Immigration Blog

Non-immigrant K1 Fiance Visas We’ve received word that several U.S. consulates abroad have stopped processing K1 fiance visas.  This is incorrect based on my reading of the new proclamation.  Although K1 visas are, strictly speaking, non-immigrant visas, they are not among those visas targeted for exclusion by the June 22 proclamation. This most recent June […]

C1D visa to green card It is not easy to overstay in the US on a C1D crew visa and try to obtain a green card.  By law, crew members are prevented from overstaying in the US and obtaining green cards (or other immigration benefits) as a means of discouraging violation of the crewman rules.  […]

DHS v. Regents of the University of California On November 12, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the case of Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California, consolidated with Trump v. NAACP and McAleenan v. Vidal, to decide whether the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) […]

Immigration Consequences of the Adam Walsh Act When you marry someone from another country, your foreign spouse must normally go through immigration processing in order to become a permanent resident in the US.  Part of this process includes reviewing any charges or criminal convictions either of you have.  An Adam Walsh Act Waiver is required […]

The Nature and Severity of Specified Offenses Over the past couple of years, immigration denial decisions regarding Adam Walsh Act (AWA) waivers coming from the USCIS have been remarkably short.  USCIS adjudicating officers recite an accounting of the evidence to let the petitioner know it was reviewed and not skipped.  Then, in the end, the […]