge? Will getting help from the Goverment and food stamps or medicare cause me problems with immigration?
The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) released a fact sheet clarifying the issue of what benefits can make one a public charge. Accepting the following can lead to a public charge determination (determined on a case by case basis): Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Cash assistance from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program State or local cash […]
BIA allows admission of evidence outside of the record of conviction ONLY only where the conviction record itself does not concl
Could it be made any more expensive. So now if the entire record of conviction is not enough to prove its a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT), the Government can go get whatever else they can find to make it a CIMT, even though a competent criminal judge convicted the person of a crime that is NOT a CIMT. Matter […]
Attorney General vacates BIA and provides initial signs of relief for same sex couples
In a single page decision, the Attorney General of the United States in Matter of Dorman, 25 I&N Dec. 485 (A.G. 2011) remands a case for the Board to consider his questions, amongst which, “whether, absent the requirements of DOMA, respondent’s same-sex partnership or civil union would qualify him to be considered a “spouse” under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Ricky […]
Big K-1 Fiance Visa case from the Board
This case tries to close the door on K-1 entrants adjusting through subsequent marriages to US Citizens. Nonetheless the case does help clarify one issue that we have run into before, namely that “A fiancé(e) visa holder may be granted adjustment of status … even if the marriage to the fiancé(e) visa petitioner does not exist at the time that […]
Immigration Case addressing the competency of someone who is before an Immigration Judge
Matter of M-A-M Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com
Free Immigration Legal Advice Clinic on June 4, 2011 in DC
Kudos to DC Bar, the Capital Area Immigrants Rights (CAIR) and others… 110604 Flyer English Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com
DOL wants to limit employer’s ability to obtain accurate prevailing wages: “An employer that receives more than one PWD based on
Why the higher and not the lower? Was not that clearly explained in holding below: TAKE SOLUTIONS v PAWAR SANDESH 2010PER00907 (APR 28 2011) 083332 CADEC SD Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com
Washington State reduces maximum possible misdemeanor jail sentence by one day to 364 days. Hoorah!! If only all States would d
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve met immigrants who received 12 months, all suspended (meaning the Criminal Judge wanted no jail time), who then face deportation because they have a one year sentence. Even prosecutors and Judges will later admit to not wanting the person deported when the sentence was handed down. The change in the State of […]
Final Memo released on coordination between Immigration agencies for people who are fighting their case in Immigration Court
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
