USCIS and DOS mistake shatters hopes and dreams….
by Farhad Sethna, Attorney, copyright 2015 The US Department of State posted a visa bulletin in a new format on September 9, 2015. In that format, the Bulletin announced two […]
DAMN THE “PRIORITY DATE” – USCIS TO ACCEPT GREEN CARD APPLICATIONS
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney ©2015 The USCIS and the Department of State jointly proposed a “solution” to the huge backlog in priority dates, especially for Employment-Based EB-2 and EB-3 applicants […]
For Love or Green Card? Fiancé(e) visa fraud
By Farhad Sethna, Attorney © 2015 A fiancé(e) visa is a special kind of visa issued to a person who intends to marry a U.S. citizen within ninety days of […]
Till Death (Or Lies) Do Us Part: Deportation for Marriage Fraud
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 BACKGROUND On January 6, 2015, the 6th Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati issued an opinion in Fayzullina v. […]
H-4 SPOUSE EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2015 THE PROBLEM: Until an alien’s “priority date” is current, the alien and any non-US Citizen dependents cannot apply for Adjustment of Status (“green card”) […]
Bars to Reentry or Adjustment of Status
By Attorney Farhad Sethna, © 2015 A frequent set of questions that I encounter in my practice is “I was in deportation proceedings and I was ordered removed from the United States, […]
REENTRY AFTER REMOVAL- TRAPS IN THE I-601A WAIVER PROCESS
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 As background, an alien who has entered the USA either lawfully or unlawfully and subsequently overstayed his or her visa or acquired unlawful presence […]
Imaginative move by Massachussetts governor to retain highly educated foreign students in the USA
By Attorney Farhad Sethna © 2014 In other articles on this blog, I had written about self-sponsorship through a business set up and operated by a foreign student or recent […]