By Richard Hanus|2015-04-13T11:50:31-05:00April 13th, 2015|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., General, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, United States Embassies Abroad|
Published April 13, 2015 For the past few years, come April 1, tens of thousands of employers and prospective employees vie for one of 85,000 H-1B work visas made available for highly skilled or professional workers for the ensuing [...]
By Richard Hanus|2015-01-21T15:38:39-06:00January 21st, 2015|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., General, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
Published: January 21, 2015 No doubt about it. In the past decade, getting an H-1B work visa filing approved has gotten harder. These days employers and prospective employees have to rush to get their petitions and supporting documentation together each [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-11-18T08:35:25-06:00November 18th, 2013|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|Tags: expedited adjudication, expedited processing, extension of status, Filipino nationals, special relief measures, Typhoon Haiyan|
Published: November 18, 2013 As a result of Typhoon Haiyan, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) is providing special, albeit limited, benefits for the expedited processing, or extension of status, for certain impacted Filipino nationals in the U.S. and with regard [...]
By Richard Hanus|2010-09-08T12:38:24-05:00September 8th, 2010|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S.|
Information For Visitors Thinking About Extending Their Visit or Changing to Student Status Published: September 8, 2010 Foreign nationals entering the U.S. on a B-1/B-2 visa are generally granted 6 months at their port-of-entry to accomplish the purpose of their [...]
By Richard Hanus|2009-12-16T01:02:26-06:00December 16th, 2009|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Family-Based Immigration Law, Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
CIR ASAP Published: December 16, 2009 For about the tenth time in the past decade, I am writing about a new legislative initiative presented to allow for the legalization of the vast majority of those present in the U.S. in [...]
By Richard Hanus|2009-04-29T10:46:25-05:00April 29th, 2009|Categories: Asylum in the United States, Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
New Filing Instructions for Residents Seeking to Renew Resident Cards Published: April 29, 2009 US lawful permanent residents renewing their Permanent Resident Cards by way of direct mailing of Form I-90 (as opposed to online filing) should pay attention to [...]
By Richard Hanus|2009-03-30T07:43:45-05:00March 30th, 2009|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Family-Based Immigration Law, Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Will Durbin’s DREAM (Act) Ever Come True? Published: March 30, 2009 There are a multitude of perspectives in the debate about how our country should fix the problem of having 10 to 20 million undocumented individuals residing here. Days ago, [...]
By Richard Hanus|2008-12-08T02:00:10-06:00December 8th, 2008|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
UPDATE: The Truth about Foreign Nurses and US Immigration Law Published December 8, 2008 As of this writing there truly is no speedy and simple way to facilitate the issuance of either immigrant or temporary work visas for Registered Nurses [...]
By Richard Hanus|2008-04-14T14:00:36-05:00April 14th, 2008|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
CIS Issues New Rule Regarding OPT Program April 14, 2008 The OPT (Optional Practical Training) program allows nonimmigrants who are in the United States – usually following the completion of their F-1 program – to temporarily, and with authorization, work [...]
By Richard Hanus|2007-10-31T14:00:36-05:00October 31st, 2007|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Foreign Exchange Student Visas to the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
DREAM Act Proposal Shot Down Again October 31, 2007 The most current version of the DREAM Act (which has been an evolving congressional concept since 2001) fell eight votes short of passing a Senate test vote on October 24, meaning [...]
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