What is a Stokes interview in a marriage green card case? Learn what triggers one, what officers ask, and how couples should prepare with evidence.
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BLOG August 5, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW The 2026 Travel Ban: 39 Countries, No Automatic Exception for Spouses. A country-by-country breakdown of the current U.S. travel ban and exactly who it restricts. The 2026 travel ban, set out in Presidential Proclamation 10998, fully or partially suspends visas for nationals of 39 countries and Palestinian Authority
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BLOG August 5, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your Child Turned 21. Here’s What It Means for Your Family Petition. The Child Status Protection Act can preserve your child’s place in line — but the protection depends entirely on who filed the petition, and it comes with strict deadlines. USCIS reversed its 2023 age-calculation policy effective
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BLOG August 6, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your EB-5 Green Card Has a Two-Year Clock. Form I-829 Stops It. The petition that converts a conditional EB-5 green card into permanent, unrestricted residency for an investor and family. USCIS can now re-examine an investor’s source of funds at this exact stage, even after I-526 approval, and
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BLOG August 7, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW The TN Visa: A Faster Route to U.S. Work Authorization for Mexican and Canadian Professionals USMCA offers a quota-free path to U.S. employment — but only for specific professions, and only under stricter scrutiny than before. Since June 2025, USCIS has formalized its TN adjudication standards in the
TN Visa Guide 2026: Who Qualifies as a USMCA Professional? Read More »
BLOG August 3, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Family Petition Denial Follows a Pattern, Not Bad Luck Five recurring reasons an I-130 family petition gets denied — and how each one is fixed. USCIS denies I-130 family petitions for a narrow, recurring set of reasons, and each one is preventable with the right evidence before filing.
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BLOG August 5, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Your Child Was Born Abroad. A Passport Isn’t What Proves They’re a Citizen. The N-600 Certificate of Citizenship is the document that proves a child born abroad is a U.S. citizen — and U.S. law reaches that status through two distinct legal paths. A passport expires. A Consular
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BLOG July 31, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW ICE Arrests at Immigration Court Hearings Just Got Far More Restricted A federal ruling limits when ICE can arrest someone at an immigration court hearing, and how long ICE detention can last afterward. For most of 2025, ICE could arrest almost anyone leaving an immigration court hearing on
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BLOG July 30, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW Traveling Out of the Country Mid-Case Is Not a Simple Yes-or-No Advance Parole lets some pending asylum and green card applicants travel — but it does not guarantee re-entry, and the trip itself can carry real legal risk. In 2026, tighter port-of-entry scrutiny, a new $1,000 parole fee
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BLOG July 29, 2026 GWP IMMIGRATION LAW An Immigration Bond Buys Time — It Doesn’t End the Case An immigration bond is a financial guarantee that can secure release from ICE custody while a removal case moves forward. A federal circuit split over ICE’s expanded no-bond detention policy is now before the Supreme Court, and
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