Today is Veterans day, and I wanted to send warm wards of support to our Veterans and the active duty men and women fighting for our country day and night. As it relates to immigration, On July 3, 2002, President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order allowing certain noncitizens…
There are certain employers, agents and even Attorney who engage in illegal and unethical practices. The government is working actively to punish such parties by excluding them from filing under the seasonal and permanent Labor Certification programs. The Office of Foreign Labor Certification maintains the list below of employers, attorneys,…
From 31 July 2009, migrants who applied for a Certificate of Approval between 2005 and 2009 have been able to apply for their fee to be repaid. They were required to show that paying the fee caused them real financial hardship at the time of payment. The advertised repayment scheme…
In view of Mr. President Barack Obama visit to South Asian giant ‘India’, here are some updates on Indo-US bilateral relationship. The basic purpose of Mr. Obama’s visit is to strengthen the bilateral relationship. U.S. President Barack Obama began his maiden visit to India on last Saturday by promising to…
The problem of illegal immigration is one of an endless debate. Ruben Navarrette JR. wrote an interesting story about American dependency on illegal labor. Americans are still addicted to illegal immigrant labor — particularly around the house. And still, we hear that the only reason we have illegal immigrants in…
The International Exchange Center issued a practice guide regarding J1 visas for Trainees and Interns. New final rules became effective Sept. 9, 2010 for J trainee and intern programs 22 C.F.R.§ 62 (2010). With few exceptions, the final rule will produce little change to the way J trainee and intern…
Love it or hate it – it works! The people have spoken! President of AILA, David Leopold said it well: I worry that Rep. Lamar Smith, the expected chair of the House Judiciary Committee, will use his gavel not to fashion an historic overhaul of the broken immigration system, but…
It is election day in San Diego and all 1,466 polling locations in San Diego County opened on time today, and no major voting problems have been reported, the Registrar of Voters said. How will this election results affect Immigration will remain to be seen. The Republican class set to…
So many times a client will come to the office and ask for an extension to stay longer in the United States. Many times we will determine that the client is already out of status, and an extension can not be filed. When I inform the client of the news,…