By: Reuben Seguritan June 13, 2018 Filing family-based petitions for relatives is the way to reunite family members and bring them to the United States. However, due to the decades-long wait for the visa numbers to be available, some life changes might have occurred which could affect the family-based petition. Some family-based Read the full article…
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Conversion of Family-Based Petitions and Retention of Priority Dates
Closed Deportation Cases to be Reopened
By: Reuben S. Seguritan May 30, 2018 In May 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered that deportation cases previously closed should be reopened. This is in line with the Trump administration’s policy of deporting all illegal immigrants, regardless of whether they pose a threat to the public safety or whether they have ties Read the full article…
Children Born Outside of the US May be US Citizens at Birth
By Reuben Seguritan May 16, 2018 When a child is born in the United States, he or she is a United States citizen at birth. If a child is born outside the United States, the child may also be a US citizen at birth, so long as at least one parent is a Read the full article…
Green Card Revocable Even During I-751 Process
By Reuben Seguritan May 2, 2018 When a foreign national obtains a green card through marriage to a US citizen, this green card is conditional until the second anniversary of the marriage. Within 90 days before the second anniversary of the marriage, the US citizen and the foreign national spouse should jointly file Read the full article…
Court Ruling on Filipino Case Could Prevent Removal of Thousands
Court Ruling on Filipino Case Could Prevent Removal of Thousands By: Reuben S. Seguritan April 18, 2018 On April 17, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the definition of “crimes of violence” in the Immigration and Nationality Act was unconstitutionally vague. In this decision penned by Justice Elena Kagan, the Read the full article…
More Restrictive Immigration Policies Proposed
More Restrictive Immigration Policies Proposed By: Reuben S. Seguritan President Trump has been busy these past few months making sweeping changes to the immigration system. Trump declared in a message posted on his Twitter page that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA was “dead.” DACA was a program started by former President Read the full article…