12.20.11 |
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Some Bad Immigration Lawyering in New York City; Status on Filing I-601 Waiver Applications Before Leaving Status For Consular Interviews, H.R. 3012 (China/India More Employment Visas Bill), SB 1070 and HB 56 (Arizona and Alabama Restrictive Immigration Laws) |
12.16.11 |
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Article "H.R. 3012 Still on Hold, But China and India EB-2 Visas Nevertheless Advance Through Current Visa Scheme." as published in the Immigration
Daily on December 15, 2011. |
12.10.11 |
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H.R. 3012 Still on Hold, But China and India EB-2 Visas Nevertheless Advance Through Current Visa Scheme. |
12.03.11 |
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HR 3012 Put on Hold by Senate Judiciary Committee Republican Ranking Member; H-1B Rapid Cap Closure Figures on 11/22/11 May Signal Rising American Economy; Important Labor Certification Decision on Timing of Recruitment Procedures. |
12.03.11 |
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Article "N.Y.C. Mayor Bloomberg Signs Bill on 11/22/11 Revamping City’s Policy of Detaining Arrested Undocumented Immigrants Vis-a-Vis ICE Detainer Holds." as published in the Immigration
Daily on December 2, 2011. |
11.29.11 |
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Article "December 2011 Visa Chart Shows Strong Movement In China And India EB-2 Categories" as published in the Immigration
Daily on November 23, 2011. |
11.23.11 |
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N.Y.C. Mayor Bloomberg Signs Bill on 11/22/11 Revamping City’s Policy of Detaining Arrested Undocumented Immigrants Vis-a-Vis ICE Detainer Holds. (English) |
11.10.11 |
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December 2011 Visa Chart Shows Strong Movement In China And India EB-2 Categories. (English) |
11.04.11 |
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Alan Lee Ranks No. 1 in Profile Visibility This Week Out Of 1,453,835 lawyers. (English) |
11.02.11 |
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Article "U.S.C.I.S. Policy Memoranda Allow Extended Family Members Of Non-Immigrants On Long-Term Stays To Gain B-2 Changes Of Status And Long Extensions Of Stay, And Abused Parents Of U.S. Citizens To File For Green Cards By Themselves
" as published in the Immigration Daily on November 1, 2011 |
10.29.11 |
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U.S.C.I.S. Policy Memoranda Allow Extended Family Members of Non-Immigrants on Long-Term Stays to Gain B-2 Changes of Status and Long Extensions of Stay, And Abused Parents of U.S. Citizens to File for Green Cards by Themselves. (English) |
10.21.11 |
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Article "Alabama Law Only Partially Blocked - Multiple Harmful Parts to be Enforced; H-1B Cap Usage Advancing Rapidly - Exhaustion Soon a Possibility" as published in the Immigration Daily on October 20, 2011 |
10.15.11 |
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Alabama Law Only Partially Blocked – Multiple Harmful Parts to be Enforced;H-1B Cap Usage Advancing Rapidly – Exhaustion Soon A Possibility. (English) |
10.08.11 |
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U.S. Government Files for Emergency Stay of Alabama Immigration Law; November Visa Chart Shows 3 Months+ Gain for China and India EB-2 Category.
(English) |
10.05.11 |
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Alan Lee's Selection as Super Lawyer of New York State as shown in New York Times Magazine of October 2, 2011 (English) |
10.01.11 |
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Alabama Restrictive Immigration Law Upheld by Federal District Court Judge; U.S. to Appeal. (English) |
09.20.11 |
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Alan Lee, Esq. Selected As Super Lawyer In NYS For 2011. (English) |
09.10.11 |
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CSPA Circuit Court Split on Whether Aged-out Children Entitled to Parents’ Earlier Priority Dates (English) |
09.06.11 |
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Stay Granted Against Alabama Law Implementation; New Mexico Being Sued Over Attempt to Take Away 10,000 Licenses From Illegal Residents; Status of Prevailing Wage Determinations Impacted by Court Ruling to DOL to Immediately Reissue 4,000 H-2B Wage Determinations. (English) |
08.05.11 |
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F-2A Category Should Jump To At Least October 2008 In The September Visa Bulletin (English) |
07.30.11 |
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DOS Strict Enforcement of DS-160 Non-immigrant Visa Application Form Personal Signature Requirement too Onerous for Many. (English) |
07.16.11 |
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A Step in the Right Direction by U.S.C.I.S. in Changing to Standard Time Frames for RFE's (English) |
07.09.11 |
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EB-5 Immigrant Investor Statistics; Labor Certification Processing Times; H-1B Cap Count; and Notice of CSPA Teleconference By U.S.C.I.S. (English) |
07.05.11 |
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Second Circuit Holds on June 30, 2011, that Aged-out Children are not Entitled to Parent's Priority Date Under the CSPA; Movement Afoot to Shorten Visa Waiting Times for Chinese Visitors to Boost U.S. Economy. (English) |
06.25.11 |
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Immigration Consultants (Non-attorneys) Targeted By U.S. Government; K-2 Child Of K-1 Fiancé/Fiancée Allowed To Adjust Status By BIA Although Over 21 And Not Qualifying As Stepchild Of U.S. Citizen Petitioner. (English) |
05.28.11 |
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Supreme Court upholds Arizona law on mandatory E-Verify and Illegal hiring licensing penalties; Much controversy now on B-1 in lieu of H-1B visas; U.S.C.I.S. developing proposed rule for mandatory electronic filing of applications. (English) |
05.13.11 |
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Suggestion to Exchange 5 or 10 Year Residence in Detroit or Other Declining Industrial City for Green Card Neither Unrealistic nor Inhumane; H-1B Numbers Down - Employers and Applicants Appear to Have Much Time to Submit Petitions.
(English) |
05.07.11 |
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Obama Increase in Popularity to Help His Immigration Push; CSPA News; Secure Communities Program Suffers a Setback. (English) |
04.23.11 |
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President Hosts White House Meeting on Immigration Reform on April 19, 2011
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
04.16.11 |
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FAM on State Licensure Requirements for H-1B Nonimmigrants (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
04.09.11 |
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May Visa Bulletin Movement On China And India Born EB-2 Category
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
04.04.11 |
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Naturalizations in Hartford
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
03.26.11 |
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USCIS Announces Commencement of H-1B Petition Processing for FY 2012 on April 1, 2011; Also Announces Interim Policy on Affiliation/Relation Based H-1B Cap Exemptions (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
03.16.11 |
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H-1B Season Opening Up – Watch Out for New Technology Regulation Compliance Requirement
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
03.12.11 |
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Obama Administration Stance on Not Supporting Defense of Marriage Act May Have Immigration Consequences; Latest Count on Illegals in U.S.; U.S.I.C.E. Auditing Many Companies; Change of Address Notices for Aliens to be Sent to New Location. (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
02.14.11 |
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Immigrant Visa Availability Yo-Yoing Up And Down - Does Anyone Have A Handle?
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
02.05.11 |
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BIA’s New Interpretation of “Date of Admission” Benefits People who Commit Excludable Acts. (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
01.28.11 |
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U.S.C.I.S. Announces Last Night H-1B Cap Exhausted
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
01.21.11 |
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"FY-2011 H-1B Cap Numbers Just About Gone; U.S.C.I.S. Proposes Employer Registration Program for H-1B Cap Cases." and as published in the Immigration
Daily on January 20, 2011
(English) |
01.10.11 |
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H-1B EMERGENCY - Cap Numbers Running Out Now!!! Storm Clouds Over Washington for Birthright Citizenship.
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
12.11.10 |
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DREAM Act Fate Tabled to the Week of December 12, 2010; January Visa Chart Shows Disappointing Family Based Numbers; H-1B Cap Remains Steady.
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
12.04.10 |
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DREAM Act Coming Up for Vote With Changes
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
11.05.10 |
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H-1B Number Count and When Will the Numbers Run Out; BALCA Renders Conflicting Decisions Where Employer's Name is Omitted From Posting; New CIS Fees in Effect 11/23/10
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.25.10 |
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USCIS Has Extended Time for Public Comments on Form I-485 & I-751
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.16.10 |
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Focus On Social Networking Sites By FDNS; Latest H-1B Count
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.08.10 |
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Lou Dobbs - Can and Should U.S.I.C.E. Act Against Him for Having Illegal Immigrants Groom His Grounds and Daughter's Horses through Third Parties? Are Contractors and Subcontractors Adequate Buffers to Liability?
(English) |
09.25.10 |
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Republicans Defeat Consideration of the DREAM Act; EOIR Allowing 1-800 Court System to Continue to be Accessed Without Additional Requirements
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
09.20.10 |
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Dream Act to Come Up for Vote in Senate Very Soon!
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.11.10 |
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H-1B Cap Number Use Hits 50,000; China H-1B Holders Allowed Multiple Entry One Year Visas; India-born Big Winners in Underutilization of Immigrant Visas in EB-2 Category
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
09.05.10 |
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Current H-1B Count; Added Information Needed On H-1B Petitions; Asylum Application Success Rates Up; Watch Out For FACEBOOK
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.10.10 |
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Pros & Cons of Labor Certification Employers Asking for Legal Status of Candidates at Interview
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
08.03.10 |
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Obama Re-Energizing Political Base In Suing Arizona Over SB 1070
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.24.10 |
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Basic Worker Rights That All Workers, Undocumented or Not, Are Entitled To
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
07.16.10 |
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Visa Bulletin Movement For August 2010 Extremely Positive For Most Countries (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.08.10 |
|
Department of Justice Challenges Arizona’s Immigration Policy in Federal Court
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
06.19.10 |
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H-1B Count Shows Slowness in Petitions; DOL Releases PERM Processing Times; New Changes In VISA Fees For DOS; Proposed Large Fee Changes By U.S.C.I.S. (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.01.10 |
|
New Green Cards Are Green; And Planned Holtsville, New York, Field Office Inconvenient To Travel.
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
05.26.10 |
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Latest H-1B Cap Count; Periods Of Time Given On H-1B Extensions To Be Limited To That Established By Evidence; BALCA Denies PERM Labor Certification For Senior Software Engineer Requiring Bachelor’s Plus Three Years Experience As Excessive (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.17.10 |
|
PERM Labor Certification Application Points Of Interest
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
05.11.10 |
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H-1B Cap Outlook And New Bill To Strip Away U.S. Citizenship
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.01.10 |
|
Obama Administration Gives Proposal for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
04.24.10 |
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Arizona Law Making Illegal Status A Crime Forcing The Administration To Act On Immigration Reform
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.14.10 |
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Much Room For More H-1B Cap Petitions
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
04.12.10 |
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Outlook For Immigrant Visa Numbers In Family Based Cases Is Bright For Upcoming Months
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.27.10 |
|
H-1B Tips Before April 1st Filings
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
03.20.10 |
|
H-1B Time Is Here Again! (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.12.10 |
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Notes on I-485 Changes, Uses of the I-824, New Warnings on I-129 Approvals, Expiring Labor Certifications, and Reasons for Interviewing Employment Based Cases.
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
02.22.10 |
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Political Calculus is Why President Obama Should Make a Massive Move Towards CIR (English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.16.10 |
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Undocumented Immigrants Population Down / U.S.C.I.S. Updating Forms
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
02.06.10 |
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Factors of Control Looked Upon by U.S.C.I.S. for Determining Eligibility for H-1B Petitions for Employees Who Will Be Off Site
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.30.10 |
|
President Obama’s State of the Union Address and What It May Mean for Immigration Reform
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
01.23.10 |
|
Warnings on Risk of Travel for H-1B Workers From Consulting Companies
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.16.10 |
|
Deadline for Legalization Program Is January 31, 2010
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
01.09.10 |
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February 2010 Visa Chart Shows Positive Movement in Most Categories
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.02.10 |
|
U.S. Policy on Detention of Arriving Asylum Seekers Changing on January 4, 2010
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
12.26.09 |
|
H-1B Cap for FY-2010 Reached; H-1B FY-2011 Cap Opens in 3 + Months
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.22.09 |
|
First Bill Introduced For Comprehensive Immigration Reform Generous On Qualifications For Legalization
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
12.12.09 |
|
Rules for Submitting H-1B Petition Without Certified Labor Condition Application (LCA)
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
11.21.09 |
|
85% of H-1B Cap Numbers Used—Rush if You Wish to Apply
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
11.14.09 |
|
When Completing Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) Forms, All 221(g) Notices Count as Visa Denial
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified)
|
11.07.09 |
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Surge in H-1B Cap Filings Sparks Fears That Cap Will Close Soon
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.31.09 |
|
Ombudsman Recommends that Filed Labor Condition Applications (LCA’s) be Accepted for H-1B Filings
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.24.09 |
|
Apply Early for Advance Parole to Travel Outside the U.S.
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.17.09 |
|
Citizenship and the
2010 Census
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.10.09 |
|
New Naturalization Test
Now Mandatory for all Applicants
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.02.09 |
|
Diversity Lottery Program
Open from October 2- November 30, 2009
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.26.09 |
|
U.S.C.I.S. Wants to
Raise Application Fees Again!!
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.19.09 |
|
New York State and New
York City Crack Down on Immigration Consulting Businesses,
and What You Can Do If You Are a Victim
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.11.09 |
|
Get Text Message and
Email Updates from the USCIS Website
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.04.09 |
|
H-1B Cap Use and Looking
at the Future
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.29.09 |
|
Comments that We Received
to Article of “U.S.C.I.S. Adjudications on H-1B Petitions
Beginning To Smell Like Day-Old Fish”
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.22.09 |
|
Comprehensive Immigration
Reform Set for 2010, Says Obama
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.15.09 |
|
ICE to Implement Immigration
Detention Reforms
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.08.09 |
|
U.S.C.I.S. Officially
Announces Change in Method of Inquiry for Pending Cases
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.01.09 |
|
Legal Arizona Worker
Act Illustrates Struggle between State and Federal Regulation
of Employer-Immigrant Issues
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.30.09 |
|
E-verify To Be Placed
Into Effect for Contract Jobs
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.29.09 |
|
An Expose on Human Rights
Violations in Immigration Detention Centers
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.18.09 |
|
Surging Backlogs Increase
Stress on Immigration Judges
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.11.09 |
|
Current H-1B Usage;
E-Verify Antics; and
Timing of a Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.02.09 |
|
President Obama Begins
Discussions on Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.23.09 |
|
Obama Speaks on Comprehensive
Immigration Reform at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer
Breakfast
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.13.09 |
|
-New DHS Policy on Widow
Penalty;
-Restricted Visa Availability Forecast by Department of State;
-Supreme Court Nominee Record on Immigration on Immigration
Cases not Out of Line;
-E-Verify Rule Further Postponed;
-Visitor Exit Program Being Worked Upon
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.30.09 |
|
- Warning to Travelers
to Canada and Mexico of Stricter Document requirements to
Return as of 6/1/09;
- Last on the H-1B Cap Count
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.21.09 |
|
H-1B Cap Count and The
Faces of the New Immigration Leadership Officials
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.09.09 |
|
H-1B Cap Count Prediction
and New H-1B Fraud Detection Techniques Being Implemented
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.02.09 |
|
New Instructions for
Filing Form I-90, the Application to Replace Permanent Resident
Cards
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.25.09 |
|
One-Year Asylum Filing
Deadline Clarifications
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.23.09 |
|
FY2010 H-1B Petition
Filing Update
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.08.09 |
|
H-1B Caps Not Reached
- More H-1B Petitions Can be Submitted
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.08.09 |
|
New Jersey’s Governor
and Blue Ribbon Panel Call for Stop to Immigration Workplace
Raids
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.04.09 |
|
H-1B News - 4/4/09
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.28.09 |
|
Recent Circuit Court
Cases
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.14.09 |
|
“Immigration Fraud
Prevention Act of 2009” Bill Introduced in the Senate
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.14.09 |
|
USCIS Officers No Longer
Authorized to Approve Applications Pending FBI Name Checks
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.07.09 |
|
H-1B Visa Petitions
for FY2010 (October 1, 2009 – September 30, 2010) May
be Filed Starting April 1, 2009
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.28.09 |
|
CAP H-1B Estimates For
Number OF Applications In 2009
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.21.09 |
|
Institutions Taking
TARP Funding Link
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.14.09 |
|
Employers that lay off
workers and/or take TARP funds and their ability to sponsor
new H-1B's
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.07.09 |
|
H-1B applicants have
more chance of approval this year; Department of Labor projects
implementation dates for new H-1B labor condition application
and PERM labor certification forms; and Obama administration
Attorney General considers reversing last minute ineffective
assistance of counsel ruling by Bush administration.
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.24.09 |
|
New Secretary of the
Department of Homeland Security Sworn In
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.17.09 |
|
Employer Held Liable
For the Payment of Back Wages to Terminated H-1B Employee
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.10.09 |
|
Attorney General’s
Decision Denies Aliens’ Suits to Reopen Based on Lawyer’s
Ineffectiveness and that Aliens do not have Constitutional
Right to Representation in Removal or Deportation Proceedings
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.02.09 |
|
U.S.C.I.S. Changing
Location for Filing for Naturalization Applications as of
1/22/09
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.29.08 |
|
New
Program to Expand Military to Include Legal Non-Immigrants
Who Will Become Immediately Eligible for U.S. Citizenship
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) (Newspaper
Clipping) |
12.20.08 |
|
DHS Now Requires Lawful
Permanent Residents to Provide Biometric Data Upon Arrival
to the United States
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.13.08 |
|
New
Program to Expand Military to Include Legal Non-Immigrants
Who Will Become Immediately Eligible for U.S. Citizenship
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.10.08 |
|
USCIS Reports on Its
2008 Accomplishments
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.06.08 |
|
USCIS Issues Reminder
of Advance Parole Requirement for Holiday Travel
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
11.22.08 |
|
Obama Set to Pick Moderate
for Head of Homeland Security Along With His Moderates in
the Immigration Policy Working Group
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
11.15.08 |
|
New Cooperative Technology
Allows State and Local Law Enforcement Officials to Increase
Ability to Identify Undocumented Immigrants Upon Arrest
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
11.15.08 |
|
Free Web Site Launched
to Help Immigrants Learn English
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
11.01.08 |
|
Recent Board of Alien
Labor Certification Appeals (BALCA) Decisions
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.25.08 |
|
How
to File a Freedom of Information Request with EOIR
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.18.08 |
|
STEM
Program List Amended to Include Majors in Chemical Engineering
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.11.08 |
|
Student and Exchange
Visitor Program (SEVP) Fee Increases
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.08.08 |
|
Fiscal
Year 2009 Refugee Admission Numbers
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.04.08 |
|
Visa Efficiency and
E-Verify Extension Act of 2008 News
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.27.08 |
|
The Office of Immigration
Statistics Releases 2007 Numbers
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.25.08 |
|
U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Raids Two Chinese Restaurants
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.20.08 |
|
Redesigned (New) Naturalization
Test to be Administered October 1, 2008
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.13.08 |
|
N-400 Naturalization
Applications Filling Locations Changed
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.06.08 |
|
Department
of Labor v. Fragomen, Del Rey - Long Backlogs for Labor Certification
Applications a Looming Consequence
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.23.08 |
|
Strong Caution on Attempting
to Obtain a 10-Year Green Card; Voluntary Deportation Program
Abandoned; Suit to Require Decision on Citizenship Applications
Before November Elections Dismissed
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.08.08 |
|
No Reservations for
ICE’s 'Self-deportation' Invitation
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.01.08 |
|
H-2B Worker Petitions
Have Reached the Congressionally Mandated Cap
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.26.08 |
|
Refugees Get Another
Year Before Having to Renew Their Employment Authorization
Documents (EAD)
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.19.08 |
|
Check Your Freedom of
Information Act Request Status On-line
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.15.08 |
|
Disappointing Response
By Acting Director of U.S.C.I.S. To Ombudsman’s Recommendations
to Improve CIS Handling of Returned Petitions by Department
of State
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.28.08 |
|
Failure to Show Identification
May Cost You Your Flight; Homeland Security Approves $80 Million
Grant Towards REAL ID Program
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.21.08 |
|
Current Immigration
News that You Can Use - New Forms must be used; Last Chance
to File EB-3 I-485 Applications Before Quota Closes; Identity
Theft Issues in I-485 Applications
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.14.08 |
|
U.S.C.I.S. Offers Limited
I-140 Premium Processing and Two-year Employment Authorization
Documents
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.04.08 |
|
6/2/08
AILA New York Chapter Liaison Meeting with Vermont Service
Center - Keith Canney, VSC Adjudications Manager, Discusses
H-1B Cap Cases
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.05.08 |
|
Immigration News and
Procedures You Can Use
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.21.08 |
|
H-1B News - Selection
Process and Allowing F-1 Students to Change Their Mind Who
Designated Overseas Processing Because of Doubt that They
Could Remain Legally Until October 1st
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.11.08 |
|
H-1B Cap Reached; OPT
Extended to Cover Cap Gap; 17 Month Extension for STEM Degree
Holders
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.20.08 |
|
New H-1B Rule Prohibits
Multiple Filings by Same Employer and Extends Time for H-1B
Filings
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.15.08 |
|
H-1B Rumors
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.01.08 |
|
Employment Based Cases
Show Rapid Advances for March - Department of State Visa Office
Issues a Note of Caution
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.28.08 |
|
I-130's to be Filed
at Chicago Lockbox Only and no Longer at Other Four Service
Centers
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.23.08 |
|
U.S.C.I.S. Withdraws
February 20, 2008, FBI Name Check Questions and Answers Temporarily
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.16.08 |
|
News On Adjustment of
Status to Permanent Residence Cases – FBI Name Check
Cases Being Searched for by U.S.C.I.S.; And a New Way of Processing
Employment Based I-485 Applications
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.09.08 |
|
U.S.C.I.S. Makes Big
Change In FBI Name Check Policy
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.02.08 |
|
H-1B Cap Exempt Petitions
To Be Filed In California Service Center For All Cases Nationwide
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.25.08 |
|
Outline of Mr. Lee's
1/27/08 Talk at Rutgers University
(English)
(Chinese Traditional)
|
01.19.08 |
|
USCIS Director Gonzales
Testifies to Long Delays as the Reward for Fee Increases and
Improvement Years Away
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.09.08 |
|
Immigration and the
Economy in Presidential Politics - Why H-1B visas should be
a Primary Concern
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.31.07 |
|
Year End Message
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.21.07 |
|
Department of Labor
Confirms Official Closure of Backlog Elimination Centers Refers
Inquiries to Chicago National Processing Center
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
12.20.07 |
|
Department of State
Raises Visa Fees for the New Year
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
12.15.07 |
|
PERM Labor Certification
News & Hints
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
12.01.07 |
|
USCIS Fee Increases
Fail to Increase Agency Efficiency – Naturalization
Application to Backlog 16-18 Months
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
11.26.07 |
|
Department of State
Announces Increase in Student Visa Issuance and Assistance
in Processing
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
11.16.07 |
|
Governor Spitzer Changes
Course Again in New York State Driver's License for Undocumented
Immigrants Issue
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
11.03.07 |
|
European Union “Blue-Card”
May Give U.S. Economy the Blues
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.27.07 |
|
Governor Spitzer Compromises
on NYS Driver's Licenses for the Undocumented
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.26.07 |
|
A DREAM Deferred: Senate
Comes Up Short on Vote to Debate S.2205 on 10/24/07
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.24.07 |
|
DREAM Act Being Voted
On In The Senate Today
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.13.07 |
|
USCIS Backlogged in
Entering Cases and Processing Fees After Rush of Cases Due
to Fee Increases
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.06.07 |
|
Immigration Raids Cause
Concern for Local Police Caught in the Crosshairs
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.06.07 |
|
New York State Drivers
Licenses for Undocumented Back in the News
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
09.29.07 |
|
Help Keep The DREAM
ACT Alive
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
09.22.07 |
|
Outlook on DREAM ACT
Looking More Positive
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
09.13.07 |
|
USCIS Issues Interim
Rules For Crime Victim “U” Visas
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
09.13.07 |
|
USCIS Ombudsman Reports
Continuing Troubles Plaguing the Agency
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.24.07 |
|
USCIS Proposes to Require
Permanent Residents to Replace Green Cards it Issued Without
an Expiration Date and to Pay Fees
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.17.07 |
|
Administration and DHS
to Step Up Immigration Enforcement Despite Comprehensive Immigration
Reform Failing in Congress
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.11.07 |
|
News Nuggets
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.04.07 |
|
Another Congressional
Recess Without Worthy Action on Immigration
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.04.07 |
|
Congresswoman Attempts
to Roll Back Big USCIS Fee Increases but the Legislature Takes
a Vacation
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.26.07 |
|
Stingy In Defeat, USCIS
Agrees To Old Fees For Some Applications Until August 17,
2007 But Not Others
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.17.07 |
|
U.S.C.I.S. Relents and
will Accept EB-1 to EB-3 I-485 Filings for the Next 30 Days
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.16.07 |
|
Reports Circulating
that U.S.C.I.S. About to Reverse Course in Visa Number Scandal
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.13.07 |
|
More News on the Employment
Based Visa Number Embroglio
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.02.07 |
|
Visa Numbers For Employment
Based Immigration Exhausted For Remainder Of FY 2007 –
New Fees To Hit Many Applicants
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.28.07 |
|
S. 1639 Falls - What's
Next?
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.27.07 |
|
Senate Moves Forward
On Comprehensive Immigration Reform (S.1639) Amid Concerns
Of Move To The Right
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.15.07 |
|
Senate Leaders Agree
to Return to Stalled Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.09.07 |
|
S. 1348, The Comprehensive
Immigration Reform Legislation, In Trouble
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.30.07 |
|
Immigration Fees to
Rise Effective July 30, 2007
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.22.07 |
|
USCIS Terminates Premium
Processing of I-140 Petitions Requesting Labor Certification
Substitution
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.19.07 |
|
Labor Certification
Substitutions Barred (Effective July 16, 2007) and Validity
Limited to 180 Days
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.18.07 |
|
Senate Negotiators Announce
Agreement on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
– White House Approves
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.17.07 |
|
Senate Negotiators Set To Make Announcement
on Agreement for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.16.07 |
|
Senate Negotiations
Continuing On Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.15.07 |
|
Senator Proposes ‘Orange
Card’ Program to Adjust Status
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.14.07 |
|
DHS Moving Ahead with
US-Visit Biometric Exit Procedures
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.10.07 |
|
Next Two Weeks to be
Critical in the Immigration Debate
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.18.07 |
|
1. USCIS Runs H-1B Computer
Lottery And Will Send Receipts
2. Comprehensive Immigration Reform Proposals Spur
Record Number of Tax Filings
(English) |
04.10.07 |
|
1. H-1B Submissions
Surpass The 65, 000 CAP- USCIS to Conduct Computer Generated
Random Lottery
2. USCIS Extends Validity of I-693 Medical
Certifications
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.30.07 |
|
1. H-2B Cap Reached.
H-1B Quota May Open and Shut Immediately
2. Consular Posts Resume Accepting I-130 Immigrant Petitions
3. A Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill is Referred to
Committee in Congress
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.14.07 |
|
1. Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 introduced
in Congress
2. Bipartisan “American Dream Act” Re-introduced
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.06.07 |
|
1. Uniform Drivers License
Standards Proposed by DHS
2. Change in Biometric Processing Procedure for Conditional
Permanent Residents
3. Social Security Extends Computer Match Program Another
18 months
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.23.07 |
|
1. Court Upholds Undocumented Workers Rights
to Unpaid/Minimum Wage
2. USCIS reiterates limits on expediting FBI name checks
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.10.07 |
|
Permanent Residents take DHS to Federal Court
Over Citizenship Delays
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.02.07 |
|
1. USCIS Considering Raising Naturalization
Fee
2. Consulates no Longer to Accept Family Petitions Unless Approved
by USCIS
3. Maine and New York Balking at Drivers’ License Requirements
of Real ID Act
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.24.07 |
|
1. New Passport Requirements for
Air Travel
2. USCIS Introduces On-Line Change of Address
Function
3. DHS to Launch Traveler Redress Inquiry Program
4. AgJOBS Legislation Reintroduced in Congress
5. J-1 Waiver Program for Physicians in Underserved
Areas Reauthorized
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |