Over the past few years I have been writing a lot  about the visa waiver program and adjustment of status. The visa waiver program is a program found at INA § 217 where citizens of certain countries can enter the United States for ninety days without a visa, similar to how United States citizens, when visiting many countries do not have to obtain a visa before traveling. A condition of the program is that a visa-waiver entrant cannot change or…

Last week,  in discussing the issue of the San Diego USCIS’s apparent unique enforcement of of laws about the Visa Waiver Program, I noted that the American Immigration Lawyers Association posted the following on its members-only news page, called InfoNet: Following reports from AILA chapter USCIS liaisons that a favorable resolution on the question of adjustment eligibility for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) admittees has been reached, AILA Liaision has confirmed that USCIS HQ has instructed the field that USCIS retains jurisdiction…

More and more Visa Waiver adjustment applicants are being denied adjustment and being deported. I mild panic is setting in. Perhaps it is fitting to put it in perspective and in terms the average person can understand. You’re a young American and you get your big opportunity to spend a summer traveling around Europe. You buy your Eurail pass and pack your backpack and you plan your trip. London, Paris, Nice, Florence …. During your adventure you meet a nice…