Applicants for asylum can refile at USCIS
The USCIS is instructed that asylum-seekers who had a case pending at the EOIR (immigration court) can file the applications with the USCIS if the EOIR dismisses their application cases. […]
USCIS Mandates Use of New Employment Eligibility Verification – Form I-9
Effective November 1, 2023 all employers must use the revised form I-9, which can be found on the USCIS website. The form has an “edition date” of August 1, 2023 […]
Immigration Law Textbook Fall 2023 by Prof Sethna
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Immigration Law – LAWX 699 – 801 (72754)
The University of Akron, School of LawAdjunct Professor Farhad SethnaFall 2023 WHEN: Monday Evenings, 6:30 – 9:30 PM: August 21 – December 4, 2023 (also see d.(I))WHERE: LAW SCHOOL – […]
DAY-BY-DAY CLASS ROADMAP
CLASS NOTES, ASSIGNMENTS, ITEMS FOR CLASS DISCUSSION – FALL 2023__________________________________________________________________Immigration Law – Fall 2023 – LAWX 699 – 801 (72754)WHEN: Monday Evenings, 6:30 – 9:30 PM: August 21 – Dec. […]
Attorney General rules that immigration judges have authority to terminate cases
In Matter of Coronado-Acevedo, 28 I&N Dec. 648 (A.G. 2022), Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed that immigration judges did have the authority to terminate cases before them under certain circumstances. […]
New DACA Regulation to go into Effect
©Attorney Farhad Sethna, 2022 The USCIS final rule on DACA goes into effect on October 31, 2022. The USCIS states that there are over 700,000 DACA recipients in the United […]
New BIA decision cracks door open to termination of pending cases
In Matter of Fernandes, 28 I&N Dec. 605 (BIA 2022), a three-member panel on the board of immigration appeals (BIA) held, in a two – one decision, that indeed, alien […]