The last five years or so have brought significant changes to the United States' immigration law. With a new presidential administration, 2021 brought more change. Wednesday's Inauguration Day was momentous for immigration, and here is a summary of key developments...
We are almost a week away from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris taking office as President and Vice President of the United States, so we are providing a summary of their proposed immigration plan below. Much of Biden’s immigration plan includes reversing the many hundreds...
New DACA applications or parole? Possibly. Prior to today's decision, DHS was processing DACA extensions, but not taking new applications or issuing DACA parole documents. Today's Court decision should compel DHS to accept new applications and travel requests. Of...
DACA survives for now! This is a long decision with a lot to review, but the Supreme Court has blocked DHS from terminating DACA! The decision seems to leave a chance for DHS to perhaps end DACA through different processes, but they would at least need to restart and...
Today, Trump signed yet another anti-immigrant Presidential Proclamation (PP) called the Proclamation Suspending Entry of Immigrants Who Present Risk to the U.S. Labor Market During the Economic Recovery Following the COVID-19 Outbreak. The PP which is ostensibly to...
Below is relevant information for individuals who entered the United States with temporary permission who now cannot depart due to COVID-19. It is important to remember that COVID-19 policies are fluid and rapidly developing. Please note that the American Immigration...
With the COVID-19 pandemic leading to immigration agencies closing many of their physical offices and courts to the public, there are a lot of questions about what immigration applications can still be filed and how the closures will affect them. Firstly, to recap,...
Associate, Anita Mukherji, and Of Counsel, Anna von Herrmann, spent this past weekend volunteering for the Al Otro Lado Pro Se Asylum Clinic. The clinic was originally set to be done in person at Al Otro Lado’s office in Tijuana, Mexico, but, due to the COVID-19...
While it has not received much attention, a new law passed on December 20, 2019 provides Liberians who have been in the United States since November 20, 2014 new option to apply for residency. Titled the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act, the new law allows...
USCIS has announced that it intends to raise fees for several applications. Many people interested in applying for immigration benefits should file soon. It is important to remember that the proposed fee increases have not yet been finalized and will not take effect...
We are thrilled to announce the merger of Bean + Lloyd, LLP and Park & Taylor, two highly respected Bay Area immigration law firms, beginning April 16, 2021. The new firm, Bean, Lloyd, Mukherji, & Taylor, LLP, combines decades of immigration experience in the subfields of family-based immigration, removal defense, asylum, humanitarian visas, and criminal immigration.
Partners Jesse Lloyd and Anita Mukherji, both certified specialists in immigration and nationality law by the California State Bar, will lead the firm. Karyn Taylor will join as Of Counsel, and Angela Bean will remain as partner and Anna von Herrmann as Of Counsel. The Park & Taylor staff will bring their two decades of experience to the team.
Bean, Lloyd, Mukherji, & Taylor, LLP, will maintain both its Oakland and San Francisco offices. While both offices will be temporarily closed to the public due to COVID-19, our staff will still be available by phone, email, and text message, and all consultations and client appointments will continue by phone or video. We look forward to reopening physically when it is safe to do so.
Please contact us at (510) 433-1900 or www.beanlloyd.com with any inquiries.