SIGNIFICANT RULE CHANGE BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL ALLOW MANY FAMILY MEMBERS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS TO AVOID LONG SEPARATIONS FROM FAMILY MEMBERS AS THEY APPLY FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCY IN THE UNITED STATES BREAKING IMMIGRATION NEWS: Obama Administration To Allow Certain Immediate Relatives Of U.S. Citizens To Obtain Provisional Waivers By James A. Welcome NEW IMMIGRATION
Six Questions You Should Ask Any Immigration Attorney Before You Go To A Free Consultation Six Questions You Should Ask Any Immigration Attorney Before You Go To A Free Consultation By James A. Welcome Immigration laws are quite complicated. Effective representation of clients before U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
A Controversial Immigration Law in Alabama May Soon Make its Way to Connecticut A Federal Appellate Court in Atlanta recently made an important ruling in litigation between the State of Alabama and the U.S. Justice Dept regarding a controversial Alabama immigration law. The U.S. Justice Department successfully delayed implementation of a requirement that schools determine
Connecticut Immigration Attorney James A. Welcome explains ICE’s Secure Communities deportation program and the Connecticut TRUST Act Recently, the Connecticut legislature unanimously passed the TRUST act, which Governor Malloy is expected to sign into law, limiting the state’s participation in the Secure Communities program. Secure Communities is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation
Connecticut Immigration Attorney James A. Welcome discusses the bad advice some non-experts give to immigration clients and why it is harmful to immigration cases. This past April, two men and their team were sentenced to federal prison for operating a document mill in Baltimore that sold thousands of fake identification documents, including green cards and
Connecticut Immigration Attorney James A. Welcome discusses the procedure for renewing a “green card” or a Lawful Permanent Resident card. How to renew a green card by filing USCIS Form I-90 Green Cards are issued to permanent residents as proof of authorization to live and work in the United States. Green cards typically expire after
These last few weeks have been a time of serious uncertainty regarding what, if anything, will be done to reform our nation’s immigration laws. There are many good ideas out there–on both sides of the aisle. However, if nothing gets done the president needs to step up and do something real soon because the current
