Jennings v. Rodriguez Decision Released

This morning, the US Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Jennings v. Rodriguez, slip No. 15-1204 (2018), an immigration case where there appears to be no right to a bond hearing after six months of detention for immigrants in detention. The Court...

One Day Divorce?

This is an interesting news item from NBC in San Diego. The San Diego Superior Court is running a pilot program to offer eligible soon-to-be-ex-couples a simple divorce in only one day. Read the full report here. I would expect to see more of these pilot programs in...

USCIS Processing Time Reports!

Where would you look for processing times for a field office or a service center? Click here and follow the instructions. One caveat: The information is not updated on a daily basis so you have to check back often or follow this blog for a post that says the the...

The February 2014 Visa Bulletin is Released

A.  STATUTORY NUMBERS 1.  This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during February. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; U.S. Citizenship and...

CBP Implementation of Form I-94 Automation

If you entered the US after May 21, 2013 on any type of non-immigrant visa, you did not get I-94 form attached to your passport. Starting in May, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) started implementing the automated version of Form I-94, Arrival/Departure...