In a previous article, “Removing Conditions on Your Green Card Based on Divorce”, we discussed that if you are no longer married to your petitioning U.S. citizen (USC) or legal permanent resident (LPR) spouse, you may request a waiver of…
In a previous article, “Removing Conditions on Your Green Card Based on Divorce”, we discussed that if you are no longer married to your U.S. citizen (USC) or legal permanent (LPR) spouse, in order to remove conditions on your green…
In a previous article, “Removing Conditions on Your Green Card Based on Marriage”, we discussed that individuals who apply for a green card based on marriage to a U.S. citizen (USC) or legal permanent resident (LPR), who have been married…
If you apply for a green card based on marriage to a U.S. citizen (USC) or legal permanent resident (LPR), you will receive a “conditional green card,” if your marriage is less than two years old on the day your…
In a previous article, we discussed that one reason that the wait time and backlogs for U.S. citizenship applications have increased so significantly is U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (“USCIS’s”) focus on investigating thousands of old citizenship applications for any…
In a previous article, we discussed that all green card holders have to wait considerably longer for their U.S. citizenship applications to be processed than in years past. (“Wait Time for U.S. Citizenship Applications Has Doubled”) The following are likely…
In 2014, the average time a green card holder had to wait for his or her U.S. citizenship application to be processed was about five (5) months. Today, the wait time has doubled to more than ten (10) months. With…
In recent articles we discussed that effective September 11, 2018, a new policy memorandum provides USCIS adjudicators with full discretion to deny any application without first issuing a “Request for Evidence” (RFE) or a “Notice of Intent to Deny” (NOID),…
In a previous article, (“New Policy Gives USCIS Officers Full Discretion to Deny Applications without Allowing Applicant to Respond”), we informed you that effective September 11, 2018, a new policy memorandum provides USCIS adjudicators with full discretion to deny any…
Effective September 11, 2018, USCIS adjudicators will have full discretion to deny any application, petition, or request, except for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) adjudications, without first issuing a “Request for Evidence” (RFE) or a “Notice of Intent to…