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                    [Title] => What happens if the beneficiary of a petitioner dies?
                    [Summary] => Most people are aware that if the petitioner (person who files a petition) dies, the beneficiary (family member being petitioned) may apply for humanitarian revalidation/reinstatement.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-02-23 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [Title] => What happens if the beneficiary of a petition dies?
                    [Summary] => Most people are aware that if the petitioner (person who files a petition) dies, the beneficiary (family member being petitioned) may apply for humanitarian revalidation/reinstatement.
                    [DatePublished] => 2020-02-16 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [ArticleID] => 1431251
                    [Title] => If you abandon your green card you will abandon your family’s petition
                    [Summary] => 
I am a green card holder, and petitioned my wife and children. I know it will take a few years until the priority date on their petition becomes “current,” enabling them to be processed for their immigrant visas.

                    [DatePublished] => 2015-03-08 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [ArticleID] => 1363614
                    [Title] => CIS Ombudsman blasts California Service Center Humanitarian Revalidation Unit over processing of humanitarian revalidation requests
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In its annual report to Congress, the CIS Ombudsman (CIS OMB) issued a critical report on the way the USCIS has been handling and processing requests for humanitarian revalidation.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-08-31 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [Title] => Avoiding an affidavit of support (Form I-864) by working 40 quarters
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Family based petitions and some employment-based petitions (where a relative owns a 5% interest in the petitioning company) require the petitioner to submit an affidavit of support (Form I – 864) in order for the beneficiary to adjust status or obtain an immigrant visa.

                    [DatePublished] => 2014-07-20 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [Title] => Hotel cleared from income tax liability
                    [Summary] => 
 The Court of Tax Appeals Second Division granted the petition for review filed by the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino, Incorporated against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

                    [DatePublished] => 2012-12-16 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1532935
                    [AuthorName] => Mylen P. Manto
                    [SectionName] => Cebu News
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                    [ArticleID] => 832480
                    [Title] => Case denied despite eligibility
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Recently, a person came into my office in a panic, after his adjustment of status had been denied.
                    [DatePublished] => 2012-07-29 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [Title] => If you abandon your green card, you will abandon your family's petition
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I am a green card holder, and have petitioned my wife and children. I know that it will take a few years until the priority date on their petition becomes “current”, enabling them to be processed for their immigrant visas. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2012-01-29 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 134402
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [ArticleID] => 735114
                    [Title] => But my child was still in diapers when the petition was filed!
                    [Summary] => 
In 1988, my sister petitioned me and my family. At the time, our eldest child was only 6 months old. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-10-09 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] => Michael J. Gurfinkel
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                    [ArticleID] => 727899
                    [Title] => Mitra denies raps in recall petition
                    [Summary] => 
Palawan Gov. Abraham Khalil Mitra vehemently denied yesterday allegations made in the recall petition filed against him before the Commission on Elections, calling them “baseless and misleading, if not totally malicious.”
                    [DatePublished] => 2011-09-18 00:00:00
                    [ColumnID] => 133272
                    [Focus] => 0
                    [AuthorID] => 1805432
                    [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero
                    [SectionName] => Nation
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What happens if the beneficiary of a petitioner dies?

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | February 23, 2020 - 12:00am

Most people are aware that if the petitioner (person who files a petition) dies, the beneficiary (family member being petitioned) may apply for humanitarian revalidation/reinstatement.

Opinion

What happens if the beneficiary of a petition dies?

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | February 16, 2020 - 12:00am

Most people are aware that if the petitioner (person who files a petition) dies, the beneficiary (family member being petitioned) may apply for humanitarian revalidation/reinstatement.

Opinion

If you abandon your green card you will abandon your family’s petition

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | March 8, 2015 - 12:00am

I am a green card holder, and petitioned my wife and children. I know it will take a few years until the priority date on their petition becomes “current,” enabling them to be processed for their immigrant...

Opinion

CIS Ombudsman blasts California Service Center Humanitarian Revalidation Unit over processing of humanitarian revalidation requests

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | August 31, 2014 - 12:00am

In its annual report to Congress, the CIS Ombudsman (CIS OMB) issued a critical report on the way the USCIS has been handling and processing requests for humanitarian revalidation.

Opinion

Avoiding an affidavit of support (Form I-864) by working 40 quarters

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | July 20, 2014 - 12:00am

Family based petitions and some employment-based petitions (where a relative owns a 5% interest in the petitioning company) require the petitioner to submit an affidavit of support (Form I – 864) in order for...

Opinion

Hotel cleared from income tax liability

By Mylen P. Manto | December 16, 2012 - 12:00am

 The Court of Tax Appeals Second Division granted the petition for review filed by the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino, Incorporated against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

Cebu News

Case denied despite eligibility

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | July 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Recently, a person came into my office in a panic, after his adjustment of status had been denied.

Opinion

If you abandon your green card, you will abandon your family's petition

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | January 29, 2012 - 12:00am

I am a green card holder, and have petitioned my wife and children. I know that it will take a few years until the priority date on their petition becomes “current”, enabling them to be processed for...

Opinion

But my child was still in diapers when the petition was filed!

By IMMIGRATION CORNER | By Michael J. Gurfinkel | October 9, 2011 - 12:00am

In 1988, my sister petitioned me and my family. At the time, our eldest child was only 6 months old.

Opinion

Mitra denies raps in recall petition

By Paolo Romero | September 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Palawan Gov. Abraham Khalil Mitra vehemently denied yesterday allegations made in the recall petition filed against him before the Commission on Elections, calling them “baseless and misleading, if not totally...

Nation