hi friends today is October 1st 2018 and
I'm bringing you this unedited video to
talk about a super important change that
goes into effect today okay and this
change is about the notice to appear
policy that the government is rolling
out starting today so before I dive
right into it I want to thank you guys
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so okay so earlier this summer the
government issued a notice to appear
policy memo that provided quite a bit of
details explaining that if they deny
your petition or your application to
change your status or extend your status
and you do not have lawful presence here
or any other status here lawful status
here the government may issue a notice
to appear in immigration court which
will begin the deportation process
against you okay and so but the
government said after it implement after
it issued this memo it said it needed a
little bit more time to figure out how
to implement it but what's happening
today is that parts of that policy is
now in effect so what's now in effect so
if you've applied to adjust your status
right if you submitted the i-485 or if
you've submitted the I 539 which is to
extend or change your non-immigrant
status okay for those of you with a visa
if you're denied the government is
saying that they may issue you a notice
to appear in immigration court and
explain to you that you're in court
you're in removal because you don't have
a lawful status here okay and so you
don't want to get into anything like
this really you don't want to be placed
in removal but it will happen for a
number of people who are denied so this
is a very serious thing now what the
government has
told us is that this new policy does not
apply to people who have submitted
employment-based petitions okay if
you've filed for example the i-140 or if
you file the i360 it doesn't apply to
those who are seeking an
employment-based green card or even ant
it does not apply yet to people who are
seeking humanitarian pathways to a green
card right for those who are applying
under for example domestic violence vow
and some other or the religious visa
right the religious ministers visa it
does not apply to those people yet okay
it says it does not apply to you yet but
we so right now as of the filming of
this video we don't yet know when the
new policy will apply to
employment-based green card petitions as
well as humanitarian based petitions so
we're staying
attune to these issues so here's what I
want to say in this video aside from all
of that the policy is now in effect of
course but you need to be very careful
about how you handle your immigration
petition process because these new
policies are in place that have very
serious serious consequences if your
petition or application is not done
right okay so be careful work with a
lawyer give my office a call I'm happy
to have a consultation with you to talk
with you about your immigration issue
and what risk lies ahead of you
depending on your case right so give my
office a call happy to work with you and
do your research watch these videos stay
tuned to what's going on and guys I will
see you in the next one bye-bye