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System to Track Immigrants Needs Major Overhaul
What the Immigration Reform Bill’s Early and Rapid Progress Means Going Forward
Beware of Notarios
What Obama’s Second Term Means for Immigration Law
How the GOP's “Immigration Under Glass” Philosophy Compares to the Democrat’s Approach
How to Get a Green Card
Video: Know Your Rights as an Accused Noncitizen
Attorney: Arizona Can't Implement Immigration Law Without Racial Profiling
SCOTUS Rules on AZ's Immigration Law: What’s in, What’s Out & What It Means for Other States—Daniel Burnick
Supreme Court Decision Could Spur New Immigration Laws
LXBN This Week Ep. 2: EEOC on Criminal Records & Transgender Discrimination, BP Oil Spill Arrest, AZ Immigration Law at SCOTUS
EB-5 Visas Enhanced to Increase Investments into the United States
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security has announced that employment license applicants will need to submit a “certificate of no criminal conviction” (also known as a police clearance letter) from...more
The U.S. Pre-Adoption Immigration Review (“PAIR”) process provides systematic safeguards for prospective adoptive children and parents. Under PAIR, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (“USCIS”) will review a...more
A lawful permanent resident (LPR) normally may travel outside the United States and return; however, there are some limitations. A reentry permit can help prevent two types of problems: ...more
In most cases, a person who wants to become a citizen of the United States through naturalization must first be a permanent resident. By becoming a U.S. citizen, you gain many rights that permanent residents or others do not...more
In This Issue: - Supreme Court May Hear Case of Union Picketers on Private Property - Republicans Prepare for Fight Over Immigration Legislation - E-Verify System Could be Harming Some Legal Workers - Study...more
Much of the debate surrounding immigration reform has centered around providing a pathway to Citizenship for the 11 million undocumented people in the country. While a significant part of the legislation is focused on this...more
BASIC RULES: •Foreigners need a visa while in Mexico. •One person, one visa. •Family can “hang” on visa holder or Mexican citizenship of relative. •Immigration cases are unique. General rules have several...more
At the end of last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) initiated procedural actions to bring the comprehensive immigration reform bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act...more
EB-2 category for all chargeable areas other than China and India remains current, with considerable forward movement in the EB-3 category for the third month in a row....more
On April 11, 2013, the AILA Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee met with the USCIS Verification Division and with ICE Homeland Security Investigations regarding the implementation of the new I-9 Form....more
TIPS FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND THE FORM I-9 Schedule U.S. Visa Appointments Abroad Each year, as the peak summer travel season approaches, visa appointment wait times lengthen substantially at many Consulates and...more
On Tuesday, June 11, the immigration reform bill, S. 744, passed the next significant hurdle on the road to becoming law. In the morning, the Senate voted to limit debate on the motion to proceed to the bill. Then, in the...more
Comprehensive immigration reform demands a system that can instantaneously and accurately check an employee’s immigration status. That would require an enormous expansion of the current system, eVerify. In his video news...more
The Visa Bulletin for July 2013 shows continual movement forward for immigrant visas in the employment-based third preference (EB-3) category for all countries except India and the Philippines. ...more
Through an initiative named the Blue Campaign, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) is launching a website, logo and mission statement, as well as distributing posters, tip sheets and public service announcements about...more
Woodland Hills personal injury attorney and Uninsured/Underinsured motorist expert Barry P. Goldberg contends that regardless of whether one sides with various liberal immigration policies or stricter (yet seldom enforced)...more
A message from our friend Jeremy Robbins Director of the Partnership for a New American Economy is below. The Partnership held one of its first events in Iowa with the Iowa Immigration Education Coalition. It is a bipartisan...more
OK, here we go. After months of “behind the scenes” work, the immigration reform bill hits prime time in the Senate. The American Immigration Lawyers has issued an overview of the process in a “what to expect”...more
In This Issue: - Employers Must Comply With New DOL Notice Requirement Regarding Health Care Exchanges Under Affordable Care Act - DOL Issues Recommended Changes To COBRA Election Notices To Provide Information...more
?New Form I-9 - As of May 7, 2012, the old Form I-9 is obsolete and the new form must be down-loaded from www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-9.pdf?. Use of the old form is unacceptable. If Immigration Customs and Enforcement...more
For companies whose workforce may include individuals with TPS from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan and Syria, it is critical to be familiar with the work authorization benefits of TPS to...more
Having passed the Senate Ag Committee, the Farm Bill moves to the floor this week with hopes of passage so the Senate can move on to another important issue for agriculture – immigration reform....more
In a decision dated June 4, 2013 (Flores v. USCIS), .the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuitfound that the plain language of INA §244(f)(4) supports a path to legal permanent residence status under §245 for a...more
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) recently announced that an electronic payment system will be used for the new fee for immigrant visas issued at a U.S. consulate. The fee of $165 per person is used to pay...more
On Thursday, May 9, 2013, the Senate Judiciary Committee began examining about 300 proposed amendments to the 844-page immigration reform bill, an overhaul of the existing immigration system which would increase the number of...more
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