USCIS Public Charge Rule - What You Need to Know

Ekaterina PowellJanuary 24, 2023public charge, Adjustment of Status, green cardsComment

District Court Vacates DHS Public Charge Rule Nationwide

On November 2, 2020, a district court vacated the DHS final rule on public charge and denied DHS’s request to stay the judgment. This ruling is to take effect immediately thus DHS may not apply the public charge after the date of the order. (Cook County, et al. v. Wolf, et al., 11/2/20)

Ekaterina PowellNovember 3, 2020Adjustment of Status, Immigration Law, Visas, public chargeComment

A More In-Depth Look at USCIS's New NTA Policy Memorandum

Here we take a look at some of the more minute details and effects of USCIS’s Notice to Appear (NTA) policy memorandum, as well as how it may work out in certain situations.

New USCIS Policy on Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs)

A new USCIS memo has gone into effect modifying its policy pertaining to the issuance of Notices to Appear before an immigration judge, or NTAs, in response to certain applications and circumstances.

Public Charge Rulemaking Draft Expands Grounds for Inadmissibility

Before, only non-cash oriented government programs would be weighed in determining one's likely status as a public charge. A new rule may change that.

Ekaterina PowellFebruary 14, 2018public charge, government programs, government assistance, Adjustment of Status, immigration visas and green cards, Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizen and Immigration Services, USCIS, DHS, Business Immigration Attorney, Inadmissibility, California, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, San FranciscoComment

Mandatory Interviews for Employment-Based AOS Applicants

USCIS is now expanding the requirement for in-person interviews to employment-based adjustment of status applications, a visa category largely untouched by such interviews before. This new burden has wide-reaching implications, and may affect the entire immigration process.

Ekaterina PowellDecember 21, 2017Adjustment of Status, EB-1, EB-2, Eb-3, EB-5, Employment-Based Visas, USCIS, Interviews, Immigration Law, Business Immigration Attorney, San Diego, Los Angeles, Silicon ValleyComment

Implications of the New Department of State 90-Day Rule

The Department of State has updated its Foreign Affairs Manual to provide a new guidance specifying when nonimmigrants may be accused of misrepresentation of intent, with severe consequences. Replacing the now scrapped 30/60 day rule, the new 90-day rule is mainly one of expansion.

Ekaterina PowellDecember 12, 2017Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs Manual, USCIS, 90-day rule, 30/60 day rule, Business Immigration Attorney, San Diego, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Misrepresentation, Adjustment of Status, Inconsistent ConductComment

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