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HOW TO GET WORK PERMITS AND ADVANCE PAROLE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS FASTER

Five years ago, USCIS routinely took three months to issue employment authorization documents (EADs it works permits) and advance parole (AP) travel documents. Before the pandemic, USCIS was taking approximately six months to issue them. Now, USCIS can take nine months or longer to issue these documents. These delays create huge hardships!…

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MARRIAGE BASED IMMIGRATION PETITIONS AND FRAUD

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT FRAUD AND MARRIAGE-BASED PETITIONS SECTION 204(C) APPLIES TO K-1 NONIMMIGRANT PETITIONS In Matter of R.I. Ortega, 28 I&N Dec. 9 (BIA 2020), the BIA found that the section 204(c) bar may apply to a noncitizen beneficiary of a K-1 fiancé(e) petition, even when the beneficiary never married the…