In this short summary you will learn about the latest news about immigration.

Do I have to ask for forgiveness if you already spent 10 years?

Unfortunately, if those 10 years have been spent inside the US (because the 10 years cannot be served inside the country) they have to be served outside the US.

We are talking about the fact that there is a punishment 10 years for undocumented entry or overstaying your passport. undocumented within the country. It is because of this that people have to go out and ask for a pardon inside the US and go to their appointment at the American embassy.

Validity of work permits extended

Immigration extends the validity of work permits for certain categories. This extension is not automatic. By this I mean that, if you have a work permitexpires on the exact date stated on the card. The news is that, as of this moment, immigration is going to start approving certain work permits instead of just for one year for two years.

Specifically, we are talking about the refugees who entered the country in this condition, of the persons who have been approved for an asylum (this does not apply to all those who have a pending asylum; it applies only if you have been approved for asylum and, when you apply, you will be given a work permit for two years).

There are also the victims of domestic violence who qualify for a work permit (on a deferred action basis) and will be given it for two years.

Immigrants under house arrest

Immigration is going to begin placing certain immigrants under house arrest. This is a test that will start immigration with hundreds of people. However, eventually this may help them with thousands of immigrants detained at the border. What's going on? There are already more than 157,000 immigrants electronically monitored such as, for example, the electronic shackle.

However, immigration is looking for cheaper alternatives to detain people, because they believe that having an immigrant in a detention center is not a good idea. detention center costs $142 per day and having him under house arrest costs only $6 to $8 per day.

Can I still apply for a travel permit if I have DACA?

The answer is yes: you can apply for a travel permit called Advance Parole.
This permit must be approved by Immigration before the person leaves the country and can be granted for three reasons:

• Reasons for work.
• Reasons for studies.
• Some emergency.

But we, the lawyersWe know that immigration is very relaxed with the approval of these travel permits. For example, if someone is going to take a course in cooking, government history, culture, dance, or whatever, in your country they can justify that they are traveling for educational reasons.

Changes for victims of domestic violence

This change is very interesting, because it tells us that the abused person may have lived with the abuser at any time in the past. The president's administration Biden is again relaxing the rules to make it easier to obtain residency in this case for the victims of domestic violence.

In other words, if the couple lived together, got married, had a fight on their honeymoon and no longer lived together, they can always qualify under this change. Another important change is that stepchildren continue to qualify for domestic violence even if their parent has divorced the aggressor.