by Pegah Rahgozar | Aug 17, 2016 | Immigration Law
The Provisional Waiver otherwise known as the Unlawful Presence Waiver was created by the Obama Administration in 2012 to allow people who are subject to the 3-year and 10-year bars to apply for a waiver of inadmissibility before they leave the United States to...
by Pegah Rahgozar | Jul 7, 2016 | Immigration Law
On June 23, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 4-4 decision in United States v. Texas, the case challenging expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA). This means that a...
by Pegah Rahgozar | Feb 10, 2016 | Immigration Law
Do you have a fear of returning to your home country? Have you been persecuted or fear future persecution because of your race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion? Have you been harmed, mistreated, or will be harmed or...
by Pegah Rahgozar | Jan 27, 2016 | Immigration Law
Effective January 21, 2016, the United States began implementing changes under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 (the Act). U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) welcomes more than a million passengers arriving to the...
by Pegah Rahgozar | Dec 24, 2015 | Immigration Law
HOUSTON—After moves in Washington and at the state level calling for a halt to the intake of Syrian refugees, one woman now living in Jordan is in limbo. “I’m not a danger,” said Ghalia Almukhalalate who spoke to us via Skype. “I’m not terrorism.” Ghalia has spent the...