Here is a recent update from our local AILA office. All USCIS Application Support Centers (ASC’s) now operate Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. For our district that includes the Chula Vista, San Marcos, and Imperial ASCs. Previously, the ACS’s accommodated special situations like requests for earlier…
On October 20, 2009 the U.S. Senate voted to pass the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Conference Report that contained a provision to end the widow penalty. The House of Representatives previously voted to pass the bill. The bill became Public Law Number 111-83 upon President Obama’s signature of…
The HIV ban removal will be remembered as a historic decision, through this final rule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), amended its regulations to remove “Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection” from the definition of communicable disease of…
It is true to say that the current economic situation in our country is directly related to the problems we have in our Immigration system. In addition to the weak economy, companies have stopped filing for H1B visas in the face of anti-immigrant sentiment in Washington and rising costs associated…
US is finally joining the Civilized world as Obama lifts the 22 year long HIV ban on infected visitors coming to our country. Visitors who have HIV would be allowed to travel and immigrate to the United States. The president signed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009…
The November 2009 Bulletin brings mixed news. The State Department’s Visa Bulletin for November 2009 notes that demand from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices has far exceeded earlier indications of cases eligible for immediate processing. As a result, the Department said, it has been necessary to hold most of…
For most Lawyers handing H1B cases, the problem with the Labor Condition Application (LCA) system has become a nightmare. Some cases take almost 14 days to be resolved and the FEIN denials are completely unreasonable. Finally, the USCIS Ombudsman release a set of recommendations to handle the recent problems. In…
USCIS has revised Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility to make it easier for applicants to complete. Applicants may now select from a list of grounds of inadmissibility on the form itself and mark all which apply to them in order to request a waiver. This was…
The Widow penalty debate has been going on for years. This week the problems of widows have come to an end. The Senate approved a measure on Tuesday that would end what has become known as the “widow penalty” — the government’s practice of annulling foreigners’ applications for permanent residency…
We can all laugh to a good joke form time to time, but this story is not funny at all. Target Corp., based in Minneapolis, has apologized for selling a Halloween costume that came under fire for its “illegal alien” theme.The company said it was sorry for selling the $39.99…