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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...

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...

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...

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...