When it comes to immigration decisions and actions, everything can seem permanent. It would be understandable to think that any decision made by a ruling body or any act taken by a ruling body can't be appealed or changed. Given the serious nature of immigration laws...
Family Immigration
Obtaining legal status for your spouse
The opportunity to work or live in the United States is an incredible moment for many people. When that chance is afforded to them, though, they likely have to leave their family and loved ones behind to seize the opportunity. Thankfully, there are ways for immigrants...
You can do this: avoiding your immigration issue isn’t the answer
In the time that this blog has existed, we have tackled many difficult topics. Immigration is an inherently difficult area of law, so this may not be very surprising. But what many people may think is that since this is a difficult and convoluted area of law, it may...
Guarantees are hard to come by when it comes to immigration
When someone is dealing with an immigration issue, the matter usually doesn't just entail the future of the individual in question. That person has a family, and the immigration proceedings can greatly affect the family as well. There is so much at stake in these...
The startling rise of the U visa
There are so many visas out there that it is tough to summarize and deal with them all on just one blog. We have spoken at length about visas for gifted or highly skilled people, as well as some more basic visas for people from many different countries. We've also...
Families have options when their legal status gets murky
We've talked a lot on this blog about families who are trying to either enter the United States or are just trying to stay in the U.S. These are two very different goals that have two very different legal processes, but the end goal is the same: getting good people...
On B-visas and state and federal immigration laws
When most people think about the term "immigration" and the major points that this loaded word brings up, they probably think about a family that is just trying to cross the border and get U.S. citizenship. While this isn't necessarily wrong in some cases, there are...
Ms. Gasparian Goes Live on Loisirslit Online Radio
"Loisirslit is a radio show that is dedicated to giving the community of New Orleans access to information about ways to improve literacy, arts, music, fashion, and healthy living in this city; exposure to people of various educational, professional, and cultural...
Family immigration: obtaining legal residency can be challenging
Obtaining legal residency in the United States can be very challenging, even for Louisiana families who have spent decades in the country. One married couple, who has lived in this country for over 20 years, has struggled to become legalized. They came to the U.S. on...
Illegal immigrant families of US military may get legal status
There is great news ahead for the undocumented immigrant families of United States military members. Louisiana residents may have heard the news about a new Obama administration policy now allows for the spouses, parents and children of military members, to receive...
