By Richard Hanus|2014-07-10T12:06:46-05:00July 10th, 2014|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, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, United States Embassies Abroad|
Published: July 10, 2014 In recent months, the line allowing foreign nationals seeking residence in the U.S., by way of a job offer as a professional healthcare worker, has moved forward considerably. So whether they are in the U.S. or [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-06-25T12:04:41-05:00June 25th, 2014|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, General, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Published: June 25, 2014 Foreign nationals, residing in the U.S., who are applying for lawful permanent residence by way of an I-485 Application for Adjustment of Status, are required to file a certified and sealed medical examination report in support [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-06-01T12:07:37-05:00June 1st, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., General, Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published: June 1, 2014 The stars continue to line up for the eventual enactment of a program to allow our nation’s undocumented to obtain some sort of legal status. Exactly what type of status that might be, and whether that [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-05-13T08:42:13-05:00May 13th, 2014|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, 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|
Published: May 13, 2014 In the past week, the Obama Administration announced its plan to implement a program allowing qualified spouses of H-1B visa holders to obtain an Employment Authorization Document. The plan has yet to be put into action, [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-02-04T11:09:24-06:00February 4th, 2014|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Green Cards, immigration reform, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: bipartisan majority, Boehner, DREAM Act, John Cornyn, legalization path, Mitch McConnell, Obama, omprehensive, piecemeal, provisional status|
Published: February 4, 2014 Not since the days of the “I was for it, before I was against it” explanation, have I gotten such a chuckle from our nation’s political theater. Given the tragic human costs at stake in this conversation though, maybe tears [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-01-09T10:23:08-06:00January 9th, 2014|Categories: immigration reform, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: 2014 mid-term elections, Republican Party, Tea Party, U.S. Chamber of Commerce|
Published: January 9, 2014 The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a major pro-business private association and lobbying group is set to invest at least $50 million in 2014 mid-term elections to support candidates who are seen as crucial to facilitating passage [...]
By Richard Hanus|2014-01-08T10:09:53-06:00January 8th, 2014|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), immigration reform, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: conversation, enhanced workplace verification, John Boehner, leadership team, passage, principles document, Senator John McCain, visa tracking|
Published: January 8, 2014 With regard to our nation’s ongoing conversation about immigration laws and the 11 million undocumented folks living among us, several significant (according to some) developments have taken place. Whether these events will ultimately yield the passage [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-07-10T07:54:17-05:00July 10th, 2013|Categories: Family-Based Immigration Law, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: death, deceased, immigration benefits, immigration law doctrine, petitioning family member, reinstated, revived, revoked, substitute sponsor, surviving relatives|
Published: July 10, 2013 In the past, basic immigration law doctrine dictates that when a petitioning relative dies before their petitioned relative(s) obtains their immigrant visa or resident status, the petition also dies. That is, an I-130 family based visa [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-07-01T07:34:58-05:00July 1st, 2013|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, immigration reform, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|Tags: Defense of Marriage Act, repercussions, same sex marriage|
Published: July 1, 2013 This past week the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman and effectively de-legitimized same sex marriage. The [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-05-10T08:57:07-05:00May 10th, 2013|Categories: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: complicating factor, criminal arrest, dreamers, eligibility, immigration reform, interview, pending removal proceedings|
Published: May 10, 2013 There are at least 11 million folks in the U.S. who are more than a little curious whether immigration reform and a legalization program will ever become law. With legislators in Congress “marking up” proposals and negotiating [...]
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