New York Lawyer's Legal Updates
The Plight Of Unregistered Immigrants As The Biden's Build-back Better Plan Is Delayed
14 March 2022The Build Back Better Plan was an agenda initiated by President Joe Biden before his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States of America. The plan is divided into three major parts, namely; The American Rescue Plan(ARP), The American Job Plan(AJP), and The American Families Plan. The plan was received with mixed reactions fro ...
Country Conditions: The Persecution Of LGBT Members In Georgia
26 February 2022Georgia (or the Republic of Georgia)- not to be mistaken for the State of Georgia in the US- is a transcontinental country in Europe and Asia. The country was a member of the defunct Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or Soviet Union). The Republic of Georgia practices a unitary parliamentary system of government. Georgian laws port ...
Country Conditions: The Persecution Of The Uyghur People In China
16 February 2022The People's Republic of China which is governed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is a unitary and socialist state, governed with a Marxist-Leninist ideology. With a population of over a 1.3billion people,- making it the most populous nation on earth- the country consists of over sixty ethnic groups. The majority ethnic group is the Han ...
Country Conditions: The Persecution Of Ethnic Groups In Burma
09 February 2022Burma officially referred to as the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (for short, Myanmar) is a country in the southeastern part of Asia. It has an estimated population of about 54 million. The country practices a unitary assembly independent republic administered by a military junta. It has had no functioning legislative arm since the coup ...
Country Conditions: The Persecution Of Political Opposition In Thailand
08 February 2022Thailand or more formally, the Kingdom of Thailand is a southeastern Asian country that runs on a constitutional monarchy and a democratic parliamentary system of government. It has three arms of government, namely; the executive, legislature, and judiciary. The judiciary is supposed to be an independent institution, but unfolding events ha ...
Country Conditions: Persecution Of Christians In India
03 February 2022The Republic of India, popularly referred to as India is a South Asian country with over 1,350,000,000(estimated), making it the second-most populous nation in the world after China. India is well known for its large landmass which places it as the seventh-largest country by area. The country is a federal state practicing a parliamentary sy ...
EB-2 National Interest Waiver For STEM Professionals
31 January 2022With the understanding that technological advancement is a viable and feasible feeder for the United States economy, the government of the United States led by president Joe Biden is taking drastic and progressive steps in ensuring increased economic growth and technological competitiveness. To achieve this, the United States government per ...
Dealing With Lengthy EAD Processing Timelines: Practice Tips And Pointers
26 January 2022Based on AILA practice advice. In the last couple of years, an unexpected drawback has been experienced by the USCIS in the arbitration of Employment Authorization Document(EAD) cards. This has led to practitioners and applicants running around searching out methods to improve the processing or to inquire [in a forward-looking manner] into cases s ...
Motion To Reopen With Immigration Court Or Board Of Immigration Appeals (BIA)
22 January 2022Author: New York Immigraiton Lawyer Alena Shautsova A motion to reopen has to be filed if respondent has an order of removal and would like to avoid having the consequences of the order of removal; apply for a relief from removal, or rescind an absentia (default order of removal). Often, a person will find themselves in need to file a motion to re ...
Caste System And Slavery In Mauritania
20 January 2022Author: Alena Shautsova Mauritania (officially known as the Islamic Republic of Mauritania) is a country in Northwest Africa that practices a semi-presidential system of government with a unicameral legislature. It has its President, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, and the Prime Minister is Mohammed Ould Bilal. Mauritania is mainly made up of six ethnic ...