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Do You Have the Right to Be Advised about Potential Deportation?

06 March 2013

Author: Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova When you face criminal charges, authorities must inform you that you have the right to remain silent and that anything you say can be held against you in a court of law. They must tell you about your right to a lawyer and that if you cannot afford an attorney, the court will appoint counsel. However, wh ...

What Documents Do I Need To File Green Card Through Marriage?

02 March 2013

Author: Green Card Attorney Alena Shautsova After a US citizen marries a non-citizen, if non-citizen desires to receive an Immigration status while in the US, the couple will need to submit certain application forms and supporting documents to the USCIS so that the non-citizen can adjust status to become a permanent resident or a green cardholde ...

How to Stay in the USA Legally: Prepare for Immigration Reform

02 March 2013

Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova The Immigration reform is inevitable, and many should consider preparing for it and/or taking advantage of the recent changes that were adopted by the USCIS. How to prepare for the new immigration reform? Even though President Obama has outlined the main points for the immigration reform, currently, t ...

What is the Help Separated Families Act?

23 February 2013

Author: Deportation Lawyer Alena Shautsova Deportation has separated children from their families even when the children are U.S. citizens. In July of 2012, U.S. Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard introduced an immigration bill called The Help Separated Families Act, H.R. 6128 to deal with this problem. The number of U.S. citizen children placed ...

Same Sex Partners Working to Obtain Marriage Petitions

22 February 2013

Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova Toward the end of 2012, the New York Daily News reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on a case that could lead to a major change in immigration law. The court ruled that the Defense in Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. In December, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to ...

ICE Agents Suing the Department of Homeland Security

15 February 2013

Author: Deportation Attorney Alena Shautsova Judge Allows Case to Go Forward for ICE Agents Suing the Department of Homeland Security In August, 2012, Fox News reported that 10 federal ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents and officials sued the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Janet Napolitano and ICE Director John Mor ...

Recent Bi-Partisan Effort at Immigration Reform

12 February 2013

Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova A bi-partisan group of Senators consisting of four Democrats and four Republicans recently released a plan for comprehensive immigration reform to be used as a springboard for legislation that fills in the details. The group consisted of the following: Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Michael B ...

What is DACA and Its Complications?

08 February 2013

Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova DACA is an acronym frequently popping up in the news and it refers to the federal program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program allows individuals who came to the United States as children and who meet certain qualifications to request deferred action against removal for two years. ...

How Can Notario Fraud Impede Immigration?

05 February 2013

Author: Law Office of Alena Shautsova Unfortunately, immigrants looking for an easy solution to immigration problems may fall prey to notario fraud. The American Bar Association explains that notario fraud involves individuals who fraudulently represent themselves as attorneys and say they can handle your immigration issues before the United State ...

Tips On Interactions With USCIS

01 February 2013

Author: Immigration Attorney Alena Shautsova Immigration attorneys and immigrants are interacting with the USCIS on a regular basis, whether they want to or not. Here are some practical tips that may be useful to those who receive and send forms to the USCIS and follow up on them. G-28 Form has to contain original signatures of attorney and th ...

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