By Richard Hanus|2003-05-02T14:00:36-05:00May 2nd, 2003|Categories: Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law|
DHS to Unveil New “VISIT System” for Travelers to the U.S. May 2, 2003 By years end, look for the Department of Homeland Security to implement a new entry/exit system that will allow for better screening and tracking of foreign [...]
By Richard Hanus|2003-04-17T14:00:36-05:00April 17th, 2003|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, United States Embassies Abroad|
Responding to Those Thick National Visa Center Packets When the Alien Relative is in the U.S. April 17, 2003 The following sequence of events may sound familiar. First, the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident files an I-130, Alien Relative [...]
By Richard Hanus|2003-03-28T14:00:36-06:00March 28th, 2003|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law|
Document Shredding: One Way to Reduce Paperwork Backlog at INS March 28, 2003 If you or anyone you know may have submitted some sort of immigration related filing with the Laguna Niguel, California office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service [...]
By Richard Hanus|2003-03-13T14:00:36-06:00March 13th, 2003|Categories: Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings|
New Testing Options for RN’s Seeking CGFNS or ICHP Certification March 13, 2003 Without many temporary work visa options available to registered nurses, most R.N.’s seeking to enter or remain in the U.S. have had to proceed directly to the [...]
By Richard Hanus|2003-02-28T14:00:36-06:00February 28th, 2003|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
INS Adjudications Delays, INS Fees and Some Scary Legislative Proposals February 28, 2003 INS Adjudication Delays As previously covered in this column, INS offices around the U.S. have implemented new security check protocols in the processing of various applications for [...]
By Richard Hanus|2003-01-31T14:00:36-06:00January 31st, 2003|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
LIFE Legalization Filing Deadline January 31, 2003 Firstly, before any of our readers gets too excited, LIFE Legalization is not a new program. Instead, it is a follow up piece of legislation put in place in the wake of President [...]
By Richard Hanus|2003-01-10T14:00:36-06:00January 10th, 2003|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|
Special Registration January 10, 2003 In the past couple months, the U.S. Immigration Naturalization Service, at the direction of the U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney General John Ashcroft, has implemented a program requiring MALE nationals/citizens of certain countries who [...]
By Richard Hanus|2002-12-13T14:00:36-06:00December 13th, 2002|Categories: Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Customs and Border Patrol / Travel to and from the U.S., DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Green Cards, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|
Decisions Halted on Applications for U.S. Permanent Residence and Citizenship December 13, 2002 A new security initiative put in place by the INS in the past 2 weeks has led to a halt in the issuance of final decisions on [...]
By Richard Hanus|2002-11-21T14:00:36-06:00November 21st, 2002|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|
New Homeland Security Measure to Lead to Reorganization of Immigration Agency November 21, 2002 The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service – also known as “the INS”, the federal executive agency charged with the implementation and enforcement of our country’s immigration [...]
By Richard Hanus|2002-11-07T14:00:36-06:00November 7th, 2002|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, United States Embassies Abroad|
Family Based Immigrant Visa Availability – Rapid Progress Expected in the Coming Months November 7, 2002 By federal statute, roughly 500,000 family-based immigrant visas and 140,000 employment based immigrant visas become available each fiscal year, which begins on October 1 [...]
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