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ICE Will Reopen Removal Proceedings for Same-Sex Marriage Cases
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has just announced their plans to agree to joint motions to reopen where the respondent entered into a lawful, bona fide, same-sex marriage after being ordered removed and there is newly-available relief. If you have a removal order but are now eligible for relief based on your same-sex marriage […]
Same-Sex Marriage Adjustment of Status Questions
The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) recently held a liaison meeting with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). JCS Immigration and Visa, a Los Angeles immigration lawyers office, has obtained these questions and answers and provided them below. Q: Please confirm that all USCIS local field offices are adjudicating same-sex marriage cases and not holding […]
IRS Issues Updated Guidance for Same-Sex Married Couples
JCS Immigration and Visa, Los Angeles Immigration attorney’s office, stays up to date with current news on immigration as well as human rights in general in order to provide our clients with updated news constantly. As a lawyer in Los Angeles who is also gay, our head immigration lawyer, Jack C. Sung, provides same-sex couples […]
Customs and Border Protection to Recognize Same-Sex Couples
JCS Immigration and Visa Law Office, a Los Angeles Immigration lawyer’s office has been notified from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of new changes to how U.S. Customs and Border Protection recognizes same-sex couples. The newly revised regulation broadens the definition of “family” to include long-term same-sex couples and domestic partners. Foster children, stepchildren, […]
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