As explained by USCIS, an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) is a document that provides a non-citizen with temporary authorization to work in the United States. You will frequently hear an EAD referred to as more simply as a ‘work permit’. The delay of a work permit can cause serious financial hardship for you and your…

My name is Josh Goldstein and I’m an immigration lawyer in Los Angeles. We also have an office in Boston. I help people across the country and around the world with all sorts of immigration cases, work permits, green cards, citizenships, and visa petitions. But I’m especially interested in helping people who have delayed immigration…

There are few things more frustrating than dealing with a delayed visa application. A delay can cause serious stress and hardship. It is one of the issues that immigration lawyers get asked about most often: What can I do to expedite my immigration case? While the answer depends on your specific circumstances, you should know…

Through a marriage to an American citizen, an immigrant can become a lawful permanent resident in the United States. Indeed, marital relationships are among the most common and straightforward paths to a green card. Though, getting a green card through marriage is not as simple as checking a few boxes. Quite the contrary, there are…

Today I’m answering a question from the Facebook group about 221-G, administrative processing, and it comes from somebody named Zi Han. Zi Han, I hope you’re doing well and you’re safe. He got a response to an inquiry from an embassy and he wants to know if his case is on background check or normal…

I recently got a question from someone with a visa that’s been stuck in administrative processing. He asked me, “Do you think that the pen that the consular officer writes with on the 221G paper matters? Like for example, the consular officer wrote with a red pen, and some people are telling me that a…