Family Litigation Articles

Expansion of “Travel Ban” to Nigerians Shines New Light on Waiver Process https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/airport-1822133_640.jpg 640 439 Lincoln Stone Lincoln Stone https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/674b21f2c37a297af6db0e0c60515e68?s=96&d=mm&r=g February 4, 2020 February 5, 2020

Lincoln Stone
February 4, 2020

Expansion of “Travel Ban” to Nigerians Shines New Light on Waiver Process

Citing reasons of national security, by Proclamation dated January 31, the U.S. President expanded the “Travel Ban” to nationals of six more countries – Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. The expansion takes effect on February 21, 2020. Given that Nigerians account for 3 times as many immigrant visas as nationals from the five…

Advisory on Birth Tourism Regulation https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/overcome-visa-denial.jpg 849 565 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e6c8bb0d0b258b56e2b10f6d2b487e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 29, 2020 January 29, 2020

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
January 29, 2020

Advisory on Birth Tourism Regulation

On Friday, January 24, 2020, the Department of State (DOS) published a new regulation, effective immediately, prohibiting “birth tourism” – applying for a visa or travel to the U.S. for the purpose of giving birth to obtain U.S. citizenship for a child.[1] The regulation changes the activities allowed under a B1/B2 visitor visa. Specifically, the…

Update on Public Charge Rule https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/calculator-1680905_1920.jpg 1920 1280 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e6c8bb0d0b258b56e2b10f6d2b487e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g January 28, 2020 January 28, 2020

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
January 28, 2020

Update on Public Charge Rule

U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) may soon move forward with implementing a rule that expands the scope of people who could be denied permanent resident status and extensions of temporary status based on the theory that they might become “public charges,” or those who use public benefits. This is one of several government initiatives…

Border Crisis – Take Action! https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/introduction-of-the-RAISE-act.jpg 900 515 Amy Lenhert Amy Lenhert https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c1197c6ec0a5eb3eed80e2b4382e662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 17, 2019 December 17, 2019

Amy Lenhert
December 17, 2019

Border Crisis – Take Action!

There is indeed a humanitarian crisis at our southern border. Children continue to be separated from their parents, and to date at least seven children have died while in DHS custody or shortly after release. Men, women and children alike are held in unsafe conditions in remote facilities in the United States, denied proper healthcare…

DACA and the Supremes https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/supreme-court-545534_1920.jpg 1920 1440 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e6c8bb0d0b258b56e2b10f6d2b487e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 17, 2019 December 17, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
December 17, 2019

DACA and the Supremes

In November, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for and against continuing the program known as “DACA” — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. DACA was created by Executive Order in June 2012, protecting certain undocumented individuals from deportation. An estimated 700,000 people have DACA benefits, including the two-year (renewable) work permit the program authorizes. The…

Practicing At The Intersection Of Criminal And Immigration Law (aka”Crim-Imm”) https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hammer-620011_1920.jpg 1920 1440 Helen A. Sklar Helen A. Sklar https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a76e9a2a354e70a9b491efb865885c18?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 17, 2019 January 28, 2020

Helen A. Sklar
December 17, 2019

Practicing At The Intersection Of Criminal And Immigration Law (aka”Crim-Imm”)

What is crim-imm and why is it so important in the wider field of immigration law? “Crim-imm” refers to the crossover area of criminal law and immigration law, where criminal and immigration law intersect. It is a field of law scholarship and practice that emerged as the traditional boundaries between criminal and immigration law began…

Sorting out Financial Requirements for Immigration Applicants https://www.sggimmigration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/calculator-385506_1920.jpg 1920 1131 Taiyyeba Safri Skomra Taiyyeba Safri Skomra https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4e6c8bb0d0b258b56e2b10f6d2b487e6?s=96&d=mm&r=g December 17, 2019 December 17, 2019

Taiyyeba Safri Skomra
December 17, 2019

Sorting out Financial Requirements for Immigration Applicants

Whereas most research shows that immigrants use public benefits at lower rates than native-born U.S. citizens,[1] a dizzying web of initiatives by the Trump Administration reveal a noisy, and perhaps intimidating, plan to reorder longstanding programs and standards in the realm of public benefits and financial support for immigrants. The upshot of these Administration efforts…