By: James Sellars The “Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement” (SAFE) Act is one of several bills that the House leadership has proposed as part of its incremental approach to immigration reform. The bill, introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC), was the subject of a contentious committee […]
Actions Will Streamline Program Designed to Create Jobs WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today proposed significant enhancements to the administration of the USCIS Immigrant Investor Program, commonly referred to as the EB-5 Program—transforming the intake and review process for immigrant investors as part of the Obama administration’s continued commitment to improve the legal immigration […]
Documentation Q ‐1. Should a district inquire into the immigration or citizenship status of a student or parent as a means of establishing the student’s residency in the district? A‐1. No. Immigration or citizenship status would not be relevant to establishing residency in the district. Q ‐2. All students, except homeless students as provided by […]
The U.S. Department of State advanced copy of a final rule amending the Department’s revocation regulations to broaden the authority of a consular officer to revoke a visa at any time subsequent to issuance of the visa, in his or her discretion. The rule also allows consular officers, as well as other designated Department officials, […]
On February 11, the State Department released the March 2011 Visa Bulletin. The Worldwide Employment-Based (EB) preference categories remain current for EB-1, EB-2, EB-4 and EB-5. In the Worldwide EB-3 category (professionals and skilled workers), the dates advance by three months. For Mexico EB-3, the dates move forward by six months. However, for persons born […]
An article on what clients may expect from their attorneys, as published in Interpreter Releases by Westlaw®.
A brief article describing the International Day of Peace, which is celebrated on September 21st.
A brief article summarizing a proposed financial hardship fee waiver, form I-912.
On June 21, 2010, Justice Roberts in a 6-3 opinion for the Court determined that the Humanitarian Law Project, a U.S. group wanting to provide support for humanitarian and political activities of the Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan (PKK) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) could not do so without being terrorists. The humanitarian aid […]
SB 1070, an immigration law signed into law by Governor Jan Brewer in April 2010, continues to cause uproar across the country, having far reaching social, legal and economic consequences on the Grand Canyon State of Arizona. Like an iceberg, the tip above is far smaller than the underlying ice below. Many protests, lawsuits […]
