USCIS issued a policy memo designating the AAO decision in Matter of Z-R-Z-C- as an adopted decision, holding that TPS beneficiaries who travel abroad will, upon their return, retain the same immigration status that they had at the time…
USCIS has issued guidance on the Special Immigrant Juvenile classification. On October 11, USCIS issued 3 adopted Administrative Appeals Office decisions that clarified the requirements for a Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification. On November 19, USCIS…
Officer seemed to have it in for the same sex couple and denied the petition. We appealed to AAO and it was reversed granting client Lawful Permanent Residency
In a non precedent decision, the AAO held that the petitioner, a judo athlete transitioning his career from competing to coaching, met the burden of proof necessary to establish his eligibility as an individual “of extraordinary…
In a nonprecedent decision, the AAO granted the motion to reopen and remanded, finding that the applicant met all of the Lozada requirements, and satisfied his burden of showing that his delay in filing for Temporary Protected Status (TPS)…
In a nonprecedent decision, the AAO sustained an appeal of a Form I-212, finding that although the applicant was removed in 2012 for being an intending immigrant, there is no indication she misrepresented her intentions…
The AAO sustained the appeal of an L-1A petition, finding that the beneficiary will be employed in a managerial capacity in his role as senior technical manager in transceiver engineering and that the beneficiary will…
In an unpublished 2/6/12 decision, the AAO granted a 212(i) waiver. The AAO found that the applicant’s U.S. citizen spouse would face emotional, psychological, and financial hardships upon separation from the applicant.
AAO Processing Times as of January 1, 2012.
In a 12/29/11 decision, the AAO concluded that the applicant was not inadmissible under § 212(a)(9)(C)(i)(II), where the applicant was removed and subsequently reentered the US before April 1, 1997 and later concurrently filed an…
AAO affirmed denial, finding that petitioner failed to execute plan presented in support of Form 1-526 petition by switching to a project not reviewed by USCIS and financing different expenses with the original project than…