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Javed came to the United States over ten years ago. After his daughter, Laila, became a US citizen, they decided to apply for his green card. Javed and Laila came to Southam Law for help through the process. We prepared and filed all of the forms for this application. Immigration officials were quick to approve Javed’s work and travel permits, but a decision on the green card lingered. After several inquiries to the appropriate immigration office, they finally approved the application.

El gobierno de presidente Trump ha decidido de renovar y expandir la prohibición de viajar en los EEUU para personas de unas países: Irán, Libia, Siria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad, Corea del Norte, y para la primera vez: Venezuela. Pero la prohibición para Venezuela es limitada. Solo personas conectadas a unos departamentos del gobierno venezolano no pueden viajar a los EEUU. Los departamentos afectados son: Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Interior, Justicia y Paz; el Servicio Administrativo de Identificación, Migración e Inmigración; el Cuerpo de Servicios Científicos, Penales y de Investigación Criminal; el Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional; y el Ministerio del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores.

Jack and Nathan first met when Jack was visiting Chicago for work. The two hit it off and stayed in contact even after Jack returned to his home in the UK. When Jack was unexpectedly laid off from work, he and Nathan decided to live together in the US. Nathan and Jack successfully applied for a green card for Jack. After renewing the green card, Jack then came to Southam Law to apply for citizenship.

More and more, immigrants are talking about guardianships for their children. But what is a guardianship and do all immigrants need one? The short answers are: 1) a guardianship allows someone to act like a parent for your child if you cannot and 2) only in certain circumstances. Some background is helpful. Under the prior president, immigration officials used their limited resources to target undocumented immigrants who had committed serious crimes.

Gabriela came to the United States as a young child with her parents who hoped to create a better life for their family. As a DREAMer, Gabriela’s path to this better life is complicated. Thankfully, when she was a teenager, Gabriela was granted DACA status. She came to Southam Law just before her DACA was about to expire and just after she married a US citizen. Despite the current attitude of the president toward immigrants, Southam Law recommended that she renew her DACA and that her husband petition for an immigrant visa for Gabriela.

The start of the new year is a good time to get serious about H-1B applications. An H-1B is a work visa for professional-level employees, such as IT workers, engineers, accountants, and many others. With luck, and in the hands of an experienced immigration attorney, H-1B visas are an effective tool to attract and retain talented workers from outside of the US. However, there are many places where the H-1B application can fall apart.