Texas Chapter Fall Conference – Conference Room Rates are Limited and Now is the Time to Book Your Flight!! Please be sure to make your room reservations for the Texas Chapter for Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas Fall Conference in Puerto Rico immediately at a conference rate of $199.00 per night. The conference room rates […]
Houston Field Office Questions and Responses
From our colleague Nieves Lawrence : AILA LIAISON QUESTIONS October 3, 2013 1. Does the HFO have a procedure to facilitate when N-400 applicants need special accommodations due to an impairment that causes them to be unable to do such things as sign documents or take an oath? When this is the case, who can […]
New Membership Notification
A listing of new Members to be admitted to the Chapter is listed below. Please contact Terry Weir, Chapter Chair at tweir@dunbarharder.com if there are objections to any of the new members. Article II: Membership Section 1— Qualifications Any attorney, excepting a person in the employ of the Government of the United States (but for attorneys in […]
Houston Field Office Quarterly Meeting and Call for Questions
Please send questions for the USCIS Houston Field Office meeting no later than October 24, 2013, to Nieves Bonmati Lawrence at NievesBLawrence@nblawrence.com Mark your calendars – the next AILA/USCIS Houston Field Office Quarterly Meeting will take place on December 12, 2013 @ 9:00 at the Houston Field Office, 126 Northpoint, Houston, Texas. Contact USCIS HFO […]
August 2013 Questions for CBP Working Committee
QUESTIONS FOR CBP WORKING COMMITTEE – AUGUST 2013 1. DOMA Demise Whether a same sex MARRIED couple will be treated the same as an opposite sex couple for purposes of inspection & admission as a derivative spouse? Whether CBP has issued any directives on this topic to the field for guidance? Whether CBP Inspectors and […]
Dallas Field Office Responses to AILA Large Group Meeting
Dallas Field Office Responses to AILA Large Group Meeting Questions September 18, 2013. 1. On IR parent adjustment cases, NBC is adjudicating them without an interview which takes 6 plus months. Since Dallas adjudications only take 3 mos. and these cases are easy for your DAOs to adjudicate and in turn “pad” your adjudication […]
Oklahoma USCIS Field Office AILA Meeting
From our colleague in Oklahoma Heather Roberts : Request for questions for the next OKC USCIS Field Office AILA meeting. Questions should be submitted to Heather Roberts by close of business on December 4th. Mark your calendars to attend the meeting at the Oklahoma City Field Office on December 12th at 10:00 am.
Oklahoma ICE Trial Attorney Change of Address – Important Notice
A message from Doug and Kelli Stump from the Dallas Chief Counsel : Please inform the Oklahoma AILA attorneys that our new mailing address will be the following, as of the new fiscal year (October 1, 2013). Office of the Chief Counsel U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement U.S. Department of Homeland Security 125 E. John […]
AILA Ohio and Mid-South Conference October 25th-26th in Cincinnati
About the Conference The annual AILA Ohio & Mid-South Combined CLE will be held at the brand new Horseshoe Casino in Downtown Cincinnati, Ohio on Friday, October 25th and Saturday, October 26th. The featured hotel will be the Hyatt Regency Cincinnati. The event features over 30 professionals speaking about the immigration topics you’re interested […]
Notice of Townhall meeting and New Chapter Advocacy Page – Updates and Links
Texas Representatives need for hear that their constituents support reform. we especially need to reach out to Representatives Johnson (Plano), Carter (Round Rock) and Poe (Houston) to let them know the support of immigration reform outweighs the anti-immigrant noise. Call! Call often! Have your friends call and call often. Townhall Meeting 10/8/2013 at 8:30 a.m. […]
Updated Chapter Roster
A message from our Chapter Chair Terry Weir : You can find the updated AILA Membership Chapter roster by clicking http://www.ailatexas.org/home/members/ This list is intended to give the most up to date contact information we have on file, and to remind our members to utilize myAILA (http://myAILA.aila.org) to make any updates to your information as needed. As […]
Minutes for August 2013 New Mexico Liaison Meeting – ICE and ERO
From our colleague Olsi Vrapi in Albuquerque : Minutes for August 2013 NEw Mexico Liaison Meeting
Call For Case Examples Involving CSPA Age Outs and Automatic Conversion/ Retention of Priority Dates
From Mary Kenney at AIC : Dear Everyone— I am working with AILA on an amicus brief in Cuellar de Osorio, the CSPA case pending at the Supreme Court in which the government has challenged the Ninth Circuit’s favorable interpretation of the automatic conversion/retention of priority date provision (§ 203(h)(3)). As you may know, the […]
New Member Notification
A listing of new Members to be admitted to the Chapter is listed below. Please contact Terry Weir, Chapter Chair at tweir@dunbarharder.com if there are objections to any of the new members. Article II: Membership Section 1— Qualifications Any attorney, excepting a person in the employ of the Government of the United States (but for attorneys […]
Dallas Joint Networking Happy Hour – October 24th
Dallas Bar Association invitation for happy hour : Join the DBA Family Law Section, DBA Probate Section, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association – Dallas Chapter for a joint networking happy hour! Where: Gloria’s, 600 N. Bishop Ave., Dallas, Texas 75208 When: October 24, 2013 Time: 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Complimentary valet parking […]
US Supreme Court Could Extend Age-Out Protections – Case Samples Needed
SHARE YOUR FAMILY IMMIGRATION STORY Are you the parent of a child who “aged out” of the immigration system? Do you know a family experiencing this hardship? U.S. Supreme Court case could extend age-out protections to all family visa categories, diminishing burdens on families. Because of long family visa backlogs, minor […]
San Antonio – Citizenship Workshop Call for Volunteers
From our colleague in San Antonio Ramon Curiel : NALEO San Antonio we will be hosting next Saturday September 28th, a citizenship workshop at the South San Antonio Independent School District Administration Building which is located at 5622 Ray Ellison Drive. Below is a brief Description of the roles for attorneys as well as for […]
Attorney Registry Validation Requirement for Attorneys
From our colleague in Houston Rosemary Vega: Due to Department Security Standards, attorneys and accredited representatives who created an account in e Registry must complete the validation process within 90 days. Please see the attached Public Affair’s Release: http://www.justice.gov/eoir/press/2013/eRegistryNotice09182013.pdf Please ask them to register their information again and come to court within 90 […]
AILA – USCIS Liaison Meeting San Antonio – Meeting Reminder
From our colleague in San Antonio Ramon Curiel : Please be advised that the next AILA-USCIS Liaison Meeting will be on September 24, 2013 at 10:00 am. Please RSVP to ramon@osgclaw.com.
Oklahoma City Q&A with USCIS
From Oklahoma City USCIS Liaison Heather Roberts : September 5, 2013 Questions Submitted in Advance Is there some way that we can receive confirmation that a request for rescheduling has been received rather than waiting for a letter from CIS advising that we did not appear for a scheduled appointment and the matter is […]
