Editorial Standards & Review Policy

Claxton Law publishes immigration law content to help families and skilled workers understand the U.S. immigration system before they need to act. Because immigration is a Your-Money-or-Your-Life (YMYL) topic where bad information causes irreversible harm, every page on this site is held to a higher editorial standard than a typical marketing blog. This page documents that standard so readers can evaluate the credibility of what they read.

Purpose of this page

Google’s Search Quality Rater Guidelines and the December 2025 Core Update reward sites that document who writes their content, how it is reviewed, and what standards govern accuracy. This page exists for that reason, and also for ours: it forces us to live up to the standard we describe.

Authorship and review

Every legal article, cluster guide, glossary entry, and FAQ on this site is written or reviewed by a licensed immigration attorney at Claxton Law PLLC before publication. Most content is authored by Diane Claxton directly. When a topic falls within the practice expertise of another firm attorney, that attorney authors or contributes, with Diane reviewing.

Workflow

• Research. Original sources only: USCIS forms and policy memos, the Immigration and Nationality Act, the Code of Federal Regulations, Department of Labor regulations and FLAG announcements, Department of State Visa Bulletin and country reciprocity schedules, BIA and federal court decisions, Federal Register notices.
• Drafting. Each article is written from an outline that traces back to the source authorities. We never republish another site’s framing without independent confirmation.
• Attorney review. A licensed attorney reviews the draft for legal accuracy, currency, and tone. Changes to law or policy that post-date the draft are integrated.
• Publish with date stamp. Every published article carries a visible byline and a last-updated date.
• Schema review. Article structured data, FAQ schema, and breadcrumb schema are validated before the page goes live.

What we do not do

• We do not publish AI-generated content without attorney review and substantive editing.
• We do not republish content from other law firm sites or treatises without attribution and verification against original sources.
• We do not invent statistics. Numbers come from USCIS, DOL, State Department, BLS, or other identified authorities.
• We do not promise outcomes. No article on this site says or implies that any reader will achieve a specific immigration result.

Author credentials

Diane Claxton is the founder of Claxton Law PLLC and the primary author of this site’s legal content.

• Florida Bar admission. Active. Verify on the Florida Bar member directory at floridabar.org.
• New York State Bar admission. Active. Verify on the New York Attorney Search at iapps.courts.state.ny.us.
• American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) member. Verify on aila.org.
• Years of practice. 20+ years in immigration law.
• Languages. English, Spanish, French, Haitian Creole.
• Practice scope. Family petitions, asylum and deportation defense, VAWA self-petitions, U and T visas, naturalization, EB-5 investor visas, PERM labor certification, and provisional unlawful presence waivers.

Other attorneys at the firm who contribute to or review content are listed on the attorneys page, each with their own bar admissions and AILA membership verifiable through the same public directories.

Sources we cite

When this site states a fee, a deadline, a processing time, a statutory section, or a policy rule, we cite an authority. The categories of sources we rely on:

• USCIS: uscis.gov forms and instructions, policy manual, fee schedules (Form G-1055), processing times at egov.uscis.gov/processing-times, public memos and announcements.
• U.S. Department of Labor: Office of Foreign Labor Certification at flag.dol.gov, processing times at flag.dol.gov/processingtimes, prevailing wage policy guidance, OFLC adjudication standards.
• U.S. Department of State: travel.state.gov country reciprocity schedules, monthly Visa Bulletin, treaty country lists, FAM (Foreign Affairs Manual) sections cited where applicable.
• Federal statutes and regulations: Immigration and Nationality Act (cited as INA section numbers), 8 U.S.C., 8 CFR, 20 CFR, 22 CFR, public laws (TVPA, VAWA, AC21, REAL ID, EB-5 RIA).
• Federal Register notices: for rule changes and fee updates.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics: OEWS occupational wage data, LAUS local unemployment statistics.
• U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey, population data, MSA designations from OMB.
• Case law: Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) precedents, federal Circuit Court decisions, USCIS Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) decisions.

Each cluster article and glossary entry includes inline links to the primary authority where possible. When we cite a number (fee, deadline, processing time), we name the source and the date the number reflects.

Keeping content current

Immigration law changes constantly: USCIS adjusts fees, DOL revises wage methodology, the State Department reciprocity schedule shifts, Congress passes new statutes, and federal courts issue new precedent. Stale immigration content is misleading content.

Our update commitments

• Every published page carries a visible last-updated date.
• Major USCIS rule changes (fee updates, policy memos, form revisions) trigger a review of affected articles within 30 days.
• Annual review of every cluster article and glossary entry, with updated processing times, fees, and statutory references.
• When law materially changes the answer in a published article, we update the article rather than archiving it. The updated date reflects the substantive change.
• Articles that are date-specific by design (e.g., "H-1B Cap 2026 Guide", "N-400 Civics Test 2026") are versioned by year. The 2026 versions remain accessible after the 2027 versions publish, with a notice directing readers to the current year.

Corrections policy

If a reader, attorney, or other party identifies a factual error in any article, we correct it. Our correction practice:

• Errors that change the answer materially (a wrong fee, a wrong deadline, a wrong rule) are corrected as soon as the error is verified, with the updated date reflecting the correction.
• Minor typographical errors are corrected without a date bump.
• Significant substantive corrections are noted with a brief correction note at the end of the article when the change could affect a reader who relied on the prior version.
• To report a factual error, email contact@claxtonlawgroup.com with the URL and the specific issue.

Conflict of interest disclosure

Claxton Law PLLC is a for-profit law firm. The content on this site is provided as a public resource and as a marketing channel for the firm. Readers should understand the structural incentives:

• We benefit financially when readers retain the firm as counsel.
• We do not benefit financially from specific recommendations to use any third party (regional center, immigration vendor, citizenship-by-investment provider, etc.). When we name a category of provider (for example, "Grenada citizenship by investment"), we do not earn referral fees or other compensation from any specific provider in that category.
• We do not accept paid placement in our articles. Companies cannot pay to be mentioned or to influence what we write.
• We do not run affiliate links or display advertising on legal content pages.
• When we link out to government sources (USCIS, DOL, State Department), we do so because they are the authoritative source, not because we have any relationship with them.

Advertising and sponsorship

We do not accept third-party advertising on the legal content pages of this site. Marketing the firm’s own services through CTAs, consultation invitations, and downloadable guides is the only commercial element on legal articles, and it is clearly identified as such.

Not legal advice

The content on this site is for general informational purposes. It does not create an attorney-client relationship with any reader. Specific immigration matters require analysis of facts, documents, and history that no public article can anticipate. If you have a specific immigration case or question, schedule a consultation with a licensed immigration attorney rather than relying on this site alone.

Feedback and contact

If you spot an error, have a question about how we sourced a number or rule, or want to suggest a topic we should cover, contact us:

• Email: contact@claxtonlawgroup.com
• Phone: (321) 204-4116
• Mail: Claxton Law PLLC, 13538 Village Park Dr Unit J-160, Orlando, FL 32837

This editorial standards page is itself reviewed at least annually and updated when our practice changes.

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