NY VISA LAWYER

 Waiving visa interviews in the U.S. and at consulates, more H2B visas, and more visas being processed at the consulates by fewer consular officers.  USCIS & DOS claim to be taking major steps to reduce visa wait times in 2023.  They recently announced the following new steps in an "update bulletin" on the @USCISImmigrationUpdates (not official) Youtube channel : USCIS is going to waive visa interviews whenever possible.  Processing more H2B an Student Visas, to help stabilize migration patterns. Processing more visas with fewer consular officers, waiving interviews for those who aren't first time visa applicants when possible. These update videos are NOT posted by USCIS or affiliated with any Government agency. I'm do not know how accurate this is, so do your own research regarding this channel yourself.  https://www.youtube.com/@USIMMIGRATIONUPDATES/about Disclaimer: This channel is not owned by an any US Government Agency or an Immigration attorney. Th...

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a recent decision that restored immigration judges’ authority to terminate removal proceedings in Matter of Coronado Acevedo.  Matter of Coronado Acevedo , 28 I&N Dec. 648 (A.G. 2022) overruled a prior decision by then Attorney General Jeff Sessions that held that immigration judges “have no inherent authority to terminate or dismiss removal proceedings.” Matter of S-O-G- & F-D-B- , 27 I&N Dec. 462 (A.G. 2018) Id. at 463. This prior decision adversely impacted many noncitizens, particularly those with applications for collateral relief pending before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, such as T and U visa applicants, DACA applicants, and Violence Against Women Act self-petitioners. In those decisions the AG relied on his own reasoning from Matter of Castro-Tum , 27 I&N Dec. 271 (A.G. 2018) (a decision he issued earlier this year that restricts IJs’ and Board of Immigration Appeals’  authority t...