Derivation of Citizenship

Citizenship and Naturalization

Level: Advanced This advanced webinar will discuss the criteria for automatically deriving citizenship from a U.S. citizen parent under both the Child Citizenship Act as well as former INA 321. Using examples and the ILRC’s derivation chart, we will...

TPS Updates

Temporary Protected Status

Level: All In this webinar, we will discuss recent updates to Temporary Protected Status (TPS) practice and policies including the new TPS travel procedures. Presenters Allison Davenport Allison Davenport joined the ILRC in 2015 as a staff attorney...

Analyzing a Crim/Imm Case

Crimes
Removal Defense

Level: Beginner / Intermediate In this webinar, attendees will receive a comprehensive, top-level review of how to analyze an immigration case when criminal history is present. We will provide a top-level overview of the grounds of inadmissibility...

Immigrant Visa Consular Processing: Current Issues

Family-Based

Level: Intermediate This intermediate webinar will review the nuts & bolts of preparing and filing a family-based immigrant visa consular processing case, as well as cover third country processing, troubleshooting issues with communicating with the...

Crafting a Successful SIJS State Court Predicate Order

Immigrant Youth

Level: Intermediate Eligibility for special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) requires the involvement of a state juvenile court. This webinar will go over what needs to be included in a successful SIJS state court predicate order, looking at guidance...

Fundamentals of Employment-Based Visas

DACA

Date and Time: 02/28/2023 11:00am to 12:30pm PST Recorded Date: 02/28/2023 Place: Online Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 - 11:00am MCLE: 1.5 CA & TX

Public Charge for Legal Practitioners in 2023

Public Charge

Date and Time: 02/02/2023 11:00am to 12:30pm PST Recorded Date: 02/02/2023 Place: Online Registration Deadline: Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 11:00am Presenter: Erin Quinn Ariel Brown MCLE: 1.5 CA & TX

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An Overview of USCIS’s New SIJS Regulations
Policy Advocacy
Special immigrant juvenile status (SIJS) provides a way for certain young people who have been abandoned, abused, or neglected by a parent to obtain immigration status. This practice advisory reviews the history of the federal regulations implementing the SIJS statute and then provides an overview of the new SIJS regulations, published in the spring of 2022. In the overview, the advisory highlights notable policy changes implemented through the new regulations.
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ILRC Comments to USCIS on Policy Manual Changes to Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility
Policy Advocacy
On December 19, 2022, USCIS published updates to its Policy Manual on how adjudicators should assess applications under the Public Charge ground of inadmissibility. This guidance accompanies the new final rule on Public Charge which took effect on December 23, 2023. The guidance is mostly positive, solidifying and strengthening longstanding public charge policy. However, the ILRC provided suggestions to clarify implementation of the new rule and help USCIS achieve their goals of ensuring that the public charge ground of inadmissibility is applied clearly, consistently, and fairly.
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