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		<title>Perspective from a State Department officer</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/02/02/perspective-state-department-officer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2017 16:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog post, &#8220;Trump’s deliberate precipitation of an immigration crisis,&#8221; I made the case that the &#8220;extreme vetting&#8221; called for in President Trump&#8217;s Executive Order of January 27, 2017, banning immigrants from seven countries, was already in place.  I based this on my experience as an immigration attorney working with visa applicants. Now, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Trump&#8217;s deliberate precipitation of an immigration crisis</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2017/01/30/trumps-precipitation-immigration-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2017 22:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2017, his actions have turned U.S. immigration into a nightmare for countless numbers of lawful immigrants and visa holders and arriving refugees, and even for naturalized U.S. citizens from certain countries targeted by President Trump.  This does not even take into account those currently being processed for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Consult Your Immigration Attorney For Motions To Reopen/Reconsider</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/12/30/motions-reopenreconsider/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/12/30/motions-reopenreconsider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2013 02:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visas and consular issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When USCIS makes a mistake the way to hold it accountable is to file an I-290B Motion to Reopen or Motion to Reconsider.  And be persistent.]]></description>
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		<title>The pitfalls of the K-1 fiance visa:  Consular nonreviewability</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/02/15/pitfalls-k-1-fiance-visa/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2013/02/15/pitfalls-k-1-fiance-visa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the law makes no sense. Sometimes it is unjust. Take the case of consular processing for K-1 visas. For immigration neophytes, consular processing occurs when the intending immigrant is not physically in the United States and, thus, the individual must request a visa to lawfully enter the country. The visa application process is handled, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>The elusive tourist visa</title>
		<link>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2012/03/16/difficulty-tourist-visas/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tranlawassociates.com/2012/03/16/difficulty-tourist-visas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 01:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djung Tran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am repeatedly surprised by stories of denials of B-2 tourist visas. In one case I came across, the reasoning of the consular officers who repeatedly denied this application confounds me. I heard about this case from my friend, a U.S. citizen originally from El Salvador.  She has invited her elderly father to come visit [&#8230;]]]></description>
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