Raquel Michelena

Biden Administration Plans to Rescind COVID-19 Travel Bans

Leave a Comment / Announcements, Covid-19, Immigration / Raquel Michelena

Biden Administration Plans to Rescind COVID-19 Travel Bans Today, the White House announced that it has plans to ease travel restrictions on all international travelers coming into the United States beginning in early November 2021. The White House will rescind the current geographic COVID-19 related travel bans implemented for individuals from China, Iran, the Schengen […]

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Should I Sponsor a Foreign Employee for a Work Visa?

Leave a Comment / EB-2, EB-3, H-1B visa, Immigration / Raquel Michelena

Should I Sponsor a Foreign Employee for a Work Visa? Decision Vision Episode 129: Should I Sponsor a Foreign Employee for a Work Visa? – An Interview with Karen Weinstock, Weinstock Immigration Lawyers When a business has an opportunity and needs to hire a foreign employee and sponsor them for a work visa, what issues

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Citizenship to Children of Same-Sex Couples.

Leave a Comment / Immigration, LGBTQ immigration, Naturalization / Raquel Michelena

FY2022 H-1B Cap Registrations released The U.S. State Department, on May 18th, 2021, eliminated a longstanding policy refusing to acknowledge the U.S. citizenship of the children of many married same-sex couples. Over the last several years, LGBTQ immigrant rights in the United States have changed significantly. A progressive cultural environment and several court cases have helped

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FY2022 H-1B Cap Registrations released

Leave a Comment / H-1B visa / Raquel Michelena

FY2022 H-1B Cap Registrations released United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released data showing the total number of annual H-1B lottery registrations received for the upcoming fiscal year (FY) 2022. Under the electronic registration process, now in its second year of operation, petitioning employers were already aware of the annual quota (“cap”) being met, with registration

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Leave a Comment / Immigration, Immigration cases, LGBTQ immigration / Raquel Michelena

LGBTQ+ Immigrants in the United States Written by: Immigration Attorney Carlos Rodriguez LGBTQ+ immigration cases are very personal to me. I have been working as an immigration lawyer for a few years now. I recently joined Weinstock Immigration Lawyers after moving from Texas, where I worked with the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and

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Education undocumented student

Leave a Comment / DACA / Raquel Michelena

Guide to Higher Education as an Undocumented Student It can be tough to narrow down higher education options after graduation for most students. There are state and private college options, trade schools, and community colleges to choose from, and each option offers a different price point, a different trajectory, and a different path. These choices

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Leave a Comment / Deportation, Immigration / Raquel Michelena

Victory to immigrants facing deportation. The U.S. Supreme Court, on Thursday, April 29, 2021, offering hope to thousands of long-term immigrants facing deportation in a ruling that faulted the federal government for improperly notifying a man who came to the United States illegally from Guatemala to appear for a U.S. Supreme Court, on Thursday, April

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Leave a Comment / Immigration / Raquel Michelena

Biden Tells Congress to Revamp Immigration System President Joe Biden tells Congress to immediately revamp the immigration system. President Joe Biden tells Congress to immediately revamp the immigration system by passing measures where there’s bipartisan support even as he pressed them to adopt his sweeping overhaul. The president urged lawmakers to help bring an “end

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Leave a Comment / DACA, Immigration / Raquel Michelena

Two Immigration Bills Passed. Will Broader Immigration Reform Be Possible? The House of Representatives passed two bills on immigration reform on Thursday that would provide a pathway to citizenship for millions of DREAMers, Temporary Protected Status holders, and farmworkers. But they also served as an early indicator of Republicans’ limited appetite to work with Democrats

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Goodbye Public Charge Rule

Leave a Comment / Immigration, Immigration policies, Public charge / Raquel Michelena

Goodbye Public Charge Rule The Biden administration on Thursday, March 11, 2021, formally said goodbye to the Trump-era public charge rule, which tightened restrictions on poorer immigrants seeking U.S. residency, as a dozen GOP state attorneys general scrambled to preserve it. The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) 2019 public charge rule –required petitioners and applicants

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