USCIS continues to make efforts in decreasing the N-400 Naturalization processing delays. Some applicants are waiting more than 2 years for cases to be adjudicated, but USCIS is really making an effort to make things better. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it continues to make steady…
Here is a true story that can happen from time to time. Client send his case to USCIS via DHL, the case never reaches USCIS as DHL loose the package. Client re files the case using FEDEX, and cancels the first check. Fedex package reaches USCIS and a case is…
On July 30, 2008, President Bush signed into law the U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act (H.R.5501). While this legislation rids the statute of unfair discrimination against foreign nationals with HIV, it does not repeal the ground of inadmissibility for those that are HIV positive. The…
I know that the title of this posting sounds like a bad joke, but it is true. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will roll out “Operation Scheduled Departure,” a pilot program created to encourage people who have outstanding deportation orders to turn themselves in. San Diego and four other U.S.…
Businessweek reports on a new research by economist Gianmarco Ottaviano of the University of Bologna and Giovanni Peri of the University of California at Davis. They say immigrants compete for jobs with broader swath of native workers, diluting their impact on the least skilled segment of the local workforce. They…
Some good news for the weekend as provided by AILA. On 7/31/08 and 8/1/08, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration held a mark-up session and approved the following three pieces of immigration-related legislation: H.R. 6020, sponsored by Representative Lofgren (D-CA), would amend the INA to allow soldiers who have served…
Another sad day for immigration lawyers, employers and workers. USCIS announced it has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the first half of Fiscal Year 2009. This is a clear sign the system is not working, we need more visas to jump…
I wanted to point out to an excellent article by staff writer for the ABA, Lynda Edwards, about the faith of those that help our armed forces in Iraq. Many of these people risk their lives to help our soldiers, and you would think that our government will make it…
White teens were charged in what officials said was a fatal beating of an illegal Mexican immigrant in a small northeast Pennsylvania coal town. Unless we educate our children to tolerate the immigrant population, we will hear of more stories like this one. There are 20 million illegal immigrants living…
Sad but true, it seems that H2B visas will run out in the next few days. Here is a recent count update as provided by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. July 23, 2008 H-2B Count On July 24, 2008 USCIS updated the count of H-2B petitions received and counted towards…