Immigration Agency Can’t Avoid Court by Reopening Visa Decisions (1)

A high-skilled immigrant who’s been trying for more than 10 years to get a green card may finally get her day in court.

Ganga Bhavani Mantena has filed a series of lawsuits and appeals since her green card application, filed in 2007, was denied in 2012. But each time it appeared she would get a resolution in court, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would reopen her case, pulling the matter out of court and sending it back to the agency. The USCIS then would reconsider the decision and again hand her a denial, requiring her to start the court appeal ...