Kelly A. Simons, Immigration Lawyer

09/19/2022

Not keen on potentially opening your contacts, call logs and messages to government-employed strangers? Here’s how to protect your digital privacy at Customs.

08/30/2022

07/21/2022

07/05/2022

GREAT NEWS!! Under a recent Trump era policy, TPS holders were no longer eligible to utilize advanced parole as a legal entry to begin their adjustment of status (TPS to Residency) Today, Biden officials announce a reversal of the policy, once again allowing TPS holders traveling under advanced parole to begin their adjustment of status from within the United States.

For more information on the recent TPS update, tune into on Wednesday for chat with Camila Alvarez, CARECEN-LA Legal Director

06/16/2022

03/26/2022

Today our Victim Services team met with Sergeant Abdias Charles, the new certifying official for U-visa certifications at City of Atlanta Police Department, Sergeant Renato Anaya, and Hispanic Liaison Officer Miguel Lugo.

We discussed how we can collaborate to ensure that all victims of crime in the City of Atlanta Government are encouraged to seek assistance and report crimes committed against them regardless of their immigration status, which in turn makes our city safer.

We are thankful to Sgt Charles, Sgt Anaya and SPO Lugo for their partnership and look forward to working together!

03/18/2022

We’re highlighting the need for accountability as part of Sunshine Week, a national celebration of access to public information.

Transparency work within the immigration system involves investigations into both new problems and longstanding issues.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3MYgPbn

03/08/2022

This fact sheet provides a demographic overview of the population of Ukrainians in the United States who may qualify for TPS, and what benefits TPS would confer upon those individuals.

10/07/2021

Roughly 150,000 family-based visas and as many as 80,000 employment-based visas went unused by September 30, the last day of the 2021 fiscal year.

10/01/2021

https://www.wsj.com/articles/up-to-80-000-unused-green-cards-for-workers-set-to-expire-friday-11633024602

The U.S. is set to let as many as 80,000 employment-based green cards expire Friday, putting back into limbo many temporary foreign workers who were on the verge of a permanent resolution to their immigration status.

09/28/2021

The Biden administration followed through on its Day One promise to create a new regulation to “preserve and fortify” DACA.