The people who work with Flynn Hodkinson define who we are and therefore it is with great pleasure that I announce that Rikkilee Barrow who first started working with our firm in April 2018 as an Associate Lawyer was promoted this month to the position...
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Observance of Junteenth - Why Now? Our firm is made up of American lawyers and so our hearts are with what is happening in the United States. For this reason, we are observing the Juneteenth holiday to recognize what has happened, to reflect on that we...
The US Citizenship & Immigration Services or "USCIS" is the US agency under the US Department of Homeland Security responsible for reviewing and issuing US visa applications and petitions. The USCIS is traditionally a US-based agency with some international offices providing services and benefits from...
Starting on December 2, 2019, USCIS has raised the Premium Processing fee to $1,440 For most petition-based visas, a Premium Processing fee can be paid on top of the petition fee to ensure the visa petition is reviewed within 15 calendar days. The fee was raised...
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The US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) which processes visa petition and applications under the US Department of Homeland Security, issued an announcement yesterday, February 14, 2018, that it will now accept credit card payments for filing most of its forms. The new payment option will...
I-Squared bill, introduced last week by Senators Orrin Hatch and Jeff Flake. The bill seeks to modernize & reform the H-1B visa and employment-based green card programs. At the end of January a bill was introduced into Congress called the "Immigration Innovation Act 2018" or "I-Squared...
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This is the first instalment of a blog that a fellow US immigration lawyer, B. John Ovink, wrote about his time volunteering at the Dilley Detention Center which has been in the news recently for the conditions in which immigrant children and mothers are being held there....