Alejandro Hernandez. - New York City Immigration Services

01/26/2025

12/30/2024

A National Interest Waiver (NIW) is a pathway for foreign nationals to obtain a green card (permanent residency) in the United States under the Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2) category. The key advantage of an NIW is that it waives the requirement for a U.S. employer to file a labor certification and a job offer. Instead, the applicant can self-petition if they can demonstrate that their work is in the national interest of the United States.

Who Qualifies for an NIW?

To qualify, an applicant must meet the general EB-2 criteria (advanced degree or exceptional ability) and satisfy the Matter of Dhanasar (2016) three-prong test, which replaced the earlier NYSDOT standard.

1. Substantial Merit and National Importance
• The work must have substantial merit in fields like business, education, health, science, technology, arts, or others.
• It must also have a significant impact on a national scale, such as improving public health, economic growth, or technological advancement.

2. Positioned to Advance the Work
• The applicant must prove they have the qualifications, expertise, experience, and a record of past accomplishments to carry out the proposed work.

3. Balancing Test
• The benefits of waiving the labor certification and job offer requirements must outweigh the potential benefits of requiring them. This often involves showing that the work is urgent, highly beneficial, or impractical to carry out if bound by traditional employment requirements. I will help you do your NIW, call me today 646-300-0406

12/27/2024

Mass Deportations and Detention Facilities

Trump plans to initiate large-scale deportations of undocumented immigrants, aiming to remove between 15 to 20 million individuals. This effort would involve constructing extensive detention facilities, including “family facilities” designed to house migrants and their U.S.-born children during the deportation process. Tom Homan, appointed as the border czar, has emphasized that these facilities will not be inhumane, utilizing “soft-sided” tents capable of detaining tens of thousands of families. Our firm is ready to help the thousands of families in need of immigration help.

12/19/2024

Will Biden put into place TPS extensions before Trump takes office ?

According to the latest data, there are over 850,000 TPS holders, as of March 2024. Around 350,000 Venezuelans, 200,000 Haitians and 180,000 Salvadorans make up the largest group of beneficiaries.

Approximately 300,000 TPS holders reside in Florida, while Texas has nearly 95,000, and New York and California each have around 68,000.

TPS holders are provided renewable relief for up to six, 12 or 18 months, but without an extension, many will begin losing their legal status in 2025. Protections for Salvadorans are set to expire first in March, with Venezuela, Ukraine and Sudan in April, and Nicraragua in July.

08/22/2024

On Aug. 19, 2024, DHS implemented Keeping Families Together, a process for certain noncitizen spouses and noncitizen stepchildren of U.S. citizens to request parole in place under existing statutory authority.

Parole is an exercise of DHS’s discretionary authority under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to allow certain noncitizen “applicants for admission” to be present in the United States on a temporary, case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.

08/19/2024

Parole in place allows a foreign national who came into the United States without authorization by an immigration officer to stay for a certain period of time. Parole in place is granted on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.

08/13/2024

We handle many types of immigration case nationally call us today

06/22/2024

Are you looking for an Experienced Personal Injury Lawyer to represent you? If you have been injured in an accident, get help from our experienced car accident attorneys. Call Alex R. Hernandez Jr. lawyer, today.

05/06/2024

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05/06/2024

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