Court process
Answers from across the site that touch on court process.
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Changing Your Address With the Immigration Court
The immigration court keeps an address record separate from every other agency. Updating it is a short filing with a hard deadline, and missing it is how people are ordered removed without ever knowing about the hearing.
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Substituting or Withdrawing Counsel in an Immigration Case
Representation in an immigration case is recorded on a formal appearance form. Changing representatives means filing a new one, and a representative who wants out of a court case usually needs permission to leave.
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Video and Telephonic Hearings in Immigration Court
Immigration hearings may be held in person, by video, or by telephone, each with different rules. Knowing which applies, and how to object, matters most when the judge is assessing whether to believe you.