Many immigration cases in the US are package cases - there is one main applicant, and his family members are included as an addition to him. Unfortunately, efficiency is not a strong point of immigration authorities and courts in America, so some cases are considered for years. For this…
In early June, President Joe Biden signed a new order. Now applying for asylum on the border with Mexico is almost impossible. Those who try to cross the border illegally are immediately sent for deportation. We asked immigration lawyer Ekaterina Muratova to explain what...
Reading US news in Russian is interesting, but watching it is more fun. Therefore, we teamed up with immigration lawyer Ekaterina Muratova and launched a video news project for immigrants on YouTube. News releases are published weekly on Sundays. They are conducted by a good presenter Dmitry Sakhno, who...
Since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 170 thousand Ukrainians have come to the United States under the Uniting For Ukraine program. Of course, many of them dream of returning home after the end of the war. But there are also those who have nowhere to return. Or did people just understand...
America is currently experiencing a real immigration boom. Hundreds of migrants enter the country across the border with Mexico every day. Most of them ask for political asylum. US immigration courts are overwhelmed with 3 million cases! Due to the workload, these cases stall for many months or even...
On May 11, the administration of US President Joe Biden repealed Title 42 (Section 42), a provision according to which US border guards had the right to return migrants seeking asylum on the US southern border to Mexico to await a decision on their case. How…
About 10 Ukrainians may lose their legal grounds for staying in the United States. We are talking about refugees who entered the country from 11 to 25 April last year. A window fell on these dates when the US did not operate ...
Since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine, more and more restrictions have been introduced on the entry of Russians into the EU countries. At the same time, a number of states, including Greece, the Czech Republic, Malta, Portugal, Germany and others, have canceled the program of "golden visas" for Russian citizens, allowing them to obtain a residence permit ...
Against the backdrop of the ongoing war with Ukraine and the mobilization announced in Russia at the end of September, the flow of political refugees from Russia and Belarus to the United States has increased significantly. Many of them, unable to obtain an American visa, apply for asylum in the southern ...
There have been a huge number of asylum seekers at the US southern border in 2021, many of them Russian-speaking. This influx, along with staff shortages and restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has created a number of challenges for potential refugees. ForumDaily asked immigration lawyer Ekaterina Muratova...