December 03, 2011
Although section 204(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1154(j) (2000), provides that an employment-based immigrant visa petition shall remain valid with respect to a new job if the beneficiary’s application for adjustment of status has been filed and remained unadjudicated for 180 days, the petition must have been “valid” to begin with if it is to […]
November 24, 2011
Since the groundbreaking Morton Memos of June 17, 2011 and the announcements from the White House and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, finally ICE and the Immigration Courts responded with some methodology about the “working group” review to determine high priority vs low priority deportations (enforcement priorities). There were several releases, all of which are featured in this article, […]
November 17, 2011
http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/244/ Ricky Malik, Esq. www.rmlegal.com
November 14, 2011
The Board of Immigration Appeals in Matter of T-Z-, 24 I&N Dec. 163 (BIA 2007) held physical harm is not necessary. Threats or severe economic deprivation can rise to the level of persecution. “(1) An abortion is forced by threats of harm when a reasonable person would objectively view the threats for refusing the abortion to be genuine, and the […]
October 01, 2011
On Monday, September 26, 2011, the Washington Post published a story about Paula Godoy, a client of the Law Offices of Ricky Malik, P.C. Ms. Godoy was in her final hours before deportation and at the 11th hour, through hard work, we won a stay of removal. For the full story, wonderfully written by Post report Eli Saslow, see below. […]
August 30, 2011
The Immigration world has been abuzz in recent weeks following releases from the White House and DHS. There has been a lot of “stuff” put out there and we want to help you get to the truth, using facts. To do so we need to understand the lead up. On June 17, 2011, two memos were released by ICE chief, […]
May 17, 2011
Some movement: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_4879.html Ricky Malik, Esq. Law Offices of Ricky Malik, P.C.
May 16, 2011
The United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) released a fact sheet clarifying the issue of what benefits can make one a public charge. Accepting the following can lead to a public charge determination (determined on a case by case basis): Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Cash assistance from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program State or local cash […]
May 15, 2011
Could it be made any more expensive. So now if the entire record of conviction is not enough to prove its a Crime Involving Moral Turpitude (CIMT), the Government can go get whatever else they can find to make it a CIMT, even though a competent criminal judge convicted the person of a crime that is NOT a CIMT. Matter […]
May 14, 2011
In a single page decision, the Attorney General of the United States in Matter of Dorman, 25 I&N Dec. 485 (A.G. 2011) remands a case for the Board to consider his questions, amongst which, “whether, absent the requirements of DOMA, respondent’s same-sex partnership or civil union would qualify him to be considered a “spouse” under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Ricky […]
