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Date Published: 06/02/2020
This webinar will discuss new policies affecting U petitioners as well as changing U visa adjudication trends, including how Vermont Service Center is treating certain qualifying crimes and inadmissibility issues. Join to hear what practitioners are reporting and to learn practice tips for working...
Date Published: 05/13/2020
When representing immigrant clients, understanding and documenting arrests and criminal court cases is crucial to advising about immigration options and to filing applications. This webinar will be a practical exercise in how to review and what to look for in a client’s criminal “rap” sheets from a...
Date Published: 05/06/2020
With the future of DACA hanging on a pending decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, it is important to assess whether DACA recipients have a permanent form of relief. This webinar will go over strategies and tips for screening DACA recipients for common forms of relief, with a focus on family-based...
Date Published: 05/05/2020
This webinar will discuss obtaining T visas for youth clients. Many immigrant youth are survivors of human trafficking and are eligible for T visas, but are unable to access this crucial but underutilized form of relief. We will explore the requirements for T visa eligibility, give an overview of...
Date Published: 04/29/2020
This webinar is geared toward those with previous exposure to Non-LPR Cancellation of Removal cases, and who would like to delve into specific challenges. In this webinar, we will spend most of our time focusing on the bars to eligibility for Non-LPR Cancellation, such as crime bars and the stop-...
Date Published: 04/22/2020
Learn about the basics of preparing and filing a family-based immigrant visa consular processing case from start-to-finish and potential red flags to watch out for, such as public charge, alien smuggling, and other issues. Whether you are newer to consular processing or just need a refresher on...
Date Published: 04/16/2020
This webinar covers various hot topic issues involving good moral character that frequently arise in naturalization cases. We will discuss discretionary and statutory bars to proving good moral character and the balance test that CIS must employ when deciding if an applicant who is not statutorily...
Date Published: 03/18/2020
This webinar will cover forms of relief and issues for children and youth, beyond asylum and SIJS, such as CSPA, 245(i), recapturing priority dates, selected inadmissibility issues and other children’s issues. It will give practitioners who are already well versed in UC asylum and SIJS cases an...
Date Published: 03/17/2020
Bewildered by the many policy changes and litigation efforts surrounding public charge? Unsure if you’re prepared to counsel and advise clients on how public charge could impact their ability to get a family-based green card or visa to enter the United States? Join us for this FREE webinar as we...
Date Published: 02/25/2020
This webinar will focus on establishing a social group and proving nexus in asylum claims. We will highlight hot topics in social group analysis, including recent decisions by the Attorney General and Board of Immigration Appeals, such as Matter of A-B- and Matter of L-E-A-. We will also focus on...
Date Published: 02/20/2020
This webinar will explore emerging topics in asylum. We will discuss recent policy changes as a result of the new administration and recent decisions impacting how to present a case. This training is geared to those already familiar with the basic legal framework for asylum claims. This activity is...
Date Published: 02/19/2020
This webinar will cover some of the most common waivers of inadmissibility: waivers of unlawful presence, the "permanent" bar, alien smuggling, fraud and misrepresentation, prior removal order, and 212(h) waiver of certain criminal grounds. We will explain the requirements and process for seeking...
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For those ready to move beyond an introduction to family-based immigration, this session will provide more information on inadmissibility grounds and waivers, as well as an overview of consular processing for those who do not qualify to adjust status. Presenters Ann Block Ann Block is a part-time...
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For those who are new to family-based immigration, this session will provide an overview of family-based petitions and qualifying relationships, family-based adjustment eligibility, and an introduction to inadmissibility grounds and waivers. Presenters Ann Block Ann Block is a part-time Senior...
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In this two-part training series, we will provide an overview of the eligibility requirements for acquiring citizenship at birth and deriving citizenship after birth and discuss some of the common obstacles in making these claims. Using exercises, we will walk through how to analyze a client's...
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In this two-part training series, we will provide an overview of the eligibility requirements for acquiring citizenship at birth and deriving citizenship after birth and discuss some of the common obstacles in making these claims. Using exercises, we will walk through how to analyze a client's...
Date Published: 02/12/2020
For practitioners already familiar with the basics of family-based petitions, this webinar will focus on the adjustment of status process for individuals pursuing permanent resident status through a family member here in the United States, including various pathways to adjustment and red flags. We...
Date Published: 01/06/2020
FOIA Requests and Other Background Checks: A Practical Guide to Filing Records Requests in Immigration Cases provides practitioners with a one-stop guide for information about why, when, where, and how to file background checks in immigration cases. This guide describes the various federal agencies...
Date Published: 01/03/2020
Effective December 20, 2019, the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) act opened a one-year window that will allow many Liberians living in the United States to apply for permanent residence. The act was buried in Section 7611 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020...
Date Published: 01/03/2020
Section 212(h) of the INA provides a waiver for crimes inadmissibility grounds, which can be surprisingly useful for undocumented people, VAWA applicants, or permanent residents. It can be applied for multiple times; it has the potential to waive an aggravated felony conviction (unless it is...
Date Published: 12/23/2019
On December 23, 2019, ILRC submitted a comment in opposition of the Department of Homeland Security’s notice of proposed rulemaking titled, “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements,” published in the Federal...
Date Published: 12/19/2019
The nonimmigrant status, often referred to as the “T visa” is a form of immigration status for certain noncitizen survivors of trafficking. This visa was created by Congress to help combat human trafficking and provide immigration relief to persons who were affected. As part of the protections...
Date Published: 12/19/2019
The U nonimmigrant status, often referred to as the “U Visa,” is a form of immigration relief available to noncitizens who have been victims of serious crimes in the United States. As part of the protection given to victims of crimes, U petitioners are able to include certain family members in the...
Date Published: 12/19/2019
This report outlines the established purpose and availability of fee waivers for immigration applications, examines recent USCIS proposals to limit access and create more stringent evidentiary standards, and explores the potential consequences of a more restrictive framework on domestic violence...
Date Published: 12/17/2019
It is important to remember that immigration law and regulations exempt some categories of immigrants from public charge inadmissibility and provide many types of immigration status that are not subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility. This advisory provides an overview of the...
Date Published: 12/17/2019
Sanctuary policies have been under attack since the 2016 presidential campaign and throughout the Trump administration. Nonetheless, these policies have continued to expand, both geographically and in terms of substantive policy content and protections. This detailed report describes what sanctuary...
Date Published: 12/16/2019
Preparing a strong case for bond for detained clients has become more important than ever. This practice advisory discusses how to address evidentiary issues and challenges in bond proceedings and provides tips for proving your bond case, as well as overcoming negative factors.
Date Published: 12/16/2019
California law requires prosecutors to consider immigration consequences when plea bargaining. Cal. Pen. C. 1016.3(b). This memo describes the unique duties prosecutors have when charging and negotiating DUI-related cases with DACA recipients.
Date Published: 12/16/2019
Recent attacks on the current fee waiver system threaten the access of low-income individuals to immigration benefits they are otherwise eligible to receive. This practice advisory provides an overview of the proposed changes as well as some practice tips for how to fight these harmful changes and...
Date Published: 12/11/2019
In order to qualify for naturalization, lawful permanent residents must meet several residence and physical presence requirements that are often mistaken for one another and muddled together. Traveling outside of the United States can not only affect these requirements for naturalization, but they...