Tag: EOIR
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What to do if You missed your Hearing & Were Ordered Removed
If you missed an immigration court hearing, you most likely received a removal order for being absent (an in absentia removal order). You can take to try to reopen your case but it is important that you file a motion to reopen as soon as possible. You are obligated to act as soon as you…
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WebEx Links for New York Immigration Courts
FIND IMMIGRATION JUDGE’S WEBEX LINK WHO IS MY JUDGE? If you lost your hearing notice or you can’t figure out who your Judge is then go to the EOIR Automated Case Status System and look up your A# (the 9 digit number with the letter “A” in front of it that appears on every document…
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WEBEX VIRTUAL IMMIGRATION COURT HEARINGS GUIDE
The Department of Justice has several tables on their website which contain all the webex links for every Immigration Judge (throughout the country, I’m only focusing on New York). You can find that official master list of links at https://www.justice.gov/eoir/find-immigration-court-and-access-internet-based-hearings. If your hearing notice states that you have a virtual hearing then you are expected…
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NOTICE TO APPEAR (NTA)
A Notice to Appear (“NTA”) initiates removal proceedings by informing the immigrant respondent that they must appear in Immigration Court on a specific day to answer to a charge of removeability. An NTA is issued as a standard DHS form, Form I-862. The statutory requirements of an NTA can be found at INA…
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Update Your Address With The Immigration Court With New Online Tool
New tool offers convenient, reliable option for noncitizens to update address information as they await immigration court proceedings. ICE has announced that their “online change of address tool” for people in removal proceedings, subject to a removal order or Order of Supervision of some kind, or are otherwise required to keep their address updated with…
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AG RESTORES IMMIGRATION JUDGES’ AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE PROCEEDINGS
Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a recent decision that restored immigration judges’ authority to terminate removal proceedings in Matter of Coronado Acevedo. Matter of Coronado Acevedo, 28 I&N Dec. 648 (A.G. 2022) overruled a prior decision by then Attorney General Jeff Sessions that held that immigration judges “have no inherent authority to terminate or dismiss…
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IMMIGRATION JUDGE WHO DENIES THE MOST CASES
Immigration Judge Who Denies The Most Cases NYC The Judge with the highest percentage of asylum denials is a tie between IJ Menkin and IJ Burns both with 83% denial rates for asylum cases. This does not include the detained docket where denial rates are usually higher for multiple reasons. Immigration Judge Who Grants The…
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HOW TO: FILE A FOIA REQUEST
FORMS YOU WILL NEED FOR EOIR (COURT) FORM DOJ-361 Certificate of Identity EOIR-28 EOIR-27 (if with the BIA) FORMS YOU WILL NEED FOR USCIS G-28 (for attorney) G-639 FOIA REQUEST WHAT INFORMATION SHOULD I INCLUDE? A FOIA request should reasonably describe the records sought and include identifying information. For example, if a FOIA request seeks a…
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Notice to Appear (NTA)
A Notice to Appear (“NTA”) initiates removal proceedings by informing the immigrant respondent that they must appear in Immigration Court on a specific day to answer to a charge of removeability. An NTA is issued as a standard DHS form, Form I-862. The statutory requirements of an NTA can be found at INA…