Gustavo Arriaga retired from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) as an Immigration Officer with over 18 years of service. Mr. Arriaga has extensive experience adjudicating Inadmissibility Waivers, Legal Residency applications, US Citizenship applications, and Political Asylum applications. One of his several assignments included working at the US Consulate in Cd. Juarez, Mexico where he reviewed and adjudicated over 15,000 Inadmissibility Waivers. At various USCIS Field Offices, Mr. Arriaga has adjudicated over 20,000 Legal Residency, Adoption, and US Citizenship applications. He has also interviewed hundreds of Asylum and Refugee applicants and adjudicated their applications. Mr. Arriaga has worked at US Embassies in Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Malaysia.
Mr. Arriaga also represented USCIS on TV various times providing immigration information to the public.