What is the Diversity Visa Lottery? The Diversity Immigrant Visa program—a.k.a. the green card lottery—is a government lottery program for obtaining U.S. Permanent Residence (green card). The program makes 50,000 visas available yearly to applicants from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States and with specific education qualifications. It…
Congratulations to our newest U.S. Citizen! Originally from Iran, our client had difficulty passing the civics test during his citizenship interview. When our client is fluent in English, with Farsi as the language, he first learned and spoke for much of his life in Iran, and he would study and take practice…
We Love Our Clients, and They Love Us Because We Represent Humanity. These children will soon be granted Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, which will allow them to obtain green cards in the near future! Special Immigrant Juvenile Status is available to a minor, unmarried, usually under the age of 21 or 18,…
We were pleased to assist our first Afghan refugees this past weekend with Asylum and TPS application support, in partnership with Lutheran Social Services.
Luqman Law wants to congratulate our client on obtaining his green card! We worked hard to remove him from Immigration Detention, with our final Asylum Trial resulting in a victory. His life is no longer in danger, and his family will be able to stay together. This was one of our most…
The DOS (Department of State) posted the June 2022 visa bulletin. In addition to final action dates and dates for filing, it contains notes on the DV category including DV-2022 results, availability in the F2A category, and more. Note: USCIS determined that for June 2022, all family-sponsored preference categories must use the Dates…
Otherwise qualified foreign nationals are experiencing gaps in employment authorization due to significant processing delays for Forms I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, despite a 180-day automatic extension for individuals applying for an extension of their employment authorization in specific immigration categories (listed on the USCIS website). Because Immigration case processing delays have…
The United States has designated Ukraine for Temporary Protected Status for 18 Months. TPS is a protection status granted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to eligible nationals of designated countries and regions who are already in the United States, regardless of immigration status, due to conditions in their home country…
Our client and her daughter-in-law are now so proud she is a citizen. She didn’t have to take the civics test in English because she’s been here for over 15 years, and her native language is Spanish. She aced her exam in her interview as well! There are many ways an immigrant…
We are helping more families secure their children’s futures through Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. The first and one of the most important steps is getting a local Judge to make rulings essential to Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. We were able to get them for this family! Next, we send the orders to…
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