Immigration benefits, same-sex marriage and recent SCOTUS ruling
On June 26th 2015, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that same-sex married couples have equal rights and protection of the law. Thus, with a[…]
Tag: same-sex marriage
DOMA- Green Card- USCIS Issues Guidance!
This morning, The Department of Homeland Security issued much anticipated guidance on filing of same-sex marriage-based green card petitions. Below is a copy of the text from the DHS website.[…]
DOMA- green card-USCIS
At the AILA annual conference, USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas delivered the keynote speech. With an audience of almost 4000 immigration lawyers, the Director said what we all wanted to hear[…]
Same-sex marriage and immigration?
On Monday, February 14th, 2012, Gov. Christine Gregoire signed into law a measure that makes Washington state the seventh to legalize same-sex marriage. She stated that it was “a day[…]
USCIS Puts Cases Involving Same-Sex Partners on Hold
More positive news for same-sex couples and immigration benefits (copied from AILA): Cite as “AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 11032842 (posted Mar. 28, 2011)” AILA has learned that USCIS headquarters has[…]
Traction in the fight for immigrations benefits for same-sex couples
On February 23, 2011, President Obama declared that he and his administration will not defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and he concludes that all laws[…]