Program Details
2026-07-24 13:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-07-24 13:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ESTPM-602-0199 lets officers deny I-485 adjustments from B-1/B-2 visitors on discretionary grounds, even immediate relatives. This session decodes USCIS’s balancing factors and equips attorneys to build equity packets, answer RFEs and NOIDs, and weigh consular alternatives.
Elina Magaly Santana
Jesse E. Goldfarb 2:10 pm - 3:10 pm ESTBecause F-1 carries no dual intent, PM-602-0199 and the proposed fixed I-94 rule sharpen denial risk across the OPT and H-1B pipeline. Attorneys will master USCIS’s discretionary factors, assemble defensible profiles, counter RFEs and NOIDs, and time consular alternatives.
Elina Magaly SantanaJesse E. GoldfarbElina Magaly Santana is a Shareholder and Co-founder of Santana Residency Law, P.A., and the firm’s lead immigration practitioner. She represents foreign nationals in affirmative petitions before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and defends clients in proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Courts. Her practice spans family- and marriage-based residency, naturalization, acquired and derivative citizenship, deportation defense, and appeals, and she is dedicated to representing the immigrant community nationwide. She is admitted in the State of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Jesse E. Goldfarb is a shareholder at Nilan Johnson Lewis PA, where he counsels corporate employers on their immigration needs and balances their business objectives against regulatory compliance. Although his immigration knowledge is broad, he concentrates on serving higher education institutions, agricultural manufacturers, engineering and information technology companies, and multinational organizations. Jesse pairs technical command of business immigration with communication and responsiveness, advising clients on both their short- and long-term goals while setting best practices that prevent adverse immigration consequences. His practice sits within the firm’s Labor and Employment and Corporate Immigration Law groups.
Elina Magaly Santana is a Shareholder and Co-founder of Santana Residency Law, P.A., and the firm’s lead immigration practitioner. She represents foreign nationals in affirmative petitions before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and defends clients in proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Courts. Her practice spans family- and marriage-based residency, naturalization, acquired and derivative citizenship, deportation defense, and appeals, and she is dedicated to representing the immigrant community nationwide. She is admitted in the State of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Jesse E. Goldfarb is a shareholder at Nilan Johnson Lewis PA, where he counsels corporate employers on their immigration needs and balances their business objectives against regulatory compliance. Although his immigration knowledge is broad, he concentrates on serving higher education institutions, agricultural manufacturers, engineering and information technology companies, and multinational organizations. Jesse pairs technical command of business immigration with communication and responsiveness, advising clients on both their short- and long-term goals while setting best practices that prevent adverse immigration consequences. His practice sits within the firm’s Labor and Employment and Corporate Immigration Law groups.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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