Category: Immigration

Question: I heard that immigration reform is coming. Is this true? Answer: As a framework for reform, this is closer than we’ve come in years to meaningful change.The Senate “Gang…

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment based categories. A…

The basic rules A CHILDHOOD arrival may seek DAS and an employment authorization document (EAD) if he: 1. Was under the age of 31 as of June 15, 2012; 2….

A lawful permanent resident (LPR) or US Citizen (USC) parent may file an immigrant petition for his alien child including an adopted child. Under INA 101(b)(1)(E)(i), a child adopted while…

The Supreme Court has finished hearing arguments in two cases regarding challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and is expected to issue a ruling in June 2013. Both…

Congress must respond! AS A sure sign the US economy is improving, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the annual H-1B quota (“H-1B Cap”) for FY 2014 was…

THE debate over the United States economy and dearth of high-tech workers has spotlighted the H-1B professional working visa in the press.  Nonetheless, Congress has been slow to respond in…

Question: I am a Registered Nurse and I don’t know how to come into the US Can you help? Answer: Primarily, the best way to come into the United States…

Under this agreement, qualified applicants would earn ‘American wages.’ With business and labor now in agreement, Congress is more comfortable moving forward with legislation. The pathway to legalization and citizenship…

Recently, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (which is one court below the US Supreme Court) ruled that the BIA’s “blanket rule against recognizing states’ nunc pro tunc adoption decrees…

Using a false social security number is one way to obtain unauthorized employment. You might have heard how some undocumented aliens make up social security numbers or use the numbers…

People around the world are actively following the news concerning comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), hoping that the Democrats and Republicans in Washington can work together and pass a law overhauling…

MANY people, employers and employees alike, have been in our office recently requesting information on H-1B visas and whether or not that is an option for them. The rush to…

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment based categories. A…

WITH the US economy steadily improving over the past several months, US employers are hiring again.  Last weeks Federal Jobs Report showed that US employers were again hiring at a…

An alien of good moral character who married and resided with a US Citizen (USC) or lawful permanent resident (LPR) spouse but who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty…

Question: I heard that H-1B’s are about to be able to be filed. What can I do? Answer: First, April 1, 2013, the doors open again and new H-1B’s can…

Everyone knows that one of the fastest and easiest ways to get a green card is thru a bona fide, good faith (love) marriage to a US citizen. However, one…

AS OF March 4, 2013 certain immigrant visa applicants who are the spouses, children and parents of US citizens (“immediate relatives”), who have been unlawfully present in the United States,…

QUESTION: I have heard that there is going to be immigration reform. Can you shed some light on the subject and what we might expect? Answer: Conservatives have tended to…

There are times when  a person is arrested and charged with a crime. In some cases they may have actually committed the crime, or it could be that they are…

THE current influx of media attention on immigration issues is very exciting. One cannot help but be hopeful and optimistic that some type of immigration reform is on the horizon….

YES, it’s that time of year again: The H-1B visa quota (H-1B “cap”) for FY 2014 will finally open up on April 1, 2013, making 65,000 new H-1B visa numbers…

If you listen to the news these days, you get the impression that immigration reform is inevitable. Never mind that it also felt this way in 2007 before the immigration…

Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month, for the various family and employment based categories. A…

IN THE wake of an announcement late last month that a Bipartisan “Gang of Eight” Senators has put for a blueprint for Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR), a leaked internal Whitehouse…