By Richard Hanus|2009-06-11T19:01:07-05:00June 11th, 2009|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Help for Widows and Widowers of U.S. Citizens Seeking to Remain in the U.S. Published: June 11, 2009 The way current legislation reads, widows and widowers of U.S. citizens who are married less than two years at the time their [...]
By Richard Hanus|2009-06-04T18:58:39-05:00June 4th, 2009|Categories: Asylum in the United States, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings|
The New Attorney General Reverses Field on Legal Representation in Removal Proceedings Published: June 4, 2009 Just over 4 months after the outgoing Attorney General declared that foreign nationals do not have the right to effective representation in removal proceedings, [...]
By Richard Hanus|2009-05-13T16:11:25-05:00May 13th, 2009|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
U.S. Supreme Court Weighs in on Identity Theft and Undocumented Workers Published: May 13, 2009 Last week the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision rejecting the criminal prosecution of certain undocumented workers, under a federal identity theft statute, because [...]
By Richard Hanus|2009-04-30T10:40:38-05:00April 30th, 2009|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Department of Homeland Security Refocusing Goals in Workplace Enforcement Published: April 30, 2009 Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a new vision when it comes to the implementation of worksite enforcement policies and the goals it seeks [...]
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|2009-04-15T21:31:30-05:00April 15th, 2009|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|
Significantly Less Demand for H-1B Visas Published: April 15, 2009 In years past, the annual supply of 65,000 H-1B work visas was exhausted within the first week of availability. However, according to a news release issued last week by U.S. [...]
By Richard Hanus|2009-04-10T21:36:28-05:00April 10th, 2009|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Immigrant Visas Unavailable for EB-3 Professionals, Skilled Workers and Unskilled Workers Published: April 10, 2009 The State Department’s recently issued visa bulletin for May 2009 features bad news for all foreign workers in the Employment-Based 3rd Preference Category, which includes [...]
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|2009-03-15T06:44:13-05:00March 15th, 2009|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, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
New Poverty Guidelines In Effect For Sponsors Completing Affidavits Of Support Published: March 15, 2009 Before intending family-based immigrants are issued their visa, or approved for adjustment of status, the petitioning U.S. family member or their joint co-sponsor will have [...]
By Richard Hanus|2009-02-28T22:08:01-06:00February 28th, 2009|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
Non-Citizens Lured into Voting: The Motor-Voter / Deportation Crossfire Published: February 28, 2009 It’s a problem. A big problem. Innocent foreign nationals from countries far and wide are finding themselves in the middle of the Motor-Voter/Deportation crossfire here in the [...]
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