Dr. Mariela G. Shibley’s book is FINALLY out!

"Shibley and Holt, collaborating as psychologist and lawyer, have designed a tool which empowers mental health professionals to better assist their work with immigrants, their families, and counsel on a variety of immigration benefits, including cases in the immigration courts. Drawing from their personal experiences to give practical instruction, this book provides important advice to novice and seasoned professionals alike on best practices for working with clients and their attorneys."

-Allen Orr Jr., President, American Immigration Lawyers Association

 

Did you know?

Being granted and maintaining TPS until a reasonable period before the filing of an asylum application is considered an extraordinary circumstance for the purposes of the one-year filing deadline. In other words, having TPS status “stops the clock” on the requirement to file for asylum within one year of arriving in the United States, if the one-year clock has not already expired. 

What is Temporary Protected Status (TPS)?

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a temporary immigration status provided to nationals of certain countries that are confronting an ongoing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or extraordinary and temporary conditions that make it difficult or unsafe for their nationals to return to those countries. TPS provides a work permit and stay of deportation to foreign nationals from those countries who are in the United States at the time the U.S. government makes the designation. This has been a lifeline to hundreds of thousands of individuals already in the United States when problems in a home country make their departure or deportation untenable.

In order to qualify for TPS, an individual must:

  • Be a national of the foreign country with a TPS designation;

  • File during the open initial registration or re-registration period

  • Have been continuously physically present in the United States since the effective date of designation;

  • Have continuously resided in the United States since a date specified by the Secretary of Homeland Security; and

  • Not be inadmissible to the United States or be barred from asylum for certain criminal or national security-related reasons, such as individuals who have been convicted of any felony or two or more misdemeanors.

Ukrainian Refugee Crisis - How to Help

The following are a few of the organizations supporting Ukrainian citizens and others affected by the war through volunteer work or charitable donations:

 

Want to help the other thousands of foreign nationals seeking safety from their countries of citizenship?

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Asylum Evaluations

Evaluating factors concerning protection-related relief.

Friday, May 6th

9am - 1pm PST

Noemy Cruz, Esq.

Senior Associate Attorney

Hurwitz Holt, APLC

 

Q: Is Convention Against Torture the same as Asylum?

A: The same application is used for both (Form I-589) but they have different standards of proof. For CAT the applicant must prove that it is “more likely than not” that they would be tortured if forced to return to their country.

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