On Friday, January 8, 2021, a ruling was issued in US District Court striking down the proposed rules issued by the Trump administration making it harder to claim Asylum in the United States.  The rules sought to redefine how people qualify for asylum and similar forms of humanitarian protection if they face persecution at home.…

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The Department of State is responsible for administering the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) in regards to numerical limitations on immigrant visa issuances. This information sheet explains how it works. At the beginning of each month, the Visa Office (VO) receives a report from each consular post listing totals of qualified immigrant…

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601A Waivers

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published a new final rule that expands the class of individuals who are eligible to apply for a ‘provisional’ waiver of certain grounds of inadmissibility (Form I-601A) based on their accrual of unlawful presence in the United States. The provisional unlawful presence waiver allows certain individuals,…

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