Monthly Archives: May 2010

Increase of Non-Immigrant Visa Application Fees Effective June 4, 2010

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Mike Baker

 Important Notice – New Nonimmigrant Application Fees: The Nonimmigrant visa application processing fees will increase on June 4, 2010 and will be tiered, as shown below. (There will no longer be one single visa application fee for all nonimmigrant categories.) … Continue reading →

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City of Chicago Gun Turn-in: Don’t Kill A Dream. Save A Life Saturday, May 8th from 10am-4pm.

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Mike Baker

Advisory Message has been issued by the Chicago Police Department – Headquarters. Wednesday May 5, 2010 10:00 AM CDT City of Chicago Gun Turn-in: Don’t Kill A Dream. Save A Life The City of Chicago Gun Turn-In will be held … Continue reading →

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A court of appeals also may set aside a decision in which the BIA has abused its discretion in applying the law to the facts-7th Cir

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Mike Baker

Kucana v. Holder, No. 07-1002“The Supreme Court remanded this proceeding to the 7th Circuit for decision on the merits after holding that 8 U.S.C. §1252(a)(2)(B) does not affect judicial review of situations in which immigration officials’ discretion is specified by … Continue reading →

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Rescission of lawful permanent resident status-7th Cir. 2010 Estrada v. Holder, No. 08-1226

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Mike Baker

Petition for review of the BIA’s affirmance of an IJ’s refusal to examine a Mexican citizen’s challenge to the validity of a 1996 rescission of his lawful-permanent-resident status by the INS is granted and the rescission order vacated and remanded … Continue reading →

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Asylum, China’s one-child policy and membership in social group-7th Cir. 2010 Chen v. Holder, No. 08-2836

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Mike Baker

A Chinese national and citizen’s petition for review of the BIA’s affirmance of Immigration Judge’s denial of his application for asylum and related relief, claiming that he has been or will be persecuted because of his family’s resistance to China’s … Continue reading →

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