The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) brought back the International Entrepreneur Rule (IER) in 2021. Through the IER, DHS may allow temporary entry to integral leaders of recently formed start-up businesses. IER Eligibility To apply for an IER parole, the DHS...
Firm News
COVID-19 Immigration Update
Dear Friends: We hope that you are doing well while Governor Inslee’s Stay Home-Stay Healthy Order is in place. We want to reassure you that we are continuing to work with our clients and are available to help with new immigration matters. Of course, we are taking...
Citizenship Workshop on December 4th at North Seattle College
Soreff Law will be volunteering at the Citizenship Workshop sponsored by the City of Seattle, WA State Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, One America, Northwest Immigrant Rights Projects, and many other community organizations. A team of...
Deferred Action for Certain Childhood Arrivals
In June 2012, President Obama announced a special program for people who came to the U.S. as children and meet certain other requirements. The program is called “Deferred Action for Certain Childhood Arrivals”, or “DACA” for short. While it is not certain that the...
A. Carin Weinrich elected as Chair of Washington State Chapter of AILA
In May 2014, Carin was elected to be Chair of the Washington State Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (“AILA”). AILA is the national association of more than 13,000 attorneys and law professors who practice and teach immigration law. Founded in...
Watch “Documented” on CNN Sunday, June 29
At 6 p.m. PST on Sunday, June 29, 2014, CNN will air “Documented: a film by an undocumented American.” The film is directed, written, and produced by Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. To read more about the film and Jose Antonio Vargas, see...
USCIS Field Operations AILA Liaison Meeting April 10, 2014
I am pleased to serve on AILA’s national USCIS Field Operations Directorate Liaison committee. We present issues that AILA members have to the head of USCIS Field Operations for discussion. We meet twice a year in Washington, DC to discuss these issues directly. I...
Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver
In March 2013, President Obama issued a directive for a program called the “provisional unlawful presence waiver”. This waiver is for noncitizens who are spouses, parents, or children of U.S. citizens who are not eligible to adjust their status to that of a permanent...
