In a groundbreaking order, a United States District Court ordered the USCIS to begin accepting concurrent filings of the Form I-360 (Petition for Special Immigrant) and Form I-485 (Application for Adjustment of Status) on behalf of religious workers. For years, the USCIS has treated petitions for permanent residency by religious…
On 3 June 2009, the US Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA). UAFA would amend US immigration law to permit American citizens and Legal Permanent Residents to sponsor their same-sex partners as traditionally-married Americans can. J Craig Fong (Retired from the practice of law),…
Since 1988, it has been accepted by immigration judges that individuals in removal proceedings (called “deportation” at that time) had the right to effective assistance of counsel. The case that established this principle was Matter of Lozada, 19 I&N Dec. 637 (BIA, 1988). This precedent also allowed individuals who were…
It’s recently been reported that a cancer patient traveling to the USA was detained at a Port of Entry (POE) for over five hours because he had been taking a drug that caused his fingerprints to fade or become indistinct. Clients of immigration law firm Romben Law, APC in Los…
According to USCIS today, the H-1B quota is still open. On May 22, 2009 USCIS reported that 45,700 H-1B applications were received as of May 18, 2009. We at Romben Law, APC believe that USCIS will continue to accept at least 20,000 more applications since the USCIS must accept more…
The Associated Press reports that the FBI has been remiss in adding, removing, and updating the national terror suspect watchlist. As immigration lawyers, Romben Law, APC has clients both in Los Angeles and abroad who have had difficulty because the individuals were misidentified or because they requested to be removed from…
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a press release on May 4, 2009 confirming that only 45,000 H-1B petitions have been received out of an allotted 65,000 available this Fiscal Year 2010 for people holding Bachelor’s degrees. USCIS also announced that they are still accepting applications to be counted toward…
Romben Law, APC has been informed that the US Consulate-General at Ciudad Juárez is modifying the way it processes waivers. Immigrant visa applicants who seek a waiver of a ground of inadmissibility at Ciudad Juárez, México should expect to wait at least two months for the waiver interview. Our Los Angeles clientele…
Romben Law, APC is an immigration law firm with extensive experience with family-based petitions. Although we are located in Los Angeles, we handle cases throughout the USA, and we have recently noticed that the economic slowdown being felt in the USA is causing some married couples to take jobs in…
US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that all I-90 Applications to Replace Permanent Resident Card must be sent to an address in Phoenix, Arizona. This change affects ANYone who is filing a paper I-90. As immigration lawyers in Los Angeles, Romben Law, APC often gets phone calls…