Author: Green card lawyer Alena Shautsova The Department of Homeland Security has issued another Policy Alert designed to ensure that more adjustment of status applicants leave the prospect of feeding their families at the whim of USCIS officials. When a change in status is filed for, it is likely that you will require a piece of paper stating yo ...
Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova helps immigrants to remove conditions on their permanent residency and open a path to the US citizenship. An immigrant who is being sponsored based on a marriage, will become a conditional resident if the marriage is less than 2 years old at the time of the adju ...
Author: NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova based in Brooklyn, New York City, helps clients to obtain US Immigration benefits. With the rise of domestic violence cases during the COVID-19 era many individuals that have previously been experiencing domestic violence are now facing an even greater cha ...
Author: NYC Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova A motion to reopen/reconsider is a tool that is used to correct an adverse or erroneous decision that was made by USCIS with regard to petitions and applications. Motions to reopen are available for almost all types of forms, even where appeals are not available: for example, a denied I 485 form for ...
Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova The title says it all. Recently a new ruling from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has made quite a change procedurally for marriage cases. Now, more than ever before it is important to have a record of a bona fide marriage when filing the case. USCIS has been pushing applicants to submit more th ...
Author: USA Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova VAWA stands for Violence Against Women Act. It is a law that helps certain abused, beaten relatives of Lawful permanent residents and citizens to self-petition or obtain benefits in the US without the need of a relative, family-based I 130. Here, I will share some benefits and leniencies that the VAWA ...
Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova New York Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova helps her clients to analyze their immigration status, and apply for permanent residency in the US. In doing so, we collect information about various aspects of a person’s life both in the US and abroad. It is important to collect accurate and up-to-date data a ...
Author: USA Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova The infamous public charge rule is back, it is back for all of the states of the USA, including NY, CT, and VT. The rollercoaster with the public charge started after 2d Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the public charge rule should be stopped again; then the Court explained its decision st ...
Author New York Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Law office of Alena Shautsova, NYC Immigration lawyers, help immigrants to prepare and submit applications for various immigration benefits, including Asylum, Adjustment of status, U visa, Naturalization, and more. This article discusses recent USCIS fee changes and the impact of these changes. T ...
Author: NYC Immigration lawyer Alena Shautsova New York Immigration lawyers at the law office of Alena Shautsova P.C. help clients to convince the US government to exercise positive discretion and grant applications for relief. Discretion... discretion is the core of the government’s ability to control one’s application for relief, be it a waiver ...