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MMH Principal in Recent Edition of Federal Bar Association Immigration Law Section Publication
Minsky McCormick & Hallagan’s own Peggy McCormick was recently published in the Federal Bar Association (FBA) Immigration Law Section’s monthly publication, The Green Card. Peggy is the secretary of the FBA’s Immigration Law Section and immediate past president of the...
UPDATE: MAVNI Program on Hold for DACA Beneficiaries
DACA beneficiaries with specialized language and culture skills interested in serving in the United States military will have to wait before they can enlist. Late last week, Army officials confirmed that the Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) program...
DHS Announces Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program
On October 17, 2014, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) Program, which is scheduled to begin in early 2015. If a U.S. citizen or permanent resident has sponsored a family member in Haiti...
Does My Immigration Status Qualify Me for ObamaCare?
The Affordable Care Act (ACA, and also known as ObamaCare) was signed into law on March 23, 2010. Among many other things, it set up marketplaces for individuals to shop for and purchase health insurance. Individuals whose jobs do not...
State Department Visa Bulletin Retrogresses Four Years for EB-2 Foreign Nationals from India
Many foreign nationals from India in the EB-2 category waiting to file their employment-based green card applications may have to wait a lot longer now that the latest U.S. State Department Visa Bulletin has retrogressed four years for that category....
Some DACA Beneficiaries may be allowed to join U.S. Military
The Pentagon recently announced the expansion of the Military Accesssions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) program to allow beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to apply. The program allows the military to recruit certain legal aliens whose skills...
EB-2 India Retrogression Predicted to be Imminent
The employment-based second preference category (EB-2) for India, which recently saw a nearly four year increase in priority dates, is now predicted to undergo a major retrogression. As a refresher, the priority date is the date that determines an individual’s...
USCIS Confirms Immigration Benefits for Same-Sex Couples That Convert Civil Union to Marriage
We previously wrote about the immigration benefits available to same-sex couples that convert their civil unions to marriages based on the new Illinois law. Under that Illinois law, couples wishing to convert their civil unions must do so by May...
