Attorney Sarah Lawman

The Department of State published a Final Rule regarding increases to certain nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) processing fees and the Border Crossing Card (BCC) for Mexican citizens age 15 and over. These increases were published in the Federal Register on March 28, 2023 and will be effective...

TPS in USA from Somalia: 2023 Registration Period for People Who are Applying for TPS for the First Time: March 13, 2023 – Sept. 17, 2024

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that, effective immediately, USCIS will accept the self-identified gender marker for individuals requesting immigration benefits. The gender marker they select does not need to match the ge...

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is removing the requirement that civil surgeons sign Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, no more than 60 days before an individual applies for an underlying immigration benefit, including Form I-485, Applicati...

DHS has implemented processes through which nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, and their qualifying immediate family members, may request to come to the United States.

USCIS may consider a completed Form I-693 as valid under temporary extension, from December 9, 2021 until March 21, 2023, no more than 4 years have passed since the date of the civil surgeon’s signature; and, after March 21, 2023, no more than 2 years have passed since the date of the civil surge...

On Oct. 12, 2022, the United States announced a new process that allows Venezuelan nationals and their immediate family members to come to the United States. This provides a safe and orderly way for nationals of Venezuela who are outside the United States and lack U.S. entry documents to be consi...

You may apply for employment authorization 150 days after you file your asylum application instead of waiting 365 days.
You may file a Form I-765 based on your pending asylum application 150 days after you file your asylum application. You are not eligible to receive an Employment Authorization D...

Immigration services that may help people affected by extreme situations, including the invasion of Ukraine.
Changing a nonimmigrant status or extending a nonimmigrant stay if in the United States. If you fail to apply for the extension or change before expiration of your authorized period of adm...