Can parents of US citizens and brothers and sisters of US citizens, who are now barred
under the 60-day Presidential Order still file new cases while this order is in place?
Watch this video, and I'll tell you more. Hello, everybody. In this video, we're going
to answer a question that I'm getting a lot in the past week or so since the Presidential
60-day Suspension of Immigration came into effect. And the question is whether parents
of US citizens who are now excluded, those parents that are overseas waiting for their
interviews, and brothers and sisters, are they excluded from filing new cases to initiate
that kind of process? So, I'm going to break it down in this video. If you're here for
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immigration changes that happen almost every single day. My name is Jacob Sapochnick and
I'm an immigration attorney located in San Diego, California. We represent clients in
all 50 states. And we're excited to empower you with knowledge and information about immigration
to help you survive these crazy times. Let's talk about the issue of the 60-day ban. And
whether people that are excluded from this ban, can they file new cases? So, if you're
a parent of a US citizen, you're overseas and your son who's a US citizen wants to start
a case for you, you can do that right now. If you're a brother or a sister of a US citizen,
and you're thinking about filing for… just to start your immigration process. As long
as… we know it's going to take forever, it's going to take many, many years, that
60-day ban is not stopping people from filing. If you want to start a case, the way it works
is that the beginning of the petition is called an I-130 typically, an immigrant petition,
and that starts with USCIS. That is still possible. You can still file if you want to
start the process for your parents, you can file today. That has not stopped. What has
stopped is if your parent was is waiting for an interview right now, and they're not going
to be able to go to an interview because of the 60-day ban at the US consulate and embassies
worldwide, including this particular order. But remember, the US embassies and consulates
already closed for more than a month right now. So, this particular order does not really
have such a big impact on the wait time for these people that have already been waiting.
But if you're thinking about starting a new case right now for your brother or sister,
for your parent, for a child who is over 21 or a permanent resident, those classes of
people that are currently excluded under this order, you can initiate it right now. They
have not stopped you from filing cases. What has stopped right now is people that are overseas
from coming in, or getting their interviews in the order. A similar thing happened with
the ban. If you remember there was a ban which is still in effect on many, several countries,
and those people are not able to come here unless they have an exception. But the actual
filing of their cases, the I-130 to initiate, that has never stopped, people are able to
file for their relatives, except that when they go to the interview, or if there is an
interview, then the console will decide if they have an exception for them to be excluded
from the ban. So, a similar thing here. As long as your case has not started yet, you
can initiate a case right now. It will they many months before your case is even going
to be scheduled for an interview. And by then, hopefully, we're not going to have that ban.
But for now, it's not stopping people from filing for their parents, initiating that
process, or for siblings, and several other classes of people that are currently excluded
under that ban. So, hopefully, that kind of clarifies that because I think there's a lot
of confusion there too. And if you have any other questions, make sure you post them in
the comments below. Let me know what other videos you want to do. If you want to continue
to this discussion, we have a special private Facebook group we've created where we are
discussing questions, answering questions, members are posting their experience going
through this ban or any other immigration processes. It's a beautiful community. And
I encourage you to join and continue the conversation in our Facebook group. Any other questions
and any of the videos you want me to do, make sure you post those ideas in the comments
right below. So, thank you for watching and we'll see you in our next video.