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Guess who else passed the US Citizenship test, before they change it in October. Late Night host Craig, originally from Scotland. Watch this:

Here is a trivia for Monday morning for you. He is at the heart of a great culture war in Texas – and the nation, credited with bringing us prosperity and blamed for abusing our resources. How should we deal with this stranger among us? Read what the Dallas news…

The H1B season is certainly here, USCIS announced that effective January 30, 2008, certain cap exempt H-1B petitions should be filed with the California Service Center, where they will be processed by a dedicated unit. It seems that the government is getting ready for the massive filing attack due on…

Immigration legal and illegal, provides one of the clearest contrasts between the parties. While both Democrats and Republicans advocate various enforcement measures, most of the Republican contenders refuse to accept legalizing an estimated 22 million undocumented immigrants now in the U.S.; all the Democratic contenders support it. GOP candidates have…

I was invited to comment on the State of Union speech yesterday on the Rick Amato Show, it was obvious that the President was going to mention the Immigration issue, and he did. He briefly mentioned that Congress has a responsibility to fix our broken system. I am very optimistic,…

We process numerous EB1 cases at the firm, I consider theses case to be the most difficult and challenging to win. Take for example the recent AAO non precedent denial of an EB1 case. The AAO upholds the denial of an I-140 petition for classification as a research scientist of…

A few days ago, the government announced that Assistant Secretary Myers signed a memorandum of agreement with the Deputy Foreign Minister for Vietnam regarding the repatriation of Vietnamese nationals who have been ordered removed. The agreement will enter into force in 60 days. The repatriation agreement is the culmination of…

It is amazing to see the reaction from the public across the globe to Heath Ledger’s death. Maybe it is because he is so different from the regular hollywood crowd, maybe because in this day and age he was really a nice guy. I didn’t know him in person but,…

Many of us living in border cities like San Diego are used to crossing the border to Mexico as a matter of routine. Upon entry all we had to do is state US Citizen, to the USCIS officer and he would let you in. This is all changing as of…

I read an interesting article on Informationweek.com regarding the Tech Skill shortage in the US. The fact is that we do have a shortage of qualified skilled tech workers whether you like it or not. How do I know that for a fact? Well maybe due to the fact that…