While traveling in Southeast Asia in March, my wife showed me the following story on her phone: “The Hunk Who Loved Lady Liberty: Fabio Becomes a U.S. Citizen”. This is a Success Story for America. “This is one of the happiest days of my life” said Fabio. “Over the course of my career I’ve had […]
Volume Twenty One, Number Two SHUSTERMAN’S Shusterman’s Immigration Update February 2016 is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with almost 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by […]
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died on February 13, 2016. He may have been the most influential Justice on the Court during the past 30 years. His use of the doctrine of “originalism” lead to a multitude of decisions which were, for the most part, favorable to conservatives. Justice Scalia’s death creates a vacancy on […]
Did you ever hear about Colonel Tom Parker, the man who made Elvis Presley famous? Who is more of an American idol than Elvis Presley? The Beatles? No, those lads were from Liverpool. What made a teenager from Tupelo, Mississippi into an icon of music, television and film? Yes, Elvis was extremely talented. His rock […]
Volume Twenty-One, Number One SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of Carl […]
On December 16, it was announced that members of Congress had finalized a 2,009-page budget bill. The bill is expected to be approved and signed by President Obama before the end of the year. The bill contains a number of immigration law changes, each of which is listed below: H-1B and L-1 Filing Fees – […]
Volume Twenty, Number Ten SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with almost 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices of […]
On December 2, 2015, the USCIS introduced the feature “Ask Emma”, a virtual assistant, on www.uscis.gov. Emma is named after Emma Lazarus, the woman who wrote the sonnet “The New Colossus” which appears on a bronze plaque at the base of the Statute of Liberty (“Give me your tired, your poor…”) The USCIS press release […]
Volume Twenty, Number Nine SHUSTERMAN’S IMMIGRATION UPDATE November 2015 is the Web’s most popular e-mail newsletter regarding U.S. immigration laws and procedures with over 40,000 subscribers located in more than 150 countries. It is written by a former INS Trial Attorney (1976-82) with almost 40 years of experience practicing immigration law. Published by the Law Offices […]
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (aka the “Hart-Celler Act”) turned 50 years old on October 3, 2015. The Act was passed shortly after the Civil Rights Acts in 1964 and 1965, and ended the National Origins quota system which had restricted most U.S. immigration to natives of Germany, Great Britain and Ireland. For […]
