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SUMMARY:20 · No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Immigrant Visa Processing in a 
 Time of Heightened Scrutiny
LOCATION:Room B\, Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel\, 700 Tchoupitoulas St
 reet\, New Orleans\, LA 70130
DESCRIPTION:Vice v. Virtue: Immigration Law in a Complex World\nAILA MidSou
 th Chapter Conference 2026 · Session 20 · Room B\n\nPanelists:\n• Petu
 la McShiras (Kolko & Casey\, Greenwood Village\, Colorado)\n• Erin Heber
 t (Ware Immigration\, Metairie\, Louisiana)\n\nThis panel focuses on press
 ing issues affecting immigrant visa applicants\, including public charge a
 djudications\, country-specific restrictions\, DS-260 pitfalls\, provision
 al waiver revocations\, administrative processing delays\, prior asylum fi
 lings\, passport and civil document challenges\, and processing for applic
 ants who cannot safely return to their countries of nationality.\n\nPaneli
 sts will discuss emerging trends from consular posts and provide practical
  strategies for preparing clients\, avoiding refusals\, and responding whe
 n cases stall or go off track.\n\nThe panel will discuss:\n• Current tre
 nds affecting immigrant visa adjudications at U.S. consulates.\n• Prepar
 ing clients for heightened public charge scrutiny and post-interview docum
 ent requests.\n• Recognizing common triggers for administrative processi
 ng and prolonged delays.\n• The consequences of prior asylum filings\, a
 sylum denials\, and other humanitarian applications during immigrant visa 
 processing.\n• 601A provisional waiver complications\, including revocat
 ions and post-departure inadmissibility findings.\n• Counseling applican
 ts facing country-specific restrictions\, travel barriers\, or lack of acc
 ess to a functioning U.S. consulate.\n• Strategies for clients with pass
 port\, civil document\, or nationality-related obstacles.\n• Communicati
 ng effectively with consular posts and using escalation options when cases
  stall.
CATEGORIES:AILA MidSouth 2026,Room B
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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