Seeking an I-601 Waiver on Grounds of Inadmissibility
December 9, 2013
Even if a fiancé(e) or spousal visa petition is approved (i.e., the foreign spouse/fiancé(e) receives the right to sit for an immigration interview), that does not necessarily ensure that a visa will be issued. In fact, there are several reasons why a petitioner will be deemed inadmissible to the U.S. These include a petitioner who: […]
PERM: The Attorney's Role and Avoiding Audits
December 9, 2013
Recently, the US DOL announced its intent to automatically audit every PERM Labor Certification case a large "national" immigration law firm has filed and will file, due to inappropriate participation in the recruitment process on the part of the firm's attorneys. Since March 2005, the US Department of Labor (DOL) has been processing Permanent Labor […]
Nursing Shortage Should Be Top Priority In Health Care And Immigration Reform
December 9, 2013
As policymakers, special interest groups, health care professionals and others discuss the need for health care reform in the US and debate how this reform should take place, one of the most important issues to health care is being left out of the debate: the national nursing shortage. So far, the debate over health care […]
New Law: Visa Petitions Survive The Death Of The Petitioner!
December 9, 2013
On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law amendments to the Immigration & Nationality Act (INA) reversing the longstanding rule that visa petitions filed for relatives are automatically revoked upon the death of the Petitioner. The new law will ameliorate the harsh, unfair consequences resulting to thousands of beneficiaries of family and employment-based visa […]
LIFE Amnesty Program Underway
December 9, 2013
The INS published a rule on June 1, 2001 to implement the amnesty provision of the Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act ("LIFE") of 2000. Affecting some 400,000 "illegal immigrants" in the US, the LIFE Amnesty law should bring closure to an enormous class of individuals who have resided in the United States since at […]
ICE Arrests And Removal Proceedings: Know Your Rights!
December 9, 2013
Over the past 18 months, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been stepping-up arrest and detention levels of immigrants in the US to unprecedented levels. Many of these arrests have come about as a result of well-publicized "worksite raids," where ICE has been targeting manufacturing, construction and food service industries for large-scale assaults designed […]
