New York Lawyer's Legal Updates
How To Bring Your Fiance To The United States: Green Card Through Marriage
30 March 2013Author: Green Card Lawyer Alena Shautsova Often, US Citizens would like to get married to a person from overseas, and then they face a question of how to bring the non-U.S. citizen to the United States. Generally speaking, it can be accomplished via these options: Fiance K-1 Visa This visa is suitable for those couples that are not sure if they ...
Updates On USCIS Forms I-94 And G-28
30 March 2013Author: Visa Attorney Alena Shautsova USCIS published new rules regarding I-94 departure/arrival form. This form is primary evidence of one’s inspection and admission into the country. If the person has lost it and is unable to restore it, the person loses ability to prove that when entering the country he/she went through the point of entry and ...
Gang of Eight Agrees on Provisions for Immigration Reform Path to Legal Status
29 March 2013Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova The eight Senators, called the Gang of Eight, who are in charge of writing a bi-partisan bill for immigration reform reached an agreement about the most contested aspect of the bill. After weeks of deliberating over a draft, the senators came to a private agreement behind closed doors about a proposal f ...
Immigrant Driver's License Debate Continues
27 March 2013Author: Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DOH) has stated that state officials in individual states can make their own determinations about issuing immigrants driver's licenses. Traditionally, states have had authority over making their own laws and regulations regarding driver's licenses. The Deferred ...
What Does the Renewal of VAWA Mean for Immigrants?
25 March 2013Author: Discrimination Lawyer Alena Shautsova The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) initially passed by Congress in 1994, was re-authorized in 2000 and 2005. However, reauthorization expired in 2011. In February 2013 Congress reauthorized and passed a revised VAWA. Under the revised VAWA, provisions also extend to women on Indian reservations and ...
What Role Will E-Verify Play in 2013 Immigration Reform?
20 March 2013Author: Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova While Congress is polarized on many issues regarding immigration, one point they agree on is that E-Verify is crucial for immigration reform. The "gang of eight," which refers to the eight bipartisan senators planning immigration reform, included use of E-verify in their proposal as did the President in t ...
Family Immigration and Immigration Reform
18 March 2013Author: Family Immigration Lawyer Alena Shautsova Law Office of Alena Shautsova, a New York Immigration law firm located in Brooklyn, is assisting immigrants with family immigration and immigration reform. While millions of people are awaiting for Immigration reform, the Senators prepare for the Easter break, and indicated (according to the Washi ...
Detainees Released under ICE's Sequestration Budget Cut
15 March 2013Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova Demand for Information Disclosure about Detainees Released under ICE's Sequestration Budget Cut As difficult as it has been for Congress to agree on many immigration issues, you can expect further controversy over ICE's release of immigration detainees based on the forced federal budget cut called seques ...
Rulings on State Immigration Laws May Reach Supreme Court Level
13 March 2013Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova As the need for immigration law reform led many states to legislate their own immigration laws, various cases have been appealed before the U.S. Supreme Court and other District Courts for ruling. The State of Alabama passed a stringent immigration law known as HB56 that required schools to collect inf ...
Social Media and Email Account Information in a Sexual Harassment Case
06 March 2013Author: Discrimination Attorney Alena Shautsova Be Ready to Turn Over Social Media and Email Account Information in a Sexual Harassment Case Judges routinely ask to review documents as part of discovery in a sexual harassment class action lawsuit. However, an interesting privacy issue emerged in one particular case where plaintiffs were seeking s ...