Recently, the USCIS Service Center Operations Directorate hosted an engagement with AILA representatives. USCIS addressed questions related to Requests for Evidence, the L-1 visa category, and court case decisions. The information below provides a review of the questions solicited by AILA regarding the increased denials in L1A cases and the…
The issue of immigration is one of the most complex and politically difficult issues because there is so much passion on all sides. It literally goes to the very heart of what it means to be an American. I wanted to share this great post from AILA leadership site: Discussions…
A New York judge released Dominique Strauss-Kahn from house arrest Friday, after prosecutors presented evidence questioning the credibility of the hotel maid who accused the former International Monetary Fund chief of sexual assault. The alleged victim, a 32-year-old immigrant from Guinea, admitted to prosecutors that she lied about the specifics…
We have been duplicating a immigration policies of continental European –countries similar to France as good as Germany – which have utterly unsuccessful to confederate as good as cushion their populations America is still distant forward of a rest of a world. We still do immigration improved than a lot…
In recent months, the L-1A visa has been under attack by Immigration. More Requests for Evidence and more denials have been forthcoming on L-1 visas than have been issued in the past. Such issues that have arisen recently include the adequacy of the employer’s office space, the nature of the…
The Department of State (DOS) has launched the anticipated new version of the Form DS-160 Nonimmigrant Visa Application. The form’s new version clarifies, in no uncertain terms, that the applicant – and no one else – must electronically sign and submit the DS-160 form. As part of a newly formatted…
Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), together with six other Democratic Senators, introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2011. The bill, which would overhaul the country’s immigration system, proposes a mandatory employment verification system, a federal commission on immigration, and an earned path to citizenship for those undocumented immigrants already in…
The Work & Travel Program is part of the J-1 visa category of the U.S. government’s Exchange Visitor program. If you are a university student from outside the United States and are not a U.S. citizen, you may experience life in the U.S. as a temporary employee and tourist by…
USCIS open forum, designed to encourage open communication between USCIS representatives and AILA practitioners, was held at AILA (American Immigration Lawyers Association) Annual Conference on June 17, 2011. USCIS Director, Alejandro Mayorkas, was present to answer the questions of immigration practitioners regarding the current issues in USCIS adjudication procedures. Attorney…