On July 11, 2011, the Ombudsman’s Office recommends that USCIS take the following actions to improve the processing of employment authorization documents (EAD): 1. Establish methods at local offices to facilitate immediate resolution; 2. Establish a uniform processing time goal of 45 days for adjudication and 60 days for issuance…
We have recently won an incredible case under the National Interest Waiver Category for a challenged athlete who is also a motivational speaker. Attorney Andrew Desposito did a great job in this case. Andrew provides a great summary of this process for our readers. The National Interest Waiver is a…
Last month, the State of Alabama passed a law that was by far the strictest immigration bill passed in the United States since Arizona passed its bill. Under the new law, police must determine a person’s residency if they suspect they may be undocumented, schools must check students and parents’…
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) permits the change of an individual’s immigration status while in the United States from nonimmigrant or parolee (temporary) to immigrant (permanent) if the individual was inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States and is able to meet all required qualifications for a…
A California State Bar panel is considering whether an illegal immigrant who passed the exam to practice law should be admitted despite his status. The case of Mexican-born Sergio Garcia could be the first reviewed by the panel since California began asking applicants about their immigration status in 2008, the…
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…