This webinar will focus specifically on the process for U nonimmigrants to adjust status and petition for qualifying family members under the new adjustment regulations. Incorporating the latest and most accurate information, we will cover the requirements, policies and procedures for adjusting status; how the new regulations and TVPRA 2008 affect eligibility, fee waivers, adjustment processing and family petitioning; possible pitfalls under the new procedure; and practice pointers on what to expect and how to best strategize for winning adjustment cases.

Presenters:
Sally Kinoshita, ILRC Deputy Director & Staff Attorney
Sally is the principal author of the ILRC publication entitled, The U Visa: Obtaining Immigration Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime and the co-author of the ILRC publications, The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants; Special Immigrant Juvenile Status for Children Under Juvenile Court Jurisdiction and Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Susan Bowyer, Managing Attorney at International Institute of the Bay Area in Oakland
Susan has been the Managing Attorney at IIBA since 2003, providing immigration legal services for low income immigrants, and she has special expertise in immigration applications for survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. Prior to working with IIBA, she was echoing green Fellow with the Immigrant Legal Resource Center. In addition, she has presented dozens of trainings on immigration relief for battered immigrants, including presentations at the 2008 California and 2009 National AILA Conferences.

Catherine Ward-Seitz, Regional Immigration Coordinator for Bay Area Legal Aid
Catherine has been working in the field of immigration law since 1990, starting out as legal assistant and then a BIA Accredited Representative before her admission to the bar in December of 2001. Before joining Bay Area Legal Aid as Regional Immigration Coordinator in July of 2009, she worked at Canal Alliance, the International Institute of the East Bay, and the private immigration law firm of Simmons & Ungar.

Deadline to register: 4/27/10

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