By Richard Hanus|2013-10-07T08:29:51-05:00October 7th, 2013|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, United States Embassies Abroad|Tags: federal government agencies, government shutdown|
Published: October 7, 2013 With no end in sight for the ongoing government shutdown, many wonder how federal government agencies performing immigration-related functions will be impacted for the foreseeable future. Below is a summary assessment: Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-09-24T07:39:16-05:00September 24th, 2013|Categories: Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|Tags: Adam University, foreign nurses, human trafficking, mail fraud, misrepresentation, money laundering, Philippines, prevailing wage, visa fraud|
Published: September 24, 2013 This past July, Kizzy Kalu, a naturalized U.S. citizen and resident of Colorado, was convicted by a federal jury of orchestrating and carrying out a scheme to use the H-1B work visa process to petition dozens of registered [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-09-11T14:07:55-05:00September 11th, 2013|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas|Tags: Immediate Relative, immigrant visa interview, National Visa Center, overseas consular post processing, petition|
Published: September 11, 2013 The following sequence of events may sound familiar. First, the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident files an I-130, Alien Relative Petition on behalf of a family member living outside the U.S., or maybe even living [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-09-09T13:33:24-05:00September 9th, 2013|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|Tags: biometric security program, Customer Identity Verification, image capturing|
Published: September 9, 2013 Although originally intended for implementation in May, a new biometric security program known as “Customer Identity Verification” has finally been put into action this week at U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) local offices across the U.S. [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-08-22T14:10:16-05:00August 22nd, 2013|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., United States Embassies Abroad, Visa Lottery and Diversity Visas to the U.S.|Tags: criminal conviction, deportation / removal, extreme hardship, foreign fiancee, INA 245(i), misrepresentation, U.S. voter registration, visa fraud charge, wavier of inadmissibility|
Published: August 22, 2013 Marrying a U.S. citizen – it can be the quickest and easiest avenue to a Green Card. Assuming it involves a bona fide, genuine spousal relationship – including between same sex partners – a green card filing [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-08-05T14:32:39-05:00August 5th, 2013|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S.|Tags: employer ownership, Employment Based Third Preference, overseas, premium processing, status quo, visa availability|
Published: August 5, 2013 For employers and the workers they petition for immigrant, or “green card”, status, a change in employer ownership can sometimes be problematic and present circumstances requiring the parties to take proactive steps to keep the case [...]
By Richard Hanus|2013-07-16T08:17:46-05:00July 16th, 2013|Categories: Family-Based Immigration Law, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|Tags: future visa retrogression, immediate visa availability, preference, visa bulletin|
Published: July 16, 2013 As noted in the latest State Department Visa Bulletin, as of August 1 there is immediate visa availability for spouses and under 21 year old children of U.S. lawful permanent residents. This is a particularly noteworthy development [...]
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|2013-06-29T07:26:55-05:00June 29th, 2013|Categories: immigration reform, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|Tags: comprehensive reform bill, secure the border|
Published: June 29, 2013 Next up, later this month, is debate in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to many House Republicans, an immigration reform bill with a legalization component will only pass over their dead bodies, and that absent [...]
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