Musings on Immigration

It will largely depend on whether negative factors exist in your case (for example: a complicated immigration history, a criminal record, issues with fraud, multiple marriages or petitions, etc.). An immigration attorney works like an insurance policy: you may or may not need one at the time of the interview, but when you do, you will be glad you hired one. What does an immigration attorney DO at an interview? An attorney prepares the client(s) for the interview. In our firm, we usually meet with our clients to explain the process to them, go through a series of hypothetical questions that may be asked at the interview, and verify that all documents are in order; An attorney clarifies questions asked by the officer during the interview; An attorney rectifies any mistakes or misunderstandings from any previous filings done by the applicant or another attorney on behalf of the applicant; An attorney  ensures that proper procedure is taking place at the time of the interv...

Recently U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a memo to its immigration officers explaining how to do “unannounced cyber site-visits” on petitioners and beneficiaries of applications filed with the agency. That's right, Immigration wants to be Your Friend! Now Immigration intends t o look at your social network to check up on you, and possibly use what they find against you in an effort to deny your application. The memo advises immigration officers on how to set up profiles on social networking sites (e.g.. Facebook , Myspace , Hi5, Buzznet , etc.), and search for petitioner and beneficiaries on cases they are reviewing. This virtual visit, as detailed by USCIS , “provides an excellent vantage point for [immigration fraud investigators] to observe the daily life of beneficiaries and petitioners who are suspected of fraudulent activities.” You also need to understand that USCIS supposes that every petition presented to them is fraudulent, so USCIS ...