The DACA form I-821D has been revised so that you can now use it for renewing the DACA-based work permits and extending deferred action. Go to http://www.uscis.gov/i-821d

I met with a man in Tukwila, yesterday, who entered the USA with a tourist visa and whose 25yo son is a US citizen. Easy, right? Son petitions for dad, and dad gets a green card. The problem is a removal order from two years ago. Apparently he never received the Notice of Hearing from the court and so he was ordered removed in absentia (in his absence). The plan is to file a Motion to Reopen, and then we can proceed with the green card application based on son’s petition.

June 2, 2014

Received a green card approval for a client who was brought across the Mexican border as a child in the back seat of a car. Associate attorney Diane Grover and I were able to use the case matter of Quilantan, submitting proof client did not cross the border illegally, and so our client adjusted her status here in the USA without having to return to Mexico.

I received a provisional approval for a U Visa that associate attorney Diane Grover and I have been working on for quite some time. A U Visa is for an alien without status who has been the victim of a crime such as assault, rape, etc. This provisional approval is huge, because I was skeptical about the Immigration Service (CIS) approving an application where the crime was menacing (with a knife) without any physical harm. All U Visas are given out for this fiscal year, so my client gets deferred action (protection from deportation) until the application is formally approved next fiscal year.