USCIS Removes 60-Day Rule for Medical Examination and Vaccination Record Form I-693
What the end of the 60-day signature rule for the I-693 medical exam meant for green card applicants and their filing timing.
Navigating the Complexities of Immigration and Estate Planning: Wills, Trusts, and More
Where immigration status and estate planning meet — what non-citizens should know about wills, trusts, and property across borders.
What is Public Charge?
What the public charge rule covers, which benefits count against an applicant, and which do not.
Do You Qualify for Unemployment Insurance Benefits?
Which immigrants qualified for unemployment benefits, and whether claiming them affected immigration status under the public charge rule.
H1B Electronic Registration
How the H-1B electronic registration system works — the window, the fee, and what changed from the old paper process.
Naturalized U.S. Citizen Loses His Citizenship Because of Twenty-Year-Old Conviction
A denaturalization case shows how an old, undisclosed conviction can surface decades later — and why full disclosure on the N-400 matters.
USCIS Implements a New Electronic Registration System for H1b Employers
The announcement of the H-1B electronic registration system and what it changed for employers entering the annual lottery.
New Fee Waiver Requirements for USCIS Applications
The 2019 changes to USCIS fee waiver eligibility — what stopped qualifying, and what applicants had to show instead.
Traveling Abroad As a Permanent Resident
How long a green card holder can stay abroad, what breaks continuous residence, and when a reentry permit is worth filing.
P-1A Visa for Professional Video Game Players
How professional esports players qualify for the P-1A athlete visa — the standard, the evidence, and who petitions.
Can a Student Present in the U.S. on an F-1 Visa Open a Business?
What F-1 students can and cannot do with a business — ownership versus work, and where the line sits.
Permanent Residence for Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens
Who counts as an immediate relative, why the category has no quota, and how the green card process runs for spouses, parents, and children.
E-2 Visa and Real Estate Investments
Whether real estate investment can support an E-2 treaty investor visa — and why passive ownership usually cannot.
Conditional Permanent Residency and Extreme Hardship Waiver
When a conditional resident cannot file jointly with a spouse — and how the hardship waiver of the joint-filing requirement works.
Do's and Don'ts of USCIS Marriage Interviews
What officers actually ask at the marriage interview, what they are listening for, and the mistakes that raise flags.
Immigration Consequences of Marijuana Convictions
Why a marijuana matter that seems minor under state law can carry serious immigration consequences — even where it is legal.
Conditional Permanent Residency and Divorce
What happens to a two-year conditional green card when the marriage ends — and how the divorce waiver works.
What to Expect When You Are Entering the U.S. with a Non-Immigrant Visa
What happens at the port of entry — the questions, the searches, secondary inspection, and your documents’ job at the border.
Recent Ninth Circuit Court Decision Helps Immigrant Families Stay Together.
A Ninth Circuit decision on the Child Status Protection Act — and what it meant for children aging out of family petitions.
Alien Admitted As Conditional Permanent Resident Is Not Eligible for 212(h) Waiver
A decision holding conditional residents to the same 212(h) waiver bar as other permanent residents — and what it means in practice.