Tomas Greenberg, Alena Shautsova The U.S. government launched the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interests Program (MAVNI) in 2009 to recruit immigrants with language or medical capabilities to the U.S. armed services. Although the program shut down in 2016, a data breach in the military between July 2017 and January 2018 accidental ...
Author: US Asylum Attorney Alena Shautsova In early 2018, DHS changed drastically its practices related to the scheduling of asylum interviews. If previously an applicant for asylum could stay in line for the interview for years, nowadays more than 50% of cases are scheduled for the interview within 43 days of the filing dates. It means that those ...
Author: Sheila Barabino, edited by Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsova Asylum seekers can make claims that they suffered persecution that is related to one of five categories: race, religion, nationality, political opinion or their particular social group. The Board of Immigration Appeals set a precedent in 2014 that allowed married women who are unable ...
Author: US Asylum Attorney Alena Shautsova A person who is coming to the US in pursuit of asylum will be forgiven for illegal entry, certain immigration fraud, and misrepresentation, overstay of their legal time in the US, and some other violations of the US Immigration laws. If a person is convicted of certain crimes or admitted to committing cer ...
Author: Asylum lawyer Alena Shautsova NOID or Notice of Intent to Deny is a document that might receive from a US asylum office after he/she appeared for an interview. While it is not a denial, it is an indication that an asylum officer intends to deny your claim. The notice usually will specify the reasons for such intent: perhaps, it will rev ...
Author: Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsova A family as a social group for the purposes of asylum claims is a relatively new trend: the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) recognized the family as a social group in 2011. The law is not settled yet, however, and many cases are hard to win at the first level, especially if the one-year deadline was los ...
Author: Asylum Attorney Alena Shautsova Ordinally, a person who would like to ask for asylum in the United States has to do so within one year of his/her entry. However, if one missed the deadline, the law provides him/her with a second chance in certain situations, but only if the person acts within a reasonable time. One such a situation is whe ...
Author: US Asylum lawyer Alena Shautsova An asylum process in the US will depend on whether a person is filing for asylum when he/she is in Immigration court proceedings (defensively), or if he/she files for asylum proactively without being placed in Immigration court proceeding (affirmatively). Whether an application has to be submitted to t ...
Author: New York Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsovaa The last day of October 2017 was truly horrifying, and not only for New Yorkers who had to face yet another attack, but I believe for the whole world community of people who are tired of hatred and violence. As we all know, President Trump reacted immediately and defensively: he suggested that the D ...
Author: US Asylum Lawyer Alena Shautsova On October 8, 2017, President Trump released new Immigration priorities. The US will head in the direction of limiting family based immigration, as well as refugee-based immigration and favoring immigrants with high skills. Fewer people will qualify for visas and green cards, and fewer green cards will be ...