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21 12, 2000

A New Window Toward Permanent Residence is Opening: Reinstatement of 245(i) Included

By |2000-12-21T14:00:36-06:00December 21st, 2000|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

A New Window Toward Permanent Residence is Opening: Reinstatement of 245(i) Included December 21, 2000 By the time this column goes to print, Congress will have finished up its business for the year and President Clinton will have likely signed [...]

20 11, 2000

The Legal Framework Imposed on Businesses Employing Foreign Nationals

By |2000-11-20T14:00:36-06:00November 20th, 2000|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

The Legal Framework Imposed on Businesses Employing Foreign Nationals November 20, 2000 The following are excerpts of an interview (along with an introduction) I granted to a leading publication that guides businesses in day to day legal issues concerning their [...]

13 10, 2000

New H-1B Work Visa Legislation

By |2000-10-13T14:00:36-05:00October 13th, 2000|Categories: Employment Authorization / Work Cards in the U.S., Employment-Based Immigration Law, Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

New H-1B Work Visa Legislation October 13, 2000 In the past couple weeks both houses of Congress have debated a wide range of immigration related issues, and to this point, have managed to come to agreement on just a few [...]

22 09, 2000

Removing Conditional Resident Status for Marriage Based Immigrants

By |2000-09-22T14:00:36-05:00September 22nd, 2000|Categories: Conditional Permanent Residence Based on Marriage, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Green Cards, Immigrant Visas for Spouse / Fiancee / Child Visas, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S.|

Removing Conditional Resident Status for Marriage Based Immigrants September 22, 2000 Obtaining U.S. lawful permanent residence by way of a marriage is not a terribly complicated process, in theory. However, in many ways, the immigration process for foreign spouses can [...]

1 09, 2000

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes “Reengineering” of Employment Based Immigration Process

By |2000-09-01T14:00:36-05:00September 1st, 2000|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Green Cards, Immigration and PERM / Labor Certification, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

U.S. Department of Labor Proposes “Reengineering” of Employment Based Immigration Process September 1, 2000 No question about it, the most complex avenue toward lawful permanent residence in the U.S. is by way of the “sponsorship” of a current or future [...]

28 07, 2000

INS Softens its Position on Some Criminal Aliens

By |2000-07-28T14:00:36-05:00July 28th, 2000|Categories: DHS / Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Immigration and Criminal Law / Detainees, Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Removal / Deportation Proceedings and Court Hearings, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

INS Softens its Position on Some Criminal Aliens July 28, 2000 Immigration laws enacted in 1996 practically wiped out the rights of permanent resident aliens to remain in the U.S. following the INS’ initiation of deportation proceedings because of a [...]

22 06, 2000

Chicago’s INS Office Apparently Lifts Hold on Processing of R.N. and P.T. Permanent Residence Applications

By |2000-06-22T14:00:36-05:00June 22nd, 2000|Categories: DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Employment-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., Non-Immigrant Visas for Temporary Workers / H-1B|

Chicago’s INS Office Apparently Lifts Hold on Processing of R.N. and P.T. Permanent Residence Applications June 22, 2000 For more than a year, the U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service’s Chicago District Office had been refusing to decide hundreds, if not [...]

9 06, 2000

Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Healthcare Workers Awaiting Immigration Benefits

By |2000-06-09T14:00:36-05:00June 9th, 2000|Categories: Employment-Based Immigration Law, Family-Based Immigration Law, Immigrant Health Care Workers in the U.S., Lawful Permanent Residence in the U.S., U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation|

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Healthcare Workers Awaiting Immigration Benefits June 9, 2000 In November of 1996 the U.S. Congress enacted into law Section 343 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act which requires all health care [...]

26 05, 2000

More Amnesty Talk in Congress

By |2000-05-26T14:00:36-05:00May 26th, 2000|Categories: Amnesty for Immigrants in the U.S., Citizenship / Naturalization and the N-400 Application, U.S. Immigration Law and Legislation, Undocumented Immigrants and Workers in the U.S.|

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] More Amnesty Talk in Congress May 26, 2000 It is just talk at this point, but that is what Congress and the Clinton Administration are doing with regard to proposals that could benefit as many as 500,000 undocumented or [...]

5 05, 2000

Consequences of “Whistle Blowing” Can Be the Basis of a Political Asylum Claim

By |2000-05-05T14:00:36-05:00May 5th, 2000|Categories: Asylum in the United States, DHS / Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)|

Consequences of “Whistle Blowing” Can Be the Basis of a Political Asylum Claim May 5, 2000 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which has jurisdiction over cases filed in California – among other west coast states, generally [...]

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