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Family-Sponsored Immigration; Navigating the Complexities of Marriage Cases; plus Immigration Issues Involving Minors
Contains material from Nov 2011
Family-Sponsored Immigration; Navigating the Complexities of Marriage Cases; plus Immigration Issues Involving Minors
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Session 1: Family-Sponsored Immigration - A focus on basic concepts in family-based immigration such as who can file for whom and when, where to file petitions, the definition of "child" cross-chargeability, the Child Status Protection Act, the Adam Walsh Act, affidavit of support requirements, widows and battered spouses/children.
Session 2: A Practitioner's Guide to Navigating the Complexities of Marriage Cases - This session reviews how to deal with problem issues that arise in marriage petition cases. This unique panel looks at the topic from the lawyer's perspective in preparing marriage cases as well as the paralegal's perspective, and includes how to deal with both legal issues and client issues in these sometimes complicated cases, such as preparing the case for potential fraud factors, atypical marriages, cultural differences and language differences.
Session 3: What about the Children? Immigration Issues Involving Minors - Texas is the destination for a growing number of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) who have fled turmoil, abuse and violence in their home countries. The speakers discuss federal government programs responding to these children and strategies for representing these children in removal proceedings, including pro bono opportunities.
Session 2: A Practitioner's Guide to Navigating the Complexities of Marriage Cases - This session reviews how to deal with problem issues that arise in marriage petition cases. This unique panel looks at the topic from the lawyer's perspective in preparing marriage cases as well as the paralegal's perspective, and includes how to deal with both legal issues and client issues in these sometimes complicated cases, such as preparing the case for potential fraud factors, atypical marriages, cultural differences and language differences.
Session 3: What about the Children? Immigration Issues Involving Minors - Texas is the destination for a growing number of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) who have fled turmoil, abuse and violence in their home countries. The speakers discuss federal government programs responding to these children and strategies for representing these children in removal proceedings, including pro bono opportunities.
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Family-Sponsored Immigration (Nov 2011)
Janet Barbara Beck
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Session 1 —60 mins
Family-Sponsored Immigration (Nov 2011)
A focus on basic concepts in family-based immigration such as who can file for whom and when, where to file petitions, the definition of “child,” cross-chargeability, the Child Status Protection Act, the Adam Walsh Act, affidavit of support requirements, widows and battered spouses/children.
Originally presented: Oct 2011 Immigration and Nationality Law
Janet Barbara Beck,
University of Houston Law Center - Houston, TX
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A Practitioner's Guide to Navigating the Complexities of Marriage Cases (Nov 2011)
Sarah Zoller Brown, Tonya Spears
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Session 2 —38 mins
A Practitioner's Guide to Navigating the Complexities of Marriage Cases (Nov 2011)
This session reviews how to deal with problem issues that arise in marriage petition cases. This unique panel looks at the topic from the lawyer's perspective in preparing marriage cases as well as the paralegal’s perspective, and includes how to deal with both legal issues and client issues in these sometimes complicated cases, such as preparing the case for potential fraud factors, atypical marriages, cultural differences and language differences.
Originally presented: Oct 2011 Immigration and Nationality Law
Sarah Zoller Brown,
Miley & Brown, P.C. - Dallas, TX
Tonya Spears,
Miley & Brown, P.C. - Dallas, TX
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What about the Children? Immigration Issues Involving Minors (Nov 2011)
Maria D. Mitchell, Viridiana Pulido, Vanna Slaughter
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Session 3 —58 mins
What about the Children? Immigration Issues Involving Minors (Nov 2011)
Texas is the destination for a growing number of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) who have fled turmoil, abuse and violence in their home countries. The speakers discuss federal government programs responding to these children and strategies for representing these children in removal proceedings, including pro bono opportunities.
Originally presented: Oct 2011 Immigration and Nationality Law
Maria D. Mitchell,
Catholic Charities Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance - Houston, TX
Viridiana Pulido,
Catholic Charities Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance - Houston, TX
Vanna Slaughter,
Catholic Charities of Dallas, Inc.- Immigration and Legal Services - Dallas, TX