Raquel Michelena

Raquel is the Director of Marketing and Business Operations at Weinstock Immigration Lawyers. She comes from a culturally diverse background: Raised in the Dominican Republic, US citizen, a direct descendant of 2 Spanish families, working with different ethnicities around the world, and fluent in English and Spanish languages.

The Cost of Adjusting Your U.S. Immigration Status Will Increase Drastically, And Asylum is No Longer Free.

The Cost of Adjusting Your U.S. Immigration Status Will Increase Drastically, And Asylum is No Longer Free. The Trump administration announced on Friday an excessive increase in fees for some of the most common immigration procedures, including an 81% increase in the cost of U.S. citizenship for naturalization. It will also now charge asylum-seekers, which …

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A judge ordered the US to accept new DACA applications. It is still unclear if the Trump administration will.

A judge ordered the US to accept new DACA applications. It is still unclear if the Trump administration will. On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with DACA recipients ruling that how the Trump administration rescinded the DACA program in 2017 was unlawful. The decision is a massive victory for immigrant communities and …

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Trump Wants to Bar Undocumented Immigrants Out of the 2020 Census

Trump Wants to Bar Undocumented Immigrants Out of the 2020 Census President Donald Trump wants to bar undocumented immigrants from being counted in the 2020 census. That’s not all he’s doing on immigration in 2020. In recent months, Trump has moved to reduce the number of foreign workers in the U.S., end a program that …

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Presidential Proclamation Suspending the Entry of Certain Nonimmigrants into the United States – What You Should Know

Presidential Proclamation Suspending the Entry of Certain Nonimmigrants into the United States – What You Should Know Here’s What We Know On June 22, 2020, President Trump issued Presidential Proclamation 10052, which suspended the entry of foreign nationals on certain employment-based nonimmigrant visas into the United States as of June 24, 2020, at 12:01 am …

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Trump administration drops rules to strip visa from forgien

Trump Administration Drops Rule to Strip Visa’s from foreign students in online-only classes. WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s administration agreed Tuesday to rescind its controversial rule barring foreign students from living in the USA while taking fall classes online, a sharp reversal after the White House faced a slew of lawsuits challenging the policy. A …

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us will restart visa service

US will restart visa services, State Department says, amid Trump’s efforts to restrict immigration U.S. embassies and consulates around the globe will quickly resume visa services, the State Department stated Monday, though it isn’t offering particulars on the place or when. The worldwide suspension of U.S. visas, apart from emergency instances, has been one in all …

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International Students must leave U.S. if classes go online.

International Students must leave U.S. if classes go online. International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall, under new guidelines issued Monday by federal immigration authorities. The guidelines, issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, provide additional pressure for universities …

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Health Insurance for Green Card Applicants

Health Insurance for Green Card Applicants Over the past year, the Trump administration has introduced new rules and financial requirements that make it more difficult for many to immigrate to the United States. These tighter restrictions generally affect all family-based applicants. Many of the new requirements revolve around the premise that immigrants not be dependent …

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judges rule u.s must release children from family detention center

Judge Rules: U.S. Must Release Children From Family Detention Centers, Citing new coronavirus cases at detention facilities for migrant families, the federal judge overseeing litigation surrounding protections for undocumented minors in U.S. custody on Friday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release children the agency is holding with their parents or legal guardians. The order to …

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