USCIS to allow direct applications for SSNs through Adjustment of Status

Posted August 9, 2021

USCIS has announced that applicants filing for lawful permanent resident status are now able to apply for a Social Security Number (SSN) or SSN replacement card as part of the adjustment of status application process. Previously, applicants for permanent residence had to apply for an SSN by also submitting an application for employment authorization (I-765), if eligible for employment incidental to the adjustment of status. All other applicants for Adjustment of Status had to apply separately for an SSN at their local Social Security office. All adjustment of status applicants may now apply for the SSN by simply requesting the SSN in form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.

 

Providence office opens!

Posted June 25, 2021

Good news friends and clients! I have relocated to southern New England with the opening of an office in Providence, Rhode Island. If you are in the northeast, please call (401) 601-7453 with your immigration inquiries. As always, ten minute phone consultations are free!

10 Dorrance St., Suite 700, Providence RI 02903

 

DACA Fully Reinstated

Posted December 8, 2020

A New York District Court has ordered a full reinstatement of the Obama Administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.

Effective December 7, 2020, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is:

  • Accepting first-time requests for consideration of deferred action under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017;
  • Accepting DACA renewal requests based on the terms of the DACA policy in effect prior to September 5, 2017;
  • Accepting applications for advance parole documents based on the terms of the DACA policy prior to September 5, 2017;
  • Extending one-year grants of deferred action under DACA to two years; and
  • Extending one-year employment authorization documents under DACA to two years.

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PUBLIC CHARGE RULED INVALID, THEN RE-INSTATED

Posted November 3, 2020

On November 2, 2020, a federal judge in Illinois ruled in favor of plaintiffs challenging the Trump Administration’s Public Charge rule, temporarily eliminating the new rule and its burdensome requirements nationwide.

On November 3, 2020, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit stayed the ruling pending the DHS appeal.

The Public Charge rule remains in effect, however the Biden Administration is very likely to withdraw the new, stricter requirements.

Stay with us for the latest developments.

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