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Hi, and welcome back to Unite Immigrant Families. I'm Rosemary Vega, and I'm an immigration attorney in Houston, Texas. And today I have Magali Candler. She is also an immigration attorney in Houston, Texas. Hi, Magali. How are you today? Hi, Rosemary. I'm doing great. Thank you for inviting me. It's a pleasure. It's always fun to have you on. So today I'm super, super excited because we have a ne...

Hi, and welcome back to United Immigrant Families. My name is Rosemary Vega, and I'm an immigration attorney in Houston, Texas. Thank you for listening to the podcast. And today I want to talk about Texas, a fairly new Texas law called SB4. So Texas passed this legislation in November of 2023, and it was supposed to go into effect on March 5th of this year, 2024. However, this legislation has been...

Good morning and welcome back to Unite Immigrant Families. Rosemary Vega. I'm an immigration attorney here in Houston, Texas. know it's been some time my last podcast, but I'm back. Um, I felt like it was time that I recorded a podcast, especially right now because new fees that are going to be implemented April 1st. with the USCIS. Um, and some of these new fees are good. Some of them are bad. So...

Immigration attorneys, Rosemary Vega and Magali Suarez Candler, discuss a new policy memo regarding the three and ten year bars and how it will affect people.

In this episode, immigration attorney, Rosemary Vega, discusses the naturalization process. She also discusses that citizenship is used interchangeably with naturalization, but how the 2 are actually different. She discusses and provides some examples of good moral character issues, especially when dealing with crimes and naturalization. She also discusses how the pandemic caused some people to no...

Rosemary Vega and Magali Candler, 2 esteemed immigration attorneys discuss the conditional green card or conditional residency. Why is it conditional, and what one needs to do to remove those conditions to get a permanent residency. They also discuss issues that may come up in removing the conditions, such as divorce and timing.

In this episode, Rosemary Vega and Magali Suarez Candler, both immigration attorneys, discuss request for evidence and notice of intent to deny, sometimes referred to as RFE and NOID. We discuss the importance of responding in a timely fashion and why USCIS may request more evidence or issue a notice of intent to deny.

In this episode, Elizabeth Mendoza and Rosemary Vega discuss TPS, Temporary Protected Status. What it is, who qualifies and how to go about doing applying if you qualify.

In this episode, Rebecca Kitson, Ana Maria Schwartz, and Rosemary Vega discuss waivers in the immigration context. we discuss what is a waiver, and when someone may need a waiver. We also discuss when there is not a waiver available.

In this episode, I have Chiqui Sanchez Kennedy and Vanessa Perez from GHIRP (Galveston Houston Immigrant representation project) we discuss Modern Day Slavery and immigration, in other words, human trafficking and how immigrants can get help in those situations. We talk about what is human trafficking, we discuss who can be trafficked and what can be done. We also discuss the T visa and what is ne...

Rosemary Vega, an Immigration attorney discusses who a US citizen can petition for, such as a spouse, parent, or child. But what about an uncle or niece? How do preference categories work? what is a preference category? Can legal permanent residents petition for their spouse, child, or parent? All of these are more are discussed in today's podcast.

On this episode, we have my friend esteemed immigration attorney, Elizabeth Mendoza, and we will be talking about Afghans and immigration. We will discuss the situation of the many Afghan refugees who entered the United States very recently due to being evacuated from Afghanistan, and how they entered the United States. We will discuss how many are in the Houston area. We will discuss what legal s...

In this episode, Elizabeth Mendoza and I discuss Domestic Violence & Immigration, or VAWA (Violence Against Women's Act). How victims or survivors of domestic violence can apply for immigration relief. What if there is a divorce or an issue, can the victim or survivor still apply for immigration relief or VAWA? What is domestic violence? Is it only physical abuse or are there other forms of ab...

Rosemary Vega, immigration attorney, speaks with Armando Martinez, Jr, a licensed counselor regarding how trauma and other events that people don't realize cause trauma, affects their lives and immigration case. Armando helps explain the benefits of mental help counselors and why it is important in to have mental health counselors in immigration cases. Immigration attorneys utilize mental health c...

In this episode, we have Ruby Powers, an immigration attorney in Houston, Texas. We are discussing inadmissibility issues, or why some people can come to the United States without an issue and why others end up getting stopped at the airport or get denied visas.

Immigration attorneys discuss adjustment of status, or applying for your green card in the United States. Is it possible and who is it eligible.

Discussion about Fiancee Visas. I discuss the requirements and some issues that might come up with the immigration process.

In this episode we will be discuss the implications of travelling out of the United States. Is it a good idea to travel? It all depends.

Discussing U visas and other humanitarian visas with Brandon Roche.

Discussing DACA lawsuits, where DACA is today, and what we think might happen to DACA in the future.

Discussing any new laws or bills pending in Congress and the status of those bills. We also discuss other options.

Rosemary discusses the consular process during the pandemic with Elizabeth Mendoza. Both are immigration attorneys in Houston, Texas. They discuss the difficulties that closing the U.S. embassies and consulates around the world has caused and whether some of these embassies and consulates are re-opening. What is the backlog now that some of the U.S. embassies and consulates have re-opened. They al...