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A recent case decided by the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) of the Unites States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has expanded who can come to the United States on a temporary visa for cultural performances, P visas. In order to be eligible for such a visa, a performer, artist or group’s performance must be culturally…

I am now the uncontested nominee for the Chair-Elect position with the Missouri/Kansas Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). The term begins each June at the annual conference. This year I have served as Secretary of our chapter. The Chair-Elect position runs for one year, then that person takes over as Chair of…

We are very pleased to have received our first Parole in Place victory for the spouse of a United States citizen, active-duty soldier. She is about to be deployed to Afghanistan for a year, so securing the ability for her spouse to stay in the US and apply for his green card without leaving is…

We’ve gotten a lot of inquiries about the EB-5 Investor Visa, so I thought I would put some information up to give those of you thinking about this visa type some background on the requirements for such a visa. There are a number of issues that the potential EB-5 investor needs to think about. The…

While the Obama administration has deported almost as many people in three years than Bush did in eight years, the administration has recently issued memoranda and policy directives prioritizing who they will and will not seek to remove from the country. Intending to focus on those who have serious criminal histories, have multiple immigration violations, or…

For the next few months, we will be having a free bi-lingual presentation open to the public with ample time for questions and answers at various locations around the city. The first of these will be the 28th of January at Donnelly college. Please see our Facebook event page for details: Free informational meeting with…

Last week, I had two trials on the same day, a fairly rare occurrence for me. In the first case, we were successful in arguing that a lady who had been here without authorization for xx years deserved to stay in the country. She was the primary caretaker for her 83-year-old mother who suffered from…

As an avid Apple product user, and sometimes tech geek, I was saddened today to learn of Steve Jobs’ passing. However, I had earlier thought of writing a post tonight called: “How my iPad won my client’s case”. I had a trial today for a woman who was married to a U.S. citizen who petitioned…

Here are some upcoming events where Jonathan will be presenting on various immigration law topics, providing valuable information and training to other immigration attorneys across the country. If you are a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), come check by and say hi at one of the following: October 19, 2011 at 12:00pm…

There has been a lot of talk recently about the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) memorandum on prosecutorial discretion. The idea is that individual agents and attorneys for ICE can decide not to “prosecute” removability against an alien who they feel deserves that kind of compassion or use of discretion. The memo itself is not…