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1 Jan 2024, 10:00 pm by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq.
This bill adds citizenship and immigration status to the list of characteristics on which it is unlawful to discriminate in housing. [read post]
27 Dec 2023, 12:44 pm by Steve Gottlieb
In 1866 they wrote and in 1868 they ratified the words that read: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. [read post]
26 Dec 2023, 2:17 pm by Jonathan H. Adler
Famously, in Erie Railroad, Justice Brandeis abandoned the idea of a "general common law" in diversity of citizenship cases. [read post]
25 Dec 2023, 11:17 pm by Béligh Elbalti
This number of ratifications, comparable to that of other prominent countries such as United States or Japan, speaks volumes about Morocco’s commitment to being an integral part of the global network of jurisdictions benefiting from the work of the HCCH on the harmonisation of private international and fostering mutual legal cooperation. [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 7:36 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
For the first time in nearly two decades, the Department of State (DOS) will process domestic visa renewals for certain H-1B visa applicants without requiring them to leave the United States. [read post]
They are renewing a visa issued by US Department of State officials in Canada with an issuance date from January 1, 2020, through April 1, 2023; or by US Department of State officials in India with an issuance date of February 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021 (the key factors are where and when the visa was issued, not the H-1B visa holder’s nationality or the H-1B visa expiration date);  They are not subject to a nonimmigrant visa issuance fee (also known as a… [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 9:45 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
“Not only have these delays trapped the plaintiffs in limbo, without the ability to find lawful employment or plan for their long-term futures in the United States, they also have undermined an important tool for law enforcement agencies across the country seeking to build trust with immigrant communities. [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 7:06 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the F and M student nonimmigrant classifications, including the agency’s role in adjudicating applications for employment authorization, change of status, extension of stay, and reinstatement of status for these students and their dependents in the United States. [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 4:28 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
Once United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) determines that two regulatory criteria have been met, it conducts a second layer of review – the “final merits determination” pursuant to Kazarian v. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 9:05 pm by Saba Mengesha
In the United States, UACs are migrants who are in the country without lawful status and without a parent or guardian. [read post]
14 Dec 2023, 7:49 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
Yesterday, Wednesday December 13, 2023, the United States Citizenship, and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will be transitioning the filing location for Form I-907 Requests for Premium Processing Service, when filed for a pending Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, to appropriate USCIS lockboxes starting Friday December 15, 2023. [read post]
13 Dec 2023, 6:48 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
Jaddou "At issue is whether the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) properly denied Plaintiff’s I-140 immigration petition by finding the beneficiary of the petition did not qualify for an employment-based first-preference visa as an “outstanding professor or researcher” pursuant to 8 U.S.C. [read post]
12 Dec 2023, 9:32 pm by JP Sarmiento
He came to the United States from Kenya and obtained his green card in August 2019 through marriage to a US citizen. [read post]
11 Dec 2023, 8:16 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
Consulate overseas or applying for adjustment of status to permanent residence in the United States, you won’t want to miss these new updates. [read post]
10 Dec 2023, 9:30 pm by Karen Tani
The United States did not approach even minimally egalitarian democracy until 1965, when the Voting Rights Act finally assured the right to vote to people of color, implementing the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments’ guarantees.In this Article, we argue that the undemocratic nature of the Constitution must be addressed in interpreting the document. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 5:43 pm by David M. Boertje
  That may be why voter fraud is tremendously rare in the United States, according to numerous studies, despite claims to the contrary by some. [read post]