Sue your way to Citizenship: How to use Federal Litigation to Resolve Long Delayed Naturalization.

by Dennis Mulligan | Mar 28, 2022 | h-1b, Immigration law policy and updates, Immigration News, USCIS

Naturalization is one of the most rewarding elements of our jobs as attorneys at Solow, Hartnett and Galvan. Naturalization is the culmination of many years of hard work and dedication by our clients that allows them to become United States...

Bona Fide at Inception: The Documents You Need to Support Your I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

by Adam Solow | Dec 12, 2021 | green card, I-751, Immigration law policy and updates

Section 216 of The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) requires certain spouses of US citizens (those who are married less than 2 years when they are granted their US permanent residence or “green card”) to remove conditions on their permanent resident status. ...

New USCIS Policy Allows Automatic Extension of Employment Authorization for Certain H-4, L-2, and E Dependent Spouses

by Salam Bustanji | Nov 23, 2021 | Immigration Law & Policy, Immigration law policy and updates, Immigration News, USCIS

The Law Offices of Solow, Hartnett and Galvan celebrate the latest  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated policy which provides structural changes for nonimmigrant H-4, L-2 and E dependent spouses suffering from long-delayed processing times for the...

Practicing Immigration Law in the Age of COVID-19

by Adam Solow | Nov 13, 2020 | Immigration Law & Policy, Immigration law policy and updates, Practicing Immigration Law, Uncategorized

Like the vast majority of society, the past 9 months have been some of the most challenging and traumatic of our lives. Practicing immigration law in the age of COVID-19 has been a humbling experience.   After a brief lull in summer and early fall, COVID-19...

Uphold the Constitution on Constitution Day September 17, 2020, Call for Independent Immigration Courts

by Charles Honeyman | Sep 15, 2020 | Hon. Charles M. Honeyman, Immigration law policy and updates, Immigration News

Presentation by the Honorable Charles M. Honeyman (Immigration Judge, Retired) What is a Court?  Cambridge Dictionary: a place where trials and other legal cases happen (with) …officials deciding if someone is guilty Merriam-Webster: formal legal meeting in which...

Regulatory assault on immigrants continues at the appellate level: Department of Justice (DOJ) proposal aims to speed up appeals; reverse circuit court trends by ending the independent freestanding authority of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and Immigration Judges (IJs) to administratively close cases or reopen cases sua sponte; and authorizes the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Director-essentially a political appointee who is not a judge to decide cases

by Charles Honeyman | Aug 29, 2020 | Hon. Charles M. Honeyman, Immigration law policy and updates, Immigration News

As “of counsel” and on behalf of Solow, Isbell & Palladino, LLC (SIP), welcome to another blog exploring issues impacting the Immigration Courts. In this blog, I will highlight some of the most important portions of the latest proposed regulation that is yet...