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One week ago, the country of Haiti was hit by a terrible earthquake, devastating the already poverty-stricken and under-resourced country.  Please consider making a contribution to the Red Cross to aid the relief effort on behalf of needy Haitians. For our purposes today, I will not go into great detail into the United States’ culpability…

Neelam Ihsanullah, a guest contributor to our blog, is an immigration attorney licensed in Pennsylvania and California. You can contact her directly at: neelam.ihsanullah@gmail.comLast week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance on the vaccination requirements for foreign nationals applying for adjustment of status in the United States. This document clarifies the new approach…

Today I had a final hearing for a man who was granted cancellation of removal as a permanent resident (“green card” holder).  This is great, I am extremely happy for him, his wife, and four children.  However, he was detained for the last two months while we filed the required paperwork, had him fingerprinted, etc. …

As same-sex couples and their advocates continue to fight for equal rights, they should not forget those with foreign spouses, or the plight of foreign same-sex couples wishing to come to the United States together as spouses. When a United States citizen wants to marry a foreigner, or when a foreign couple want to come…

On October 28, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law (Public Law 111-83), a major change in the way widows are treated in the immigration process. Brent Renison, an American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) member and founder of Surviving Spouses Against Deportation (www.ssad.org), has been the primary advocate on behalf victims of the widow penalty,…

As attorneys, we have an obligation to perform services in the public interest free of charge (Pro Bono) from time to time, and to dedicate ourselves to the idea that the most vulnerable in society need to be protected, even when they cannot afford it.  The phrase Pro Bono Publico normally shortened to Pro Bono…

Welcome to the blog at Willmoth Immigration Law, LLC. We will try to keep you informed of issues that impact the fast-changing world of immigration law. Sometimes that will include posting original legal articles, comments on recent cases or changes in the law, or statements of opinion on immigration policies.