Live Event Date: 05/18/2023 | ||
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Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
During this seminar, our expert panelists will discuss the anticipated (and unanticipated) challenges that can surface at the consular processing stage for immigrant visa clients.
Featured Topics:
- Effective interview preparation: questions about smuggling, inconsistencies, and arrests
- Best practices for managing suspected gang affiliations and tattoo issues
- Preparing for the medical exam: impact of prior alcohol or drug use
- Prior in absentia orders and the INA §212(a)(6)(8) bar after an approved I-212/I-601A waiver
- Overview of the new public charge grounds and their impact on consular processing
- Challenging questionable inadmissibility findings
AILA Membership Benefit – Access to Free Seminar Recordings (CLE Credit Available for $35)
Enjoy access to free seminar recordings (from October 2020–present) as an AILA Member. AILA encourages live attendance for those wishing to ask the speaker questions. CLE credit is included with purchase for live participants.
Recordings will be available approximately two weeks after the live event date. AILA members can access these seminars, with no CLE credit, for free. Recordings are CLE eligible in most jurisdictions and an administration fee is required to obtain CLE credit.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a web seminar recording.
Eligible participants can receive up to 1.8 CLE credit hours. AILA will administer CLE credit only to individuals who register and log into the web seminar. AILA cannot verify your attendance and participation in this program unless you register directly for the web seminar and use your name to log in to participate in the program. Therefore, persons who log in or listen in on the web seminar as part of a group will not be able to obtain CLE credit.
Please note that your jurisdiction may limit the amount of distance learning credit you can earn. To view details on your jurisdiction's credit restrictions and CLE requirements, visit the CLE Center.
AILA has filed for CLE and specialized credit in all jurisdictions with mandatory CLE requirements. For details about specific approvals, contact us at cle@aila.org.
- AILA applies for accreditation upon attorneys’ request after participation for the following states: AR, DE, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, OR, TN and WY. Programs are typically approved.
- Florida and Rhode Island - Attorneys must apply on their own for approval of seminars in FL and RI. Programs are typically approved.
- The OnDemand Recording format does not qualify for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions: MO and PR. Please note that your jurisdiction may limit OnDemand credit based on the date of the original presentation. View the OnDemand Downloadable Expiration Chart for more details.
To receive CLE credit for the live event, attorneys must record web seminar attendance and the CLE code provided within one week of the web seminar date via webCLE.
Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a seminar recording.
Daniel J. Parisi (DL), AILA Board of Governors/DOS Liaison Committee, Brussels, Belgium
Daniel Parisi is the owner of DJP Immigration in Brussels, Belgium. Daniel has practiced immigration law since 2003. His practice area has a particular focus on consular processing and waivers of inadmissibility. Daniel is a past Chair of AILA’s Department of State Liaison Committee. He is the Immediate Past Chair of AILA’s RDC-EMEA Chapter. He currently serves as Chair of AILA’s Law Student Engagement Committee and is an Elected Director of AILA’s Board of Governors.
Kathleen Campbell Walker, AILA Past President/Verification & Documentation Liaison Committee, El Paso, TX
Kathleen Campbell Walker is chair of the Immigration Practice Group of Dickinson Wright PLLC. She is an AILA past president and past general counsel and continues to serve on the AILA Board of Governors. She is board certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization (TBLS). She is recognized in Chambers USA (Band One), Chambers Global (Band One), International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Super Lawyers, and Best Lawyers in America. She is rated AV® Preeminent™ and Judicial AV® Preeminent™ in Martindale-Hubbell®. She holds a JD from the University of Texas School of Law (1985).
Bridgette M. Bennett, Groveland, FL
Bridgette M. Bennett is the CEO and Founding Attorney of the Bennett Law Center. She is the Vice Chair of the AILA Central Florida Chapter and currently serves as a member of AILA National’s Business School Law Practice Management Committee. Ms. Bennett received her J.D. from Barry University School Of Law (2011).
Matthew Hughes, Portland, OR
Matthew Hughes is Of Counsel at Black Helterline LLP in Portland, Oregon and practices immigration law with a focus on business immigration. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Hughes was a consular officer with the U.S. Department of State for nearly a decade with tours in Kathmandu, Nepal; Belmopan, Belize; and Munich, Germany. Mr. Hughes received his JD from the George Washington University School of Law (2006).