For the asylum seekers in the Carolinas who get an interview, a trip to Virginia may no longer be necessary. On October 13, 2026, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) opened its first Asylum Office in Charlotte, North Carolina. See the photo above; the office is so new that it doesn’t have USCIS signs outside yet.

Thousands of asylum applicants recently logged into their USCIS accounts and saw something strange. For years, their case status said: “Next Step Is an Interview.” Now, suddenly, it says: “Next Step Is Adjudication.” So, what happened?

Filed an I-589 asylum application years ago? Moved since then? You need to know about a major new immigration decision. This warning may be especially important for asylum seekers from Venezuela and Haiti who filed applications years ago and have moved while waiting for their cases. On September 3, 2026, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued Matter of DIJI. The decision makes an old address much more dangerous.

A federal judge in Dorcas v. USCIS ruled that the four policies that had frozen immigration benefits -- asylum, work permits, adjustment of status green card, and citizenship – WERE ILLEGAL

Imagine you are forced to cook for an armed group. Imagine you manage to run away and make it to the United States. Imagine that you believe you will be protected here and file your asylum application, wanting a new beginning.

With experience, there’s no learning curve. Above is the approval notice for a work permit I-765 application filed for our Venezuelan asylum client and approved four days later. The work permit card arrived at our client’s house before the I-765 application approval.

Because one person in the White House is ignoring the path set by Congress for foreigners WORLDWIDE to get green cards, have we entered a dictatorship?

If a task that normally takes five hours with humans can be done in one hour because of attorney expertise and use of AI, charging by the hour is unacceptable. That’s why Blandon Law charges a low FLAT FEE rate to file a naturalization application.

If you've been putting off applying for U.S. citizenship because you're busy, worried about being denied, or think your chances of getting approved will increase after 2029 (assuming there’s a new person in the White House), think again. Over the last few months, several major changes have made becoming a U.S. citizen more valuable than ever.

They come in relieved. Not because anything has happened, but because nothing has. “No problems,” they say. “We’re just waiting for the visa bulletin, the priority date to be current.” Waiting. As if immigration were a line you stand in. As if the outcome were already decided. It isn’t.

Blandon Law attorneys didn’t go to law school to become tech support. But somewhere between the disappearing USCIS notices, glitchy online accounts, biometric appointments hidden in obscure tabs, and uploads that mysteriously fail at 11:47 p.m., saving your rights and keeping your family together when a government system fails means we have become exactly that.

There’s a special kind of celebration that comes with an approved Form I-601A Provisional Waiver: not loud, not flashy, but life-changing. The kind where a couple exhales at the same time, realizing they are one step closer to staying together, legally, permanently, without fear. The approval pictured above is exactly that kind of moment.

You survived the abuse, gathered the evidence, and waited months (or years) for the good news that your I-360 VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, petition was approved. Then, USCIS sends another letter. You must go to a green card interview. Will you be arrested? Why do some VAWA applicants have their interviews canceled? Here’s what you need to know:

US Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) is denying green card renewals – known as Removal of Conditions (Form I-751) – without asking for more documents or sending a Notice of Intent to Deny. This is why Blandon Law was overjoyed when we received an APPROVAL for a removal of conditions case in less than eight months. Read on to find out how.

VAWA green cards are more difficult to get without a lawyer’s help because of a new policy by this administration. Survivors need to prove not only the abuse they survived but also are now being asked to put into words the abuser’s MOTIVES. That’s like asking someone trapped in a burning building to explain what the arsonist was thinking. Only professional firefighters (and professional VAWA attorneys) can do this.

Zoe paid over $8,000 to an immigration paralegal for a green card, but her case – including AI mistakes -- was denied. Because the paralegal never falsely claimed to be an attorney, Zoe could neither reopen her case nor get another work permit.

According to a new policy by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), anyone “who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply.” Officers can approve I-485 adjustment of status (AOS) applications ONLY where the applicant SHOWS DOCUMENTS of “extraordinary circumstances.”

Z-R-C-N- paid over $8,000 to an immigration paralegal for a work permit, green card, and an appeal after her case was denied. Only after she hired an attorney, did she realize that the paralegal never filed the appeal. She had been ordered deported and because the paralegal never claimed to be an attorney, she could not reopen her case.