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People often ask us – my girlfriend came from Russia last week, can we get married this week and I want to file for her green card right now. I can’t wait to get married! HOLD YOUR HORSES! YOU SHOULD WAIT! I have to stop the nuptials and say, hey – you guys should wait […]

WHAT ARE THE RED FLAGS USCIS SEES AND LEADS TO FRAUD ALERTS? Common Fraud Indicators in Written Asylum Applications USCIS’s first opportunity to find fraud in your Asylum Application I-589 (called Application for Asylum, Withholding of Removal and Request for Relief under Convention Against Torture) usually happens when USCIS is reviewing the Asylum Application Form […]

American celebrities Kim Kardashian and Kanye West filed for divorce. Both are big stars, share 4 kids and their divorce will require a lot of work from teams of their attorneys to settle even in the most collaborative way because the issues involved are custody and visitation of the 4 kids, where these parents live […]

BREAKDOWN OF THE KINDS OF DIFFERENT DIVORCES ContestedUncontestedNo FaultAt FaultLimitedDefault ANNULMENT To start the conversation about the different kinds of divorce, we must first understand the legal definition of MARRIAGE. Marriage is a legal contract. It is a contract obligating the parties to marry each other and financially support one another.  Sometimes, one or both of the […]

The I-360 VAWA Petition helps to legalize, get a work permit and a green card for men and women who are still undocumented and suffering in a bad marriage to a U.S. citizen or even a Green Card Holder.  But we have people calling us who already were denied daily. We sometimes take on these […]

I worked on my consultation procedure with a coach (yes, I get business coaching) and realized a HUGE thing that everyone I talk to needs and I don’t always do. What is it, you ask? Simple – telling them you are sorry and empathize with what they are struggling with. Lawyers are not meant to […]

Biden’s Plan for First Day as President: 1. Already returned US to the Paris Climate Agreement. 2. Executive order undoing Trump’s bans on travel to the U.S. from several mostly Muslim and African countries. 3. Executive Order pausing the construction of a wall along the US/Mexico border. 4. Launch proposal for new Immigration Amnesty to be […]

We have a male client we filed a VAWA Abuse Marriage Petition for in Illinois. Even though VAWA stands for Violence Against Women Act, it is a law that is applied to MEN as well when they, too, become victims of bad marriage problems. Abuse is not just physical battery. ‘Abuse’ is financial control, moral […]

At the time of this election and all of us waiting with bated breath to see the swearing-in of Joe Biden as the new President of the United States, I thought this would be a good opportunity to remember the history of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) passed 26 years ago in 1994 by […]

USCIS makes an update to the Policy Manual instructing its officers what are the Positive and Negative Factors to consider in Family-based, Asylee and Work-Based Green Card Interviews  USCIS makes an update to the Policy Manual instructing its officers what are the Positive and Negative Factors to consider in Family-based, Asylee and Work-Based Green Card […]