Family Immigration: The Long Route From Love To Citizenship
The curriculum for "Family Immigration: The Long Route From Love To Citizenship" is as follows:
FIRST Phone Session on June 30th: 1.15pm to 2.45pm ET (10.15am to 11.45am PT)
- Marrying abroad Vs. a fiancé petition - advantages and disadvantages
- Getting consulates to adjudicate I-130's-general rules
- Is there still humanitarian consideration where an I-130 is adjudicated and petitioner dies?
- how to present a case
- who to speak to at CIS
- does Press help?
- Documenting qualifying relationships
- legitimate/illegitimate children
- sponsoring stepchildren where the marriage has dissolved
- DNA testing
- dealing with situations where the beneficiary cannot obtain a birth certificate
- Processing for derivatives abroad where the principal adjusts in the U.S.
- Does the petitioner need to attend the interview in non-marriage cases?
- Expediting in the case of the imminent death of the petitioner
- Handling adjustment applications in proceedings (how to get the I-130 adjudicated)
- Documentation for extreme hardship waivers
SECOND Phone Session on July 26th: 2.00pm to 3.30pm ET (11.00am to 12.30pm PT)
- Adjusting through a marriage where the parties are separated
- Arguments for adjustment for homosexual marriages
- Strategies for dealing with transsexual marriages
- Dealing with bad marriage interviews
- the interviewer asks questions no one would know the answer to
- the applicant can remember nothing, not even his/her address
- the answers are different but not contradictory
- screening marriage cases before you even get them ready
- ethical issues in preparing marriage cases
- what CIS will know before you walk in the door
- when the spouses don't share a common language
- How to reduce the chance that your client will be subject to a marriage interview
- Can your client adjust through marriage if the U.S. citizen petitioner refuses to attend the interview or cannot attend the interview
- Strategies for dealing with the Child Status Protection Act
- Affidavit of support issues
THIRD Phone Session on August 12th: 2.00pm to 3.30pm ET (11.00am to 12.30pm PT)
- How to process an I-751 where the parties are separated but do not intend to divorce
- What to do when a joint petition is filed but the parties divorce before an adjudication
- Strategies for dealing with a difficult U.S. citizen spouse where the parties are in the midst of divorce, but it looks like the divorce will never be final
- Processing of I-751 petitions for children where they obtained residence at a different time than the parent
- Filing for citizenship while an I-751 is pending
- Filing an I-751 for a resident when the resident is temporarily assigned abroad
- Extending proof of residence where the I-751 is pending more than a year
- Documentation to support an I-751 where the parties do not have joint accounts or joint taxes
- Adjudicating an I-751 in proceedings
- burden of proof
- getting the judge to terminate proceedings so that an I-751 waiver can be processed by CIS
- judicial review of I-751 denials
- Strategies for dealing with late filed I-751 petitions
- Ethical considerations in a I-751 adjudication
The deadline to register is Tuesday, June 29th. For more info, including
detailed curriculum, speaker bios, and registration information, see: http://www.ilw.com/seminars/june2004.shtm. (Fax version:
http://www.ilw.com/seminars/june2004.pdf.)
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