December 2: Navigating the Afghan SIV Process

This roundtable will explain the Afghan SIV application process, highlight common challenges, share best practices, and offer an extended question and answer session for legal practitioners and advocates. Presenters will address attorney, caseworker, applicant, and employer perspectives on the SIV process. Topics will include the Chief of Mission process, I-360 petitions, the employer's role in the SIV process, best practices for communicating with applicants, Afghan civil documentation, visa processing, adjustment, follow-to-join options, and available resources for applicants and advocates.

Title:
Navigating the Afghan SIV Process
Date+Time:
Thursday, Dec 2, 2021
1:00 PM EST - Check your time zone!
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Speakers:

• Ghulam Ahmadi, of the Zuhmat Group
• Jennifer Patota, Stephen Poellot, and Sohail Shariq of the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)
• Megan McDonough (IRAP) will moderate. 

By:

International Refugee Assistance Project 

Credit:

The sponsor has not applied for CLE credit; however, you may be able to self-apply.

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December 2: Litigation Strategies for Asylum Claims Post-vacatur of Matter of A-B-, Matter of A-C-A-A-, and Matter of L-E-A- II

Center For Gender & Refugee Studies attorneys will provide an overview of the Attorney General's vacatur of his predecessors' decisions in Matter of A-B-, 27 I. & N. Dec. 316 (A.G. 2018) and Matter of A-B-, 28 I. & N. Dec. 199 (A.G. 2021), Matter of A-C-A-A-, 28 I. & N. Dec. 84 (A.G. 2020), and Matter of L-E-A-, 27 I. & N. Dec. 581 (A.G. 2019), and provide guidance on legal and practical strategies for advocates litigating fear-of-return claims at the Asylum Office, immigration courts, and on appeal to the BIA and Ninth Circuit. 

The webinar will cover the current state of the law post-vacatur, including the impact on precedent decisions from the courts of appeals and offer strategy considerations for advocates representing clients with domestic violence, gang violence, or family-based asylum claims tailored to the level of proceeding, including claims that are no longer pending where a final order has been issued.
This webinar is geared towards a legal advocate audience. 

Title:
Litigation Strategies for Asylum Claims Post-vacatur of Matter of A-B-, Matter of A-C-A-A-, and Matter of L-E-A- II
Date and Time:

December 2, 2021
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific Time
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By:
Center for Gender & Refugee Studies
Presenters:

• Anne Dutton, Staff Attorney
• Anne Peterson, Senior Staff Attorney

MCLE Credit:
1.5 General CA

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