Expert testimony may make all the difference in an asylum case. Knowing how to present expert testimony - and what is required to qualify an expert in court - is therefore one of the most important things an immigration attorney must do during removal proceedings. On...
The H-1B visa lottery could be coming to an end. The Trump administration is proposing a new rule that would eliminate the annual lottery that grants 65,000 annual petitions and an additional 20,000 for those with advanced degrees from US-based colleges. The new...
You and your family have a lot riding on this. With immigration matters at the forefront, you want to make sure everything is properly done in order to remain in the U.S. and start new lives. Reuniting with the entire family in a new country is something you have...
On October 13, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit published the decision Hincapie-Zapata v. U.S. Att’y Gen. In this decision, the Eleventh Circuit held that providing “funds” such as money to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas...
Before an immigrant to the United States can seek American citizenship, he or she has to obtain a green card. This allows someone to live in the U.S. permanently and work legally. There is an application process involved in obtaining a green card. There are different...
Oct. 10, 2020 This BIA recently published a favorable decision that impacts nearly all noncitizens placed in immigration court removal proceedings with criminal convictions. In Matter of Voss, 28 I&N Dec. 107 (BIA 2020), the BIA held “if a criminal conviction was...
KKTP has always been a nationwide law firm, and in August 2020, opened its Southern California office based in San Diego, California! If you or someone you know has an immigration issue in California (or anywhere else in the U.S. or abroad), please contact our firm...
Workers and businesses hoping to take advantage of employment-based immigration opportunities in the U.S. are facing a new hurdle: significantly higher petition fees. Come Oct. 2, 2020, a slew of filing fee hikes will come into effect. While increases are happening...
For the past three decades, immigration judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals have used a tool known as “administrative closure” to temporarily remove cases from their dockets when the noncitizen was pursuing other forms of relief or immigration benefits with a...
In this case, the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), which is kind of like the “Supreme Court of Immigration Judges,” held that a noncitizen who conspires to engage in marriage fraud to obtain a K-1 fiancé visa is barred from obtaining an immigration visa petition...