HeyJaredThe Immigration Answers Show
Three days a week, immigration lawyer Jim Hacking answers your questions about the U.S. immigration system.
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The 'Magic Spell' Myth: Marrying Right After Reentry (opens the original)
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She left the US while her OPT extension was pending, came back, and married a US citizen about two months later. Jim Hacking calls it completely reckless, and explains why no visa type makes that scrutiny go away. This is a best-of from episodes 1121 and 1123 of the Immigration Answers Show with immigration attorney Jim Hacking. Also in this one: a mid-case signature change, a US citizen with a passport but no N-600 who wants to sponsor her family, switching jobs after an EB-3 green card, and wh
His Lawyer Told Him to Leave. Now He Has a 10-Year Bar (opens the original)
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His lawyer told him it was fine to leave the United States and finish his green card case at a consulate. It wasn't. He had overstayed by more than a year, and now he's facing a 10-year bar. That's one of four calls in this best-of episode, pulled from episodes 1119 and 1120 of the Immigration Answers Show with immigration attorney Jim Hacking. Also in this episode: whether administrative processing counts as a visa refusal, a caller who paid $19,000 to a man who isn't licensed to practice law h
Green Card After Asylum? Think Twice Before Going Home (opens the original)
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He got his green card through marriage while his asylum case was pending. Now he wants to visit home. Jim Hacking says no, and explains the one question he cannot answer at the airport. That is the first of four calls in this best-of episode, pulled from a week of the Immigration Answers Show (episodes 1115 to 1118). Also in this episode: whether to file for citizenship while an I-751 is pending, what happens when a spouse's immigration court trial arrives before the I-130 is approved, and a cal
"No One From Syria Gets This the Easy Way" (opens the original)
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He did everything right and still heard nothing. So he stopped waiting and took USCIS to court. Forty-eight hours later, his case was approved. This week's show is about what actually gets a frozen case moving. Jim takes calls from people stuck at USCIS for months: a Syrian applicant who won his citizenship after suing, someone with a pending adjustment case who's ready to join our lawsuit and wants to know how it works, and a father whose wife and toddler have been waiting nearly a year. If you
"People Are Getting Interviews. They're Just Not Getting Green Cards." (opens the original)
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If your adjustment of status case has gone quiet, you're not alone, and the silence might not mean what you think. This episode is four calls from people stuck in the same place: interviews done, months of waiting, no green card. One caller already signed onto our lawsuit. A doctor waited three months after a good interview and heard nothing. Another had his I-130 approved and his green card denied the same week. Jim walks through what's actually happening at USCIS right now, why a delay can wor
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