Hold up on HR 3012
Senator Grassley holds up the Fairness for high skilled immigrants act because he ‘wants better protection’ for American workers. Not much has been detailed to explain how he envisions the[…]
Category: Family-Based Immigration
December 2011 visa bulletin commentary
The long awaited December 2011 visa bulletin was finally released today. Here are our comments for our clients: For all countries except India, China, Philippines and Mexico: F2A preference[…]
Good news for immigration law and GLBT rights
The below story is copied from the Huffington Post blog. It appears the immigration attorney in this case was not available to make comments but I can only imagine this[…]
Debate for Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (Updated 10/27/11) coming up soon.
I am frequently faced with complex questions regarding immigrants, particularly employment-based immigrants, who are waiting in an immigration-blackhole for years. There was some activitiy in the below bill today which[…]
U.K. to Restrict Family Immigration
Having recently returned from the International Bar Association Global Immigration Conference, the below news confirms the updates shared by UK lawyers. I will be writing a post on the conference[…]
November 2011 Visa Bulletin Commentary
Here is the pertinent information that most of my clients are interested in: For all countries except India, China, Mexico and Philippines: since the October 2011 visa bulletin was released-[…]
November 2011 Visa Bulletin Released today!
The Department of State released the November 2011 visa bulletin a short while ago today. Please come back for further commentary soon.
October 2011 Visa Bulletin Commentary
The long awaited October 2011 visa bulletin was released today. Here is the information my clients are usually waiting for: For all countries except India, China, Mexico and the Philippines:[…]
Immigration Update for Students/ DHS Announcement-Prosecutorial Discretion
(Copied from AILA source) Today, in a letter to Senator Dick Durbin and 21 other Senators, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced a new process for implementation of the June 17, 2011, prosecutorial[…]
September 2011 Visa Bulletin Commentary
Today DOS released the September 2011 visa bulletin. Here is the scoop: For all countries except India- F2A preference has advanced 4 months and 9 days to priority date (PD)[…]