http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/ en-us 2008-07-23T20:48:35-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/new_passport_cards_now_being_i.html The Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security announced on July 22, 2008 that the new U.S. Passport Card is now being distributed. The Passport Card is a wallet-sized document for land and sea travel between the United... Passports, Travel Documents James M. Tyler 2008-07-23T20:48:35-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/reentry_permits_and_physical_p.html The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) has issued a ruling that really hammers home the basic requirements that if you are filing for a re-entry permit, you have to do it while you are still physically in the U.S. The regs... Passports, Travel Documents James M. Tyler 2008-07-20T21:51:25-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/reentry_permits_part_3_moin_v.html Here is one last posting on the issue of re-entry permits. Here is the first entry and here is the second entry. The point of the postings has been that re-entry permits are not a guarantee of re-entry for a... Passports, Travel Documents James M. Tyler 2008-07-13T23:37:38-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/i131_reentry_permits_and_aband.html This is a follow up to my posting on July 8 on the issue of re-entry permits and being careful, even though one may have a re-entry permit, about not acting in a manner that results in one abandoning his... Passports, Travel Documents James M. Tyler 2008-07-12T21:21:38-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/re-entry_permits_are_not_a_guarantee_of_re-entry.html The other day I posted an entry on the topic of re-entry permits and the issue of biometrics scheduling. The Form I-131 application for a re-entry permit must be filed by a permanent resident while he or she is physically... Passports, Travel Documents James M. Tyler 2008-07-08T22:40:30-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/global_entry_program_to_be_ext.html I posted an earlier blog entry about the Global Entry program that allows for certain “low-risk” U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents a means to enter the U.S. in an expedited and automated way—without the usual airport delays. The program... Passports, Travel Documents James M. Tyler 2008-07-02T22:02:38-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/i131_reentry_permits_and_biome.html The USCIS has provided some useful and practical information on the new, often confusing, requirement that I-131 applicants for a re-entry permit remain in the U.S. for the scheduling of their biometrics, something that is now required for such applications.... Passports, Travel Documents James M. Tyler 2008-07-02T20:34:32-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/foia_requests_can_now_be_check.html The USCIS announced on June 30, that the status of FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests can now be checked online at FOIA Request Status Check. To check on the status of a FOIA request, you enter your assigned control... News James M. Tyler 2008-07-01T22:04:41-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/07/successful_writ_of_mandamus.html I am pleased to report that a Writ of Mandamus that I filed on behalf of a client in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey resulted in very prompt approval of the client’s I-485 Adjustment of Status application—even before... Citizenship and Naturalization James M. Tyler 2008-07-01T16:33:15-05:00 http://www.philadelphiaimmigrationlawyerblog.com/2008/06/ya_es_hora_its_about_time_hisp.html State Farm Insurance Company announced on June 26 that it will donate $1 million (and be the lead corporate sponsor) to the Ya Es Hora campaign to encourage more Latino U.S. permanent residents to become U.S. citizens. In addition to... Citizenship and Naturalization James M. Tyler 2008-06-26T15:13:15-05:00