On June 27, 2014, the AILA-AIC (+ Innovation Law Lab) Artesia Pro Bono Project came to life. It was the first massive collaborative representation project in the country. We are all living the reality of what happened in subsequent years, and so I'll skip the full summary of Artesia, because it can be found in the Artesia Report, put together by Stephen Manning and the Law Lab team. What I'm …
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What this is about: A blog about Big Immigration Advocacy for people who already give a damn In the Big Immigration Advocacy Blog I will be writing about the unfolding movement of immigration advocates building a new generation of organizations for the improvement of immigrant and refugee lives through the leveraging of collaborative technology, data & analytics, and new systems of …
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What happens if you are the subject of a DWI arrest or a suspicion of a DWI? A DWI arrest is probably the most damaging event in the immigrant community, because a DWI arrest both carries potentially catastrophic immigration consequences and is relatively common compared to other crimes and offenses that carry similarly harsh immigration penalties. For non-immigrants, too, a DWI arrest is …
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I've received a lot of marriage based interview experience in 2019, and in this blog post I want to share my thoughts on what to avoid in an I-130/I-485 bona fide marriage interview. When your spouse petitions for you, you and your spouse will likely have an interview with a USCIS officer. If after the interview, the officer has doubts about whether the marriage is bona fide, they may test you. …
USCIS Infopass Appointments as We Knew Them Are Dead in 2019 As of this writing, you can still find the USCIS Infopass directions on the USCIS website, but those directions are meaningless for 99% of those seeking a USCIS appointment. This is because USCIS Infopass has been phased out at almost all USCIS locations across the country. If you were to go to the page that USCIS directs you to …
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The USCIS Medical Exam procedure changed in 2018 In October 2018, the Department of Homeland Security put out new guidance for the USCIS medical exam, also known as "Form I-693 Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record." As of the November 1, 2018 update the I-693 form can only be signed 60 days before the underlying I-485 family-based or employer-based adjustment of status …
