By Richard Hanus|2016-02-12T08:45:57-06:00February 12th, 2016|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas|
Published February 12, 2016 Intending applicants for immigrant visas or for adjustment of status based on a family relationship must document that their petitioning U.S. family member, or a joint co-sponsor, executing a Form I-864 Affidavit of Support, meets [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-01-25T12:21:10-06:00January 25th, 2016|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Family-Based Immigration Law, General, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Published January 25, 2016 Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will consider the Obama administration’s appeal in the United States v. Texas and hear oral arguments on the legality of President Obama’s executive order granting, in effect, [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-01-06T08:01:03-06:00January 6th, 2016|Categories: Asylum in the United States, DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published January 6, 2016 In the summer of 2014, thousands of individuals from Central America showed up at the U.S./Mexico border seeking refuge in the U.S. Escaping extreme poverty, a breakdown in governmental institutions, domestic violence and gang warfare, individuals [...]
By Richard Hanus|2016-01-04T12:19:45-06:00January 4th, 2016|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published January 4, 2016 Each year 10,000 U visas – which include employment authorization and a path to permanent residence – are made available for foreign nationals who have been the victims of various enumerated crimes, and who are willing, [...]
By Richard Hanus|2015-12-09T08:37:27-06:00December 9th, 2015|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, United States Embassies Abroad|
Published December 9, 2015 At present there are 38 countries whose citizens are generally relieved of the requirement of obtaining a visa to visit the U.S. for up to 90 days. But in the wake of recent terrorist acts in [...]
By Richard Hanus|2015-12-08T08:36:30-06:00December 8th, 2015|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), General, immigration reform, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Uncategorized, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published December 8, 2015 First, the recipe: Step 1) find an indisputable societal problem, Step 2) determine that there exists a sizeable segment of your audience that is uncontrollably, but perhaps understandably, angry about the problem, and Step 3) [...]
By Richard Hanus|2015-11-24T08:34:41-06:00November 24th, 2015|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Published November 24, 2015 It seemed like just yesterday U.S. employers and prospective foreign workers were competing for a chance at one or more of the 85,000 H-1B visas available each fiscal year, which starts on October 1 [...]
By Richard Hanus|2015-11-11T09:25:47-06:00November 11th, 2015|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Published November 11, 2015 Earlier this week, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Court, issued a 70 page opinion in support of their ruling that the Obama administration overstepped its authority in seeking to [...]
By Richard Hanus|2015-10-17T14:01:02-05:00October 17th, 2015|Categories: General, Visa Lottery and Diversity Visas to the U.S.|
Published October 17, 2015 The Green Card Lottery (DV-2017) As in years past, millions of people from all over the world will submit entries to have a chance at one of 50,000 diversity immigrant visas and obtain “green card” status [...]
By Richard Hanus|2015-10-02T07:10:37-05:00October 2nd, 2015|Categories: 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., Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
published October 2, 2015 The generous new provisions included in the most recent U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin, per President Obama’s previous Executive Order, have been rolled back a bit. The most recent visa bulletin – for October, [...]
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