As part of our commitment to our international clients, we also provide global Immigration services in many cases. In this article, we will cover the Australian Same Sex Immigration options. Unlike the united States, Australia offers many benefits to same sex couples. Australia now has two different partner visa subclasses:…
Can you own your company as an H1B Holder? Attorney Ekaterina Powell from our office has prepared the summary of the updates regarding establishing employer-employee relationship for H-1B purposes in cases where the beneficiary owns 100% of the petitioning company. Since the issuance of Neufeld Memorandum “Determining Employer-Employee Relationship for…
Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a markup and H.R. 3012 was reported favorably out of committee by a voice vote. An amendment from Rep. Lofgren (D-CA) that would make adjustments to the three year phase-in period was accepted. H.R. 3012 must next be scheduled for House floor debate which…
Several of our clients who attended recent Visa Stamping for H1B and L1A visas were pulled for Administrative Processing. Our recent case delays are coming from India (Delhi), Mexico (Tijuana), and Russia (Moscow). The clients were told the same story in all cases:” Your case was selected for Administrative Processing,…
Last week I attended the EB5 Investor Visa conference for Immigration Lawyers held in San Antonio Texas. Top lawyers from across the nation gathered to discuss the latest developments and updates in this exciting area of law. In the next few weeks, we will share some info obtained on this…
With the recent announcement that Illegal immigrants can now apply for state-financed scholarships and aid at state universities after Gov. Jerry Brown announced that he had signed the second half of a legislative package focused on such students, we wanted to share some facts on such students. This is a…
We all have been reading about The Obama administration changing the federal immigration enforcement strategy, in ways that reduce the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants. The changes focus enforcement on immigrants who have committed serious crimes, an effort to unclog immigration courts and detention centers. A record…
As lawyers specializing in the H2B visa process, we wanted to share the following update. The Department of Labor (DOL) is now issuing two prevailing wage determinations (PWD) for H-2B cases. Since last week we have received new PWDs with the following message attached: On January 19, 2011, the Department…
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled that Alabama cannot prosecute illegal immigrants for not carrying registration documents with them at all times or require schools to check the immigration status of all students. But the court said Alabama, among other things, can require police officers to verify…
On Sunday, October 9th, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 1236, the Employment Acceleration Act authored by Assemblymember Paul Fong (D-Cupertino). The bill ensures that it prohibits the state, cities or counties from requiring employers to use E-Verify, an electronic employment verification system that uses employees’ social security…