Secretary John F. Kelly of the Department of Homeland Security has extended Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for eligible nationals of Haiti (and eligible individuals without nationality who last resided in Haiti) for six months from July 23, 2017 through January 22, 2018.  The 60-day registration period runs from May 24, 2017 through July 24, 2017.…

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U.S. law requires potential immigrants in family-based visa categories to show that they have financial support in the United States. This is done with an Affidavit of Support submitted by the petitioner. The Affidavit of Support, which is also called Form I-864, is a legal contract between the petitioner and the U.S. government. On an…

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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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The U.S. Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court to rehear a challenge to the Obama administration’s plan to delay the deportation of nearly five million undocumented immigrants. The justices on June 23 deadlocked 4-4 in United States v. Texas, leaving in place a lower court’s nationwide injunction that froze the deportation plan. In the…

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The American Immigration Lawyers Association is requesting that a decision made in Matter of K-S- Y be set as a precedent and be adopted by USCIS regarding EB-1 category foreign workers. The Petitioner in that matter was a judo expert seeking classification as an individual of "extraordinary ability." This classification is available to foreign nationals…

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In today’s world, immigration in the U.S. has become increasingly big. At John Hykel Law we represent both immigrants and non-immigrants for a variety of issues, majorly including immigration and naturalization. Because immigration has become such a big way of the world today, John Hykel Law proudly provides a variety of services including but not…

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Lawmakers across the country are pushing back against the nationwide immigration raids recently authorized by the Obama administration, which affect Central American families and unaccompanied minors who are desperate to avoid being deported back to dangers in their home country. The White House is justifying its operations due to fears about the increasing number of…

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As of April 1, 2016, travelers in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) who are traveling to the U.S. with an Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) must have an e-Passport. Travel from VWP countries to the Unites States is still possible without an e-passport for those with a valid non-immigrant visa which may be obtained…

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Two top immigration-related advocacy groups have recently filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeking information about the governments’s administration of the H-1B visa lottery. The two groups, the American Immigration Council (Council) and the American Immigration lawyers Association (AILA), filed the lawsuit under the…

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