Over the last few weeks many of our clients and community members have been looking for answers to this question. Paschal Nwokocha & Chukwu Law Office is here to help you navigate through these trying times. There are some Federal and Local initiatives that are providing financial assistance to those affected by COVID19. Below, you […]
Proposed Asylum Rules An Attack on the Most Vulnerable Asylum Seekers A recent proposed change to our asylum rules threatens to undo protections to some of our most vulnerable migrants: asylum seekers. Asylum has been a major part of our country’s humanitarian immigration mission since World War II. The modern asylum system emerged out of […]
The story seemed like something out of fiction: Our client married her current husband but the couple broke up, while never officially divorcing. Our client’s spouse then remarried and filed for visa at the consulate. He claimed that our client, his ex-wife, had died and presented a fake death certificate, in order to immigrate to […]
The final rule also creates facts that could be categorized as negative or positive factors, heavily weighted negative and heavily weighted positive factors with the implication being that heavily weighted positive or heavily weighted negative factor have greater effect on alien application for extension of stay or adjustment of status. DHS, however, would consider the […]
The US H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ college graduate level workers in “specialty occupations.” Currently, the H-1B visa has an annual numerical limit “cap” of 65,000 visas each fiscal year, with additional 20,000 for beneficiaries with a U.S. master’s degree or higher. However, starting April 1, 2019 DHS […]
“Those who cannot remember history are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana Recent Presidential Executive Order that would make it more difficult for Central Americans seeking asylum to gain entry at the U.S.-Mexico border show that the Trump Administration’s stance towards Immigration has not waivered, despite numerous pleas that these policies are inhumane. Rhetoric depicting […]
In continuation of its unrelenting assault on migration of “different” immigrants into the United States, President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on September 22, 2018, announced proposed rule that would make significant changes to “public charge” policies. The rule, set to be officially published on October 10, 2018, will broaden the interpretation of that […]
Starting October 1, 2018, United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) will start issuing Notices to Appear (NTAs) to certain individuals whose applications are denied. An NTA, which is the equivalent of Summons and Complaint in a civil or criminal case, instructs an individual to appear before an immigration judge for removal proceedings. This change […]
On June 11, 2018, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a controversial decision dictating that persecution from gender violence or gang violence in an applicant’s home country no longer fulfills the conditions required to obtain asylum status in the United States. This landmark decision will not only significantly alter the current landscape of immigration […]
If you are United States citizen considering filing an immigration petition for your parents or siblings, it may be time to do so now. President Trump and his advisors have been angling for ways to cut down on family petitions, using terms like “chain migration.” The term has been coined to denigrate the type of […]