By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano Beginning Aug. 12, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is temporarily extending the validity period for Form I-693, Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, from two years to now four years due to COVID-19-related delays in processing. USCIS may consider a completed...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano On August 9, 2021, the USCIS announced that applicants filing for lawful permanent resident status are now able to apply for a Social Security number (SSN) or replacement card as part of the adjustment of status application process. A person who qualifies...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano Sometimes, for lack of guidance from an experienced immigration attorney, applicants for immigration benefits, including those seeking K-1 or K-2 visas, makes a fraudulent action or willful misrepresentation. In these cases, the applicants are required to file Form I-601 or Application...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano Good news for all immigrants having cases in Immigration Court. The Biden Administration instructed ICE to use prosecutorial discretion on most immigration cases especially those in Immigration Courts. We are waiting for the formal procedure to be adopted by ICE to...
By Attorney Chris Caday Lozano There is a new law Niz-Chavez v. Garland decided by the US Supreme Court that will allow reopening of a case if the Notice to Appear sent to the Respondent do not have a hearing date and time at the first...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano Green cards are important especially when traveling abroad. There are certain issues about replacing green card which we will discuss. 1. Lost green card. The person who lost his green card may file to renew their USCIS-issued green card that have expired...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano President Biden has revoked a Trump-era order that banned immigrants from obtaining visas if they couldn’t prove they could obtain health insurance or pay for health care. The Trump era order denied visas to those seeking entry into the U.S. who were...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano It is now a law that if your Notice to Appear (NTA) does not specify a hearing date and time in the NTA itself then you have a second chance in court to apply for relief. The U.S. Supreme Court issued...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision on April 29, 2021, in Niz-Chavez v. Garland that could save thousands of immigrants from deportation. The Court held that the charging document for a removal proceeding, the Notice to Appear (NTA), is invalid...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano When applying for naturalization, there are problems many applicants encountered during the interview process. This is because they look at how you first get your green card and what actions you have made while a green card holder. Listed below are...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano Marriage fraud is a major part of USCIS investigations because they believe that marriage is a fast way to get a green card. In some cases containing weak documentary relationship evidence, the adjudicator may refer the case for an investigation. This...
By Atty. Chris Caday Lozano President Joe Biden has moved to reverse many of his predecessor's anti-immigration policies, but the consequences of those restrictive measures linger and have contributed to a massive backlog of nearly 2.6 million visa applications. The backlog includes nearly half a million applicants...