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What to Know When U.S. Immigration Accuses you of Lying
Misrepresentation allegations are on the rise.
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USCIS’s New AOS Memo--Update
Sheridan Green 6/1/2026 I previously wrote that USCIS's new disruptive memo on adjustment of status would probably come to nothing. On Friday, the New York Times reported that an anonymous DHS official had told it, regarding the memo, "This was just a reminder to officers of their discretionary authority, which has always existed on a case-by-case basis.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/us/politics/green-cards-dhs.html However, the Times article itself is confusing. First,
Four Reasons to Avoid using AI-generated Text in Your EB1A/NIW Application
Sheridan Green 6/1/2026 These days I would venture to say that most clients are using gen AI to help them write initial research reports and letter drafts. The upside is it takes a writing process that is hard for a lot of people and makes it easier. We definitely don’t want you getting stuck at that stage. On the other hand, there are a lot of downsides. What follows is the distillation of several years of experience, doing EB1As and NIWs every day. 1. Gen AI language is
USCIS’s New Memo on Adjustment of Status Will Probably Come to Nothing
5/23/2026 USCIS issued a Policy Memorandum on May 21 which is causing widespread panic. It’s called “Adjustment of Status is a Matter of Discretion and Administrative Grace, and an Extraordinary Relief that Permits Applicants to Dispense with the Ordinary Consular Visa Process” PM-602-0199. The gist of the memo is that USCIS apparently wants to route almost all adjustment of status seekers through consular processing at U.S. consular posts in their home country rather than th
Modern Asylum Law and Domestic Violence: A Primer
In recent weeks the migrant crisis at the border has become a heated topic and so the concept of ‘seeking asylum’ has been the subject of...
BIA holds a woman who was enslaved by guerrilla fighters provided "material support" to terrorists
On June 6, 2018, the Board of Immigration Appeals decided the case of A-C-M-, a Salvadoran woman who was kidnapped and enslaved by...
9th Circuit Reverses Asylum Denial of Chinese Citizen Tortured for Protesting Government Demolition
In June 2009, Xinbing Song was notified by his local government in Hunan province that a building in which he owned a property would be...
The Eleventh Circuit grants Venezuelan journalist's appeal and request for political asylum
On March 2, in an unpublished opinion, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals and...
What Does the Case of Melania Trump Tell Us About the "Extraordinary Ability" visa? Not that hard.
The Washington Post reported yesterday that Melania Trump was a recipient of the "Extraordinary Ability visa," which the article...
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