Fleeing from Guatemala, Three Underage Siblings Obtain Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification
Attorney Alfredo Estrada Attorney Alfredo Estrada successfully represented three underage siblings fleeing Guatemala and assisted them in obtaining Special Immigrant Juvenile classification. The Special Immigrant Juvenile (SIJ) classification provides certain children...
News Alert: H-1B Electronic Registration Requirement & Lottery Selection Alteration
On January 31, 2019, the Department of Homeland Security announced a final rule: revising how cap-subject H-1B petitions are selected in the random lottery by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); andimplementing an electronic registration...
Massive Proposed Modifications to Public Charge Definition by USCIS
Likely At Any Time To Become A Public Charge? The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) allows the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the State Department to determine that an immigrant visa or adjustment applicant is inadmissible if the applicant...
Alfredo Estrada Successfully Obtains an Immigration Order Reopening and Vacating 13-Year-Old Deportation Order
BCC Attorney Alfredo Estrada successfully litigated, against the Office of Chief Counsel, and obtained an Order reopening and vacating a client’s thirteen (13) year old final order of removal. Estrada was able to demonstrate that the one year time limitation should be...
Change in Accrual of Unlawful Presence for F, J, and M Nonimmigrants
Effective August 9, 2018 Effective August 9, 2018, USCIS will change its policy on the determination of unlawful presence for foreign students, vocational students and exchange visitors who were admitted or are present in the United States for duration of status....
DACA Restored by Preliminary Injunction – Time to Renew DACA
On January 10, 2018, a Northern District of California Judge ordered a nationwide preliminary injunction requiring the Trump administration to maintain the DACA program on a nationwide basis on the same terms and conditions as were in effect before the rescission on...
Alfredo Estrada Named A 20 Under 40 Award Winner By The Times Media Co.
Alfredo Estrada was chosen by the Times Media Company as a 20 Under 40 Award Winner in 2017 and recognized for assisting clients navigate current complex immigration laws and his immigrant rights advocacy. Estrada states, “My theory is to outwork those who are...
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