Can a Revoked I-130 Be Reinstated? If you are the principal beneficiary of an approved I-130, your petitioner relative has died, and USCIS has revoked that I-130, that I-130 can then be reinstated due to humanitarian reasons . Humanitarian reinstatement is not available if the petitioner died while the petition was pending. If your I-130 … Read more
What is a Writ of Mandamus? A writ of mandamus is a filing that can be made in federal court to force the US Consulate to act on a visa application. Why Pursue a Writ of Mandamus? The purpose of filing a mandamus action is to get the Consulate to act. Administrative processing is normally … Read more
Visa Cancelled or Revoked Under 22 CFR 41.122 Did an immigration officer recently cancel your visa and write 22 CFR 41.122 on it? 22 CFR 41.122 gives immigration officers authority to revoke or cancel visas which they normally use in two different situations. If a consular official believes that a visa was issued incorrectly or … Read more
How to Fix a 221(g) Administrative Processing Refusal When adjudicating an immigrant or non immigrant visa application, a consular officer may determine that additional information from sources other than the applicant may help establish an applicant’s eligibility for a visa. In such cases, refused visa applications warrant further administrative processing. Upon completion of the … Read more
INA 212(a)(6)(C)(i) fraud related to AZTech, Wireclass, Global IT Experts, and Findream Over the past three years, tens of thousands of F1 visa students have been permanently banned from returning to the United States pursuant to INA 212(a)(6)(C)(i). Some students were refused visas at the Embassy abroad and others have been removed from the country … Read more
INA 212(a)(7)(A)(i)(i) Expedited Removal When applying for entry to the United States, a foreign national in possession of a valid visa must demonstrate to the CBP officer at the port of entry that they are eligible to enter in the visa classification requested. For example, a B2 tourist must demonstrate that they will return home … Read more
EB2 NIW No Citation Approvals Many potential clients who approach us with an interest in pursuing an NIW green card wrongfully believe that the NIW classification is only open to researchers or scientists and that citations are mandatory. This is simply not the case. For nearly 20 years, we have been handling NIW cases for … Read more
Immigration Success Stories – INA 212(a)(2)(c)(i) In January of 2018 a Hollywood talent agency informed us that one of their clients applied for a visa nearly six months ago and after a lengthy delay due to administrative processing was just refused pursuant to INA 212(a)(2)(c)(i). We spoke to their client and learned that during his … Read more
What is an RFE? A Request for Evidence or RFE is a second chance to get your case approved by USCIS. If USCIS determines that the initial application did not contain all required initial evidence or that the evidence submitted does not demonstrate eligibility, an RFE will be issued asking the applicant or petitioner to … Read more
Immigration Success Stories – INA 212(a)(6)(c)(ii) In October of 2001, our client wanted to enter the US but did not have a visa. She was introduced a man named Hamid in Toronto, who offered to take her for $2,000 and told her that he could get her in legally. Hamid drove her to the Seattle … Read more