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What is a Motion to Reopen? A motion to reopen a final removal order is an important tool that immigrants can use in their immigration cases.  It allows these individuals to ask either the immigration judge (IJ) or the Board of Immigration Appeals to consider material and previously unavailable ...

Presenting initial evidence  update evidence over the years evidence before merits hearing 

If you either migrated to the United States or adjusted your status within the United States through Marriage to a United States Citizen ("USC") or Lawful Permanent Resident ("LPR"), you might have been granted a temporary status of Legal resident.  You might have been issued a green card but thi...

The asylum and refugee program in the United States offers protection to certain people who cannot return to their home countries due to persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. The qualifications for asylum are stringent. Annual limits on the number of allowable asylum seekers and refu...

Religious organizations sponsor several religious employees throughout its existence.  Sponsoring religious employees for a US Visa requires, on part of the organization, to undertake several responsibilities and some are executed under oath while applying for R1 visas for religious employees. Th...

People often turn to lawyers when its too late.  However, hiring an attorney from the outset of your relationship with other people or entities can not only save you thousands of dollars down the road but it can also ensure maximum protection from the outset with clearly defined roles and respons...

The Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") must serve aliens in removal proceedings with a Notice to Appear ("NTA").  The NTA is required by statutory command of the United States Congress which requires, among other things, to apprise the alien in removal proceeding of time and place to appear ...

Every employer in America is required to have a signed form I-9 on file along with a copy of the document being presented to establish the identity of the employee and his or her authorization to work in the United States.  This week, DHS announced the following changes to Form I-9: 1. When empl...