Category Travel Document
USCIS to Use Secure Laminates on Certain Travel Documents
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced the new inclusion of applying secure laminates to certain forms used to authorize travel into the United States. Which forms will USCIS apply secure laminates to? The affected forms are: Form I-797F, Transportation Letter, and Form I-512L, Parole Authorization Letter (commonly known as Advance Parole) These […]
How To Get a U.S. Work Permit?
In order for an individual to work in the United States, you must be legally authorized to do so. Only U.S. citizens and Permanent Resident (Green Card holders) may work legally in the United States without a work permit. Other individuals must first obtain an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) to work in the U.S. With […]
Requirements for Form I-601A, Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver
Prior to March 2013, an undocumented immigrant seeking to obtain a Green Card through marriage had to first leave the United States and seek an immigrant visa at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in his or her home country, which could result in obtaining a 3 or 10 year bar from admission into the United […]
Replacing or Renewing Your Green Card
At JCS Immigration and Visa Law Office, our immigration attorneys in Los Angeles get asked this quite often: “how do I replace or renew my Green Card?”. If you are a lawful permanent resident or a “Green Card” holder, there are certain circumstances in which you need to know how to renew or get a […]
U.S. Border Officials Continue to Process Hundreds of Undocumented Children
United States Customs and Border officials will indefinitely continue processing hundreds of immigrant children from Central America, caught crossing the border illegally from Mexico to into Texas. The Obama Administration and immigration authorities have only provided few details about how they are dealing with the influx of immigrant children, but our Los Angeles immigration attorneys […]
Court Rules Grant of TPS is an Admission for Adjustment of Status Purposes
Exciting news came last week when a decision from a District Court held that a noncitizen’s grant of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) qualifies as “inspection and admission”into the United States. Under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), inspection and admission to the United States are requirements to be eligible to become a U.S. Lawful Permanent […]
USCIS Statement on Matter of Arrabally/Yerrabelly Cases
The following is an excerpt from a meeting between the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Matter of Arrabally/Yerrabelly discusses the circumstances of being paroled back into the United States after a brief visit abroad after receiving Advance Parole from USCIS. The Advance Parole grant authorizes an alien’s departure and […]
U.S. Embassy in Caracas Unable to Schedule First Time Visitor Visa Interviews
JCS Immigration and Visa, Los Angeles immigration attorney’s office, monitors news relating to immigration across the country and around the world. We have learned that the United States Embassy located in Caracas, Venezuela is currently unable to issue B-1/B-2 visitor visas to first time applicants at this time. The U.S. Embassy Caracas issued a notice […]
CBP’s Exercise of Discretion v. Prosecutorial Discretion
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a policy to use discretion where appropriate and in keeping the CBP strategy of risk management and focusing CBP’s resources on those cases that pose the greatest risk. Each applicant for admission to the United States is evaluated on a case by case basis and the decision is […]
Homeland Security Extends Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
New Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, has announced an extension for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of Haiti for an additional period of 18 months that will go into effect on July 23, 2014 valid through January 22, 2016, JCS Immigration and Visa, located in Los Angeles has just found out. Our […]
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